MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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by artappraiser on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 12:22am
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 12:29am
MITCH MCCONNELL JUST CAME OUT VERY STRONGLY AGAINST TAYLOR GREENE:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 7:25pm
Mitch denounces Satan; Pol Pot And Idi Amin retain chairmanships. See how good the GOP is at reforming? Now a free Dems should resign as a sign of unity.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 7:45pm
Mitch's staff is probably informing him about certain things:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 8:48pm
If Rick Wilson knows about it, so do they:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 8:50pm
"His strongest political priorities are fiscal restraint and national defense, he said."
Just a side note but I'm so fucking tired of this. We can have differences in opinions about the value of fiscal restraint. But you can't claim it's a priority and support tax cuts that are unpaid for. If fiscal restraint is your priority then the tax cuts have to be coupled with equal amounts of decreased spending. They could claim they made a mistake in thinking that Reagan's tax cuts would boost the economy so much that it would increase revenue, trickle down economics. But faced with the unprecedented deficits, several times as large as Carter's highest deficit and 10 times his average deficit, a fiscal conservative would never support them again. /shrug what ever. Imo they are nothing but liars and hypocrites.
by ocean-kat on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 9:57pm
Important extensive roundup article, like a point-in-time record on topic, includes interview with RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel:
An Emboldened Extremist Wing Flexes Its Power in a Leaderless G.O.P.
As more far-right Republicans take office and exercise power, party officials are promoting unity and neutrality rather than confronting dangerous messages and disinformation.
photo caption With Republicans struggling amid an absence of leadership, Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, is trying to promote unity while saying she is not going to ride herd or impose top-down decision making on the party
by Annie Karni & Mike Baker @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 1
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 2:19am
^ one point of interest to me, of many, was how McDaniel is clearly throwing Rudy Giuliani & Sidney Powell under the bus. I am a little confused on her approach to Marjorie Taylor Greene
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 2:25am
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 4:50am
^ this is the same guy (dupe of just posted on "Meet the Perps") turns out to be an ex-drag queen, obviously found a new gig/identity: Proud Boy fan. And after all, if you think on it a while it all makes sense, including the Trump campaign favoring the Village People's "YMCA" at many of its rallies:
Let me surmise further: it's common meme among the left "woke" to defend choice of gender identity and other identities. This guy can't figure out which identity he wants to use, he keeps switching back and forth! Very woke. This is not Republican, you pick an identity and you stay with it.
More seriously and just as interesting: it does seem so far that despite their Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas GOP is not going the way of like AZ, they are anti-Trump sedition and sticking with the more traditional Republican-ism Which is incredibly ironic given their pre-Trump history of a seditionist bent!
Then there's all those pro-Trump Hispanics in the districts along the southern border...
What a crazy state!
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 6:20pm
Josh Marshall:
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 1:51pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 2:50pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 6:29pm
uh oh, this could be it, when Newsmax stops supporting your faction, where do you go next?
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 6:52pm
the Newsmax story is indeed a big deal, it's currently the #1 most popular story @ The Hill:
Newsmax anchor walks away from Mike Lindell interview after he won't drop fraud claims
02/02/21 06:27 PM EST
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 9:45pm
current headline @ The Hill: Gulf grows between GOP's McConnell, McCarthy
BY SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS - 02/02/21 06:41 PM EST
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 9:41pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 2:04am
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 4:45am
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 4:43pm
this is excellent on topic:
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:29pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:58pm
editor of National Review to Bill Kristol tweet of new video by "The Republican Accountability Project":
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 9:05pm
Ben Sasse vs. Nebraska GOP:
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:39pm
Major major cognitive dissonance and use of opposing culture wars memes even within Trump supporting wing, there is no there there as to any unified message:
at the same time the Marjorie Greene and Matt Gaetz wing is pushing patriotism I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
and Burgess Owens is lecturing Dems on Judiciary about patriotism:
Texas GOP wants a vote on secession from the Union:
Without dear leader Trump's nonsensical babbling at the top, there is no there there, no unifying message.
When your demagogue is silenced by the major communications channels in your society, there is no manipulation and no direction.
Kevin McCarthy should realize the moves like those in Texas and his party in other states censuring the elected of their own party are in direct opposition to what he is trying to do. But he doesn't seem capable of that kind of vision? People like Karl Rove are probably throwing up their hands...
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/06/2021 - 2:26pm
The Brownian motion of agendas is why I have been arguing that Trump cannot be replicated by others simply using his modus operandi. Without the black hole of his self reference to pull objects together, they float around randomly in the fluid medium.
by moat on Sat, 02/06/2021 - 4:15pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 8:31pm
Thune, Murkowski and Rice on Trump vote & Cheney:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 9:04pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/20/2021 - 1:28am
Red Meat will be served!
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/20/2021 - 6:37pm
Along with the steak sauce.
Each one of these appearances will bum the Trumpsters out. The thing they want cannot be replaced by the thing they selected. The desperation to prop up El Cid is the realization that he is dead.
People grieve in their own ways.
by moat on Sun, 02/21/2021 - 9:10pm
WOW MOAT, look at this, talk about grieving, the poor Pence wing must now give up CPAC! Has had his true home stolen out from under him, will wonders will never cease.
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:07pm
p.s. One of George H.W. Bush's phrases parodied by Dana Carvey just popped into my head: it wouldn't be prudent. Pence is nothing if not prudent. Wouldn't be prudent to associate self, "mother" and family with people that were willing to let us be torn apart by a mob of jackals?
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:16pm
Pence may have the last laugh.
It is going to be a shit show.
by moat on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 7:34pm
you are so confident about that, more than me and I'm the one who was trying to calm down a friend the other day freaking out that "he's coming back!" I guess I agree but I think it will take a whole lot of time to wean the fans to something else as he slowly acclimates to full time staying out of jail until he dies. Did you happen to see Joe's televised statement tonight? I was kind of amazed, it's was like: wow, how can anyone possibly demonize this incredibly caring and extremely authentic character? It was like: greatest president all of all time reporting for duty. I thought: geez he might really be able to win some of the nuts over! New paradigm all around?
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 7:55pm
I don't think it is about attracting the fans to something else, at least not directly. My argument is that he cannot be replaced, even by himself. The excitement he built upon during his rise in 2015/2016 came from the language of trying something new. His lack of attention to the policy discussions swirling around him was pointing to a shortcut many hoped existed. The stumble fucks in government were preventing easily solved problems to be solved.
So, while there is a lot of skepticism to how much policy can improve things, the magic wand is also suspicious because here we are in the middle of all these outcomes that we were promised would never happen.
Revisions of history can place the blame for bad outcomes here and there but cannot sell something that has failed so spectacularly in such recent memory.
by moat on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 8:25pm
Why Lindsey Graham's peace mission to Mar-a-Lago is doomed to fail
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Updated 1621 GMT (0021 HKT) February 19, 2021
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 1:27am
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 4:39pm
Kinzinger threatens as regards the new drama in Georgia (the country):
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 12:04am
McConnell's plan to deal with Trump: Ignore him
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 2:50pm
Mitch is like a gunfighter from the old west:
"I shot the guy in some town a while back. Why should I go back and do it again?"
by moat on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 3:24pm
Tough old coot. To me more like one of those headmasters in an English novel with rigid principles.Now we shall never speak of him again, come what may. Back to the rules!
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 9:54pm
Whoops, it looks like neither of our analogies are correct. McConnell got back on the clown train after his bathroom break.
by moat on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 7:55pm
Bloody hell Master McConnell, Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive
A true blue partisan? whichever way the wind blows? what does it matter what Republican party exists when he is gone as long as there is one? At least the wife quit her job, something more than just one lecture.
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:05am
Dems sucking at roolz too - remember how Byrd killed Hillary are? Well zombie alert, the fucker's still at. Who needs the GOP?
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 6:09am
Hmmm, interesting that Karl Rove still thinks culture warring is the way to to go, even though he's clearly for dumping Trump as General (General Trump one of the greatest culture warriors of all times, but so erratic, mercurial and narcissistic?)
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 10:09pm
Kinzinger blasts Senator Ron Johnson for continuing with the lies in the Capitol security hearing, in tweet 4 hrs. ago
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 10:16pm
Here's a primary challenger for Kinzinger's seat, tweeting an "America First" message against him at nearly the same time, as if Kinzinger is the traitor:
note the Fox News babe dress and style of presentation!
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 10:21pm
Kinzinger also blasted Tucker Carlson yesterday (and note his use of #Country1st and #restoreourgop hashtags)
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 5:59pm
helpful moat-style reminder:
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 5:47pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 9:16pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 9:25am
Four years of the Nunes Effect kicks in.
After not being able to demonstrate how the Liberal State has done any of the things that have been ascribed to it, the congregation has come to either grudgingly accept the rule of their victorious masters or attempt to replace them by force.
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 9:58am
Makes me think about a chicken-or-egg problem: which came first, CPAC or the "Tea Party"? Was CPAC always representing a populist rabble rouser wing, or was it originally invented for serious conservative policy promotion? (one thing I remember is that it was quite open to the right-wing Christian "family values" culture war against libruls, i.e. Jerry Falwell and that little political activist guy-can't remember his name. But that was at least serious in a way, it went with traditional nuclear family being the foundation of society)
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 10:25am
Ralph Reed is the political operative guy I was thinking about. He was with Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, not Falwell. Turns out Robertson and Falwell competed, splinter against splinter. Christian Coalition wasn't politically active until 1990 according to wikipedia. I was thinking about Reed because he was actually a very savvy political operative. as opposed to a lot of the bozos leading the charge.
But Fallwell's The Moral Majority was founded in 1979, before Reagan was elected. They were a big "splinter" from establishment Republicanism that helped elect Reagan
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 10:46am
Grifting scumbags . . .
They are all scumbags indoctrinating and shaking down the EZ-Marks...
twitter.com/lrbitisnot/... /952776443674574848
https://i.imgur.com/d06Ytv1.png
~TOD~
by The_Old_Duck (not verified) on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 11:11am
I think different roosters were involved in the formation of CPAC and the Tea Party.
CPAC did come from policy agendas that resisted changes to public institutions and the loss of privilege seen as the probable result of more widespread equal treatment under the law. So that became one of the platforms of the Republican Party that was not accepted by all of them but was incorporated to give them the coalition they needed to win power. Reagan promoted them but did not try to directly engage with them. The importance of Ralph Reed is his work with GHW Bush to actively meet Evangelists as a self identified member of their congregation who spoke the language fluently. Having Pence along was a way for Trump to scoop up those people and still hit on porn stars. It is a pretty weird development that such a Magog has been cast in the role of an apocalyptic savior from the child eating Libs. A number of old school Evangelists have left the festival but hope to still have the influence they have become accustomed to.
The Tea Party comes from a cognitive dysfunction that appeared after the Reagan Revolution. Those years brought an exponential increase in power to the business community. The change pushed both the Republicans and Democrats to the right in regards to what can be seen outside the Overton window. The Tea Party began objecting to the fallout of that shift but could not discuss the principal benefactors as that would require using the language of class struggle that only the Left can be blamed for. Pinning the tail on the Donkey was combined with the Gingrich purge of any dissidents of the message within his caucus; the Contract on a America was fait accompli.
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 12:48pm
I suspected so, you remember these things way better than me, really appreciate the input.
It would follow then that the elite old guard resents the stealing of CPAC by the Trump yahoos.
It is true that it appears as surrender, surrender, surrender. And it only grows worse, now they are selling insurrectionism. I can understand the desire to start a third party after all of that. But that's "losing", Trump really is winning again in a way.
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 12:53pm
It could be said that both groups are a victim of their success. Buying into the narrative of a powerful invisible enemy that keeps kicking their ass reminds me of what one Evangelist said while in prison:
"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:32pm
Grover Norquist extended the absurdities of Reagan anti-government paean to "shrink it enough to drown it in a bathtub", and the meme took as a near literal reality - all you have to do is pull the plug on government and everything will be better, not recognizing the similarities to Liberia and Haiti.
The Tea Party was also an amazing pulled-from-the-wreckage rebranding in late 2008 to disavow any responsibility or connection with them guys who just drove into a wall. Seemingly it worked, so they're trying it again
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:32pm
they're doing the old but goodie of Hillary too:
Though most have come to ridicule that as an absurd joke-even some of the Trump fans recognize it as such, I think--it's useful to keep in mind what it really is: an anti-liberal elite message. Hillary is liberal elite, CPAC is 100% populist? No elite Bill Buckley conservatives wanted, i.e., Bill Kristol....get with the populism or begone with ya?
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 11:35am
What we were just talking about but WAY SMARTER thought-provoking commentary! Definitely worth a watch of the 2 1/4 minute preview!
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:54pm
This is also a good quick reminder of what Trumpism is really about (I posted the clip on the Ted Cruz thread with a different intro that splains why "Howard Dean" is trending). Tea Party had a little of it too (remember Jesse Ventura getting elected governor?)
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 2:00pm
A couple items of semiology at the current
CPACTrump Political Action Comintern:1. instead of Little Red Book she is selling Yuge Book
2. Comeback kid, they said he was an all washed up, tired boxer, note he has gold, not orange, skin. I dunno what document he is holding
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 2:18pm
The NYTimes publishes it for the record at this point in time what we all know:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 3:20pm
meanwhile I think Yglesias is trying to make the "this too shall pass" point here:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 3:25pm
makes the point well how delusional this type of thinking is:
I myself find I needed that big picture reminder; constantly reading about Trumpie alternate reality spin it's hard not to start thinking it is somewhat valid. For chrissake 2/3 of the country despise him.
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 3:41pm
Being told repeatedly that there are no other options is not much of a rallying call.
by moat on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 4:35pm
Edit to add: note that is a start of a long thread with live reports and commentary from CPAC.
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 4:44pm
Here's Caputo-splaining of McConnell-speak:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 4:46pm
The King mutters: "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"
by moat on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 4:57pm
Now here it strikes me that Rep. Gozar really gits the "MAGA magic", what resounds about Trump populism and how it could win over many more voters (especially without the alienating presence of the narcissist without empathy)--this is no doubt the WHY of many local GOP people are going against establishment, it's a new narrative and it's certainly not consistent with the GOP of big biz supporting, tax breaks for the rich:
It also conveniently blames the gummint which attracts all libertarian types, left and right.
Edit to add: a reminder that Trump was always pushing for the $2K checks to individuals and not means tested. Was for pumping things up against many in the Congressional GOP. (Of course, he liked it that some opposed it because he could then be the savior king who would be including a letter with the checks taking credit for them, as he did last time.)
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 5:20pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 11:53pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 1:10am
self-described "snooty establishment type" Tim Miller writes about going to CPAC back then and now for The Bulwark
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 11:46am
I love the bullet points.
I was surprised to learn that Ozymandias wore flip flops. He was hiding in Margaritaville this whole time.
by moat on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 12:33pm
Yeah me too! That fine of a level of stereotyping and profiling is like one of my favorite things! I realize now that is why I loved late 19th-century realist novels, too. I should have married a SNL skit writer, I guess. I too was wondering about the flip flops! (If you're lonely, still alive and unattached in a decade, DO try to get in touch, we could be great companions.)
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 3:51pm
Uh, where were the flip-flops, feeling like I'm setting up a Reagan-era joke...
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 4:03pm
they're on the golden calf statue (created by Mexican artisans, natch)
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 4:12pm
Yglesias clearly thinks the more the public hears from Trump, the worse for McCarthy and McConnell and that Jack of Twitter should call their bluff on that:
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 8:21pm
Yglesias cuts to the heart of this. Everybody appreciated the break from the Trump scat, including the Trumpsters.
by moat on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 8:53pm
after his YUGE highly rated stunning success at CPAC that everybody can't stop talking about, Trump moves on to add Karl Rove (friend of the evil Mitch) to his long GOP excommunication list
and note he also reminds that they would have lost House seats instead of gain them if not for him, not to mention all the GOP Senate seats that he saved from defeat....
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 11:14pm
Evangelicals divided over support for Trump post Jan. 6:
by artappraiser on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 1:04am
TRUMP BREAKING UP WITH THE RNC!
I think Mary Trump is right that the general idea is he wants to take control of as much of "the money" as he can, including what might go to them. Always keep in mind that he's got no real political ideology, never did.
by artappraiser on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 5:42pm
further confirmation from the horse's mouth that Trump is just trying to steal their donors, it's all about the money and he's not really a Republican by any definition:
by artappraiser on Mon, 03/08/2021 - 9:39pm
there is a serious swing state problem involved with pandering to the Trump crazies; my underlining
What has gotten into Ron Johnson?
By Karen Tumulty @ WashingtonPost.com, March 9
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 4:52pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 5:11pm
Maybe I am missing a critical element here but I heard Mitch to simply be saying: Bring it on. If you win the funding war, you are the King. Your move, creep.
by moat on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 7:50pm
I just can't see him getting enough money to do anything real with all of corporate world not wanting anything to do with him and all the expenses and time of court cases. All he's doing is stealing a lot of their small donors,. just lessening the haul. Of course on individual primary races he can do a lot of damage with attacks. But you still got to target those somehow to the voters and he doesn't have free social media.
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 2:54pm