In the Kavanaugh Hearings, as in All Things, Republicans are the Party of Bad Faith
The Kavanaugh hearing is a lie. Senate Republicans lie. There is nothing left that isn’t a fabrication. They are the party of corruption and dishonor.
How Republicans Warp Everyone Else
I’ve written about how Republicans warp the discussion around them. There was an excellent article in the Daily Kos a few days ago: Teaching the Holocaust in the South after Charlottesville. It’s a heartfelt discussion of how student sensibilities changed after the racist Unite the Right riots. It’s also nearly a primer on how conservatives use our sense of community to shift the discussion center. ...
Mueller Investigates Crimes, Not Wrongdoing
Like most of us, I depend on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team as the only fair witness to the Russian interference in the 2016 election. He’s a good man doing a difficult job and doing it well. And we don’t have many other groups doing the work. But almost everyone – including the media – are overlooking an essential fact: it is not...
The Republican Party Enemies List
Republicans are destroying our democratic rules right in front of us. One by one, they’re grinding down their political opponents. An official GOP Enemies List. And we let them. It seems like it should be easier to stop them — they’re attacking basic American principles — and yet we don’t say much. My question is why. Are the corrupt Republicans completely unstoppable, or are the...
Republicans are Fascists Breaking American Democracy
American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values,[1] moral absolutism,[2] free markets and free trade,[3][4] anti-communism,[4][5] individualism,[4] advocacy of American exceptionalism,[6] and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.[7] Wikipedia entry on Conservatism in the United States I...
Painfully Slow 3SR Load Time is Improved
We all know that Three String Raconteur has been horribly slow. Loading times were so bad, our fans were asking why the site was offline. Ouch. But yeah, we know. It took more than 30 seconds for some pages. Absolutely awful. We’ve been working on it for a while, I swear. Hours on the phone, chats, research, and experiments. Thankfully, we finally found some of...
Trump Buys Manafort’s Debt to a Russian Oligarch
We were wondering whether Trump would pardon Paul Manafort. And while he isn’t yet, Trump may be trying an end run. Instead of pardoning Manafort, Trump may be trying to buy Manafort’s debt. That would target the one person who scares Manafort more than Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And it might work. Let’s get all these colorful characters on the page. First, of course, is...
Trump Alters Official Federal Record
This is very bad. The White House is scrubbing embarrassing information from official US records. They took the time to alter a transcript, deleting a critical question. It’s time for us to pay special attention. Remember last week’s horrific press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin? Yes, it’s only been a week. We saw terrible moments, but along with Trump...