To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Observercast

Anatomy Of An Insanity

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With her wild hair, peekaboo sweater and extraordinary claim that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her, Tara Reade merited considerable skepticism. Any such accusation deserved a hearing, of course, but Reade was an obvious nutjob and Putin shill. Why did she have to be “believed” right off the bat? Nonetheless, The New York […]

Biden, The GOP And You: Who Won The Debt-Ceiling Fight?

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During the big Washington showdown over the government’s debt ceiling, it looked possible for a brief moment that President Joe Biden might bully GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy into hurting one of America’s most vulnerable minorities: The uberrich. Republicans were pushing hard to “fix” the government’s financing crunch by imposing vindictive new work requirements that […]

It Seems Impossible To Embarrass The Right

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Tennessee passed a law that bans drag performances anywhere minors might attend. Happily, a federal judge stopped it. Very happily, the judge is a conservative, reminding all that some conservatives value principle over politics. The assumption underlying the law is that a performance in which a man wears a dress – or a woman pastes […]

When A Republican Lawmaker Confesses

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No matter how often they are disappointed, Republicans perennially repose their political hope in baroque scandals and conspiracies. The further to the right they lean, the more fascinated they are by the most absurd and lurid narratives – a tendency that spawned the full-blown destructive cult known as QAnon, which blends authoritarian politics with gory […]

Taxing Clean Energy: What’s Wrong With These People?

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Texas is currently America’s leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of America’s wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth biggest source. Surprisingly, it’s about to eclipse California in production of solar power. And so why aren’t Texas Republicans bragging about all that? Why, on the contrary, are […]