Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Odds and ends: Yet more evidence the ‘Big Lie’ is just that, something smells rotten in the State of Texas, and more

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Covering their tracks, just like good ole’ boys do: Uvalde school district police chief stops cooperating with state investigators - The narrative keeps changing, seemingly on an hourly basis. Did someone leave a door open, or did they not? Such evasion and confusion only fuels conspiracy theories and further mistrust. (Texas Tribune 5/31)

Rebecca Solnit: U.S. mass shootings will continue until the majority can overrule the minority - Yes, the GOP has become a large death cult. Albeit, a heavily armed and extremely dangerous one. (The Guardian 5/30)

Supreme Court issues emergency stay against Texas law ostensibly protecting free speech on social media platforms - The Texas law is a thinly veiled attempt to shield white supremacists and various other far-right zealots from liability, and Twitter, Facebook, etc., are private companies and can prohibit users from their platforms as they see fit. ‘Conservatives’ used to understand these sorts of things, before their brains turned to orange mush. (Politico 5/31)

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CISA: No evidence of hacking of Dominion voting machines in 2020 presidential election - Will Trump, the GOP, and #Cult45 finally give it a rest now with the Big Lie? Hell no, they won’t. (Washington Post 5/28)

Democratic Party lawyer Michael Sussman acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI (BBC News 5/31)

Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns - I am a Christian, albeit a really bad one. But, these fundamentalists are becoming every bit as dangerous as the Islamists who have so perverted their faith and caused so much carnage around the world. They must be stopped. (AP 5/28)

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