Snap Shots of YOUR Republican Party, 21st Century Style

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

^^^ good article, not too long either. Read it all!

Paywalled.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

What began as a reluctant willingness to defend Trump soon became an ingrained habit. They ignored or excused his moral and legal transgressions; each time they did, the next excuse got a little easier. They could not bear to acknowledge to themselves, and certainly not to anyone else, that they were defending a seditious scoundrel. The cognitive dissonance was overwhelming; their self-conception would not allow them to admit they were complicit in a corrupt enterprise. This was particularly the case of those who insisted for decades prior to the Trump era that high moral character mattered in political leaders. And so they twisted themselves into knots, downplaying Trump’s maliciousness, hyper-focusing on the sins of the left...

For Trump supporters to admit that they were wrong about him—and especially to admit that Trump’s critics had been right about him—would blow their circuits. If they ever do turn on Trump, they will admit it only to themselves and maybe a few close intimates. I’ve said before that asking Trump supporters to focus on his moral turpitude is like asking them to stare into the sun. They can do it for a split second, and then they have to look away. The Trump years have been all about looking away.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...earing/670508/

Truly an excellent description of the reflexive defenses of Trump by Whell and the Insane one.

Mole-people.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Paywalled.

The Atlantic and the Wash Post are my two pay-fors. Oh, and the local paper, local papers deserve support everywhere/

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Paywalled.

I subscribe to Apple News. I get to read The Atlantic, Time and Newsweek as part of this subscription plan along with some other magazines that I cannot recall.

[Chicks]

Newsmax’s Greg Kelly: Hey, Maybe Trump Just ‘Butt Dialed’ the Jan. 6 Witness
‘YOU READY FOR THIS?’
Yeah, that must be it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsma...-jan-6-witness

ROFL. Hey, MAGAMorons will believe anything...

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by finnbow

What began as a reluctant willingness to defend Trump soon became an ingrained habit. They ignored or excused his moral and legal transgressions; each time they did, the next excuse got a little easier. They could not bear to acknowledge to themselves, and certainly not to anyone else, that they were defending a seditious scoundrel. The cognitive dissonance was overwhelming; their self-conception would not allow them to admit they were complicit in a corrupt enterprise. This was particularly the case of those who insisted for decades prior to the Trump era that high moral character mattered in political leaders. And so they twisted themselves into knots, downplaying Trump’s maliciousness, hyper-focusing on the sins of the left...

For Trump supporters to admit that they were wrong about him—and especially to admit that Trump’s critics had been right about him—would blow their circuits. If they ever do turn on Trump, they will admit it only to themselves and maybe a few close intimates. I’ve said before that asking Trump supporters to focus on his moral turpitude is like asking them to stare into the sun. They can do it for a split second, and then they have to look away. The Trump years have been all about looking away.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...earing/670508/

Truly an excellent description of the reflexive defenses of Trump by Whell and the Insane one.

Here's a meme I came across and saved. Sorta fits.

[Chicks]

'Despicable': Gym Jordan Called Out Over Outrageous Take On Child Rape Case
The Republican congressman from Ohio deleted the tweet -- but his critics called him out over it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-j...b0e6251b3898d7

All MAGAMorons are despicable.

[Oerets]

So is he saying a pregnant ten year old had conceptual sex?

[RickeyM]

Lindsey Graham argues Constitution grants him 'absolute immunity' in Georgia election-interference probe

Wait, what? Uh, sure, right, Mr. Graham 'absolute immunity'

[Pio1980]

Every house 'pub voted against investigating neo-nazis in govt service.
https://share.newsbreak.com/1ft5o526