Category Archives: conservatives

American Priorities under MAGA

Posted on Thursday 2 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Reactions to Trump’s speech last night about Iran; And how his cult defends him no matter what he does; They imagine outlawing the Democrats; The oxymoronic Trump library; How Trump’s case against the 14th amendment did not go well before … Continue reading →

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Grasping Reality, or Not

Posted on Tuesday 31 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich on how Trump thinks he’s winning, but isn’t; Matt Gaetz thinks the US Army is engaging in an alien hybrid breeding program; How some pardoned Jan. 6th rioters have engaged in crime sprees; Paul Krugman wonders why Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Education Conservative Style: Robots

Posted on Monday 30 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservative ideas of education: replace teachers with robots; Takes on Stephen Miller, white supremacists, Trump voters, college Republicans, taking away the car keys, and Pete Hegseth by Tom Nichols and Paul Krugman; Radiohead: “I Might Be Wrong” – – – … Continue reading →

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Morality Wars

Posted on Monday 23 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump declares Democrats as the greatest enemy of America; Trump demands election rigging plan be approved “for Jesus”; Why do MAGA keep supporting Trump? Perhaps some kind of selective, “vertical”, morality; How Trump has cultivated the ugliest passions within the … Continue reading →

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Increasing Willful Ignorance and Intolerance

Posted on Thursday 19 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How energy independence, which even Fox News once thought could avoid the quandary we now face in the Strait or Hormuz, is now regarded as a scam by the likes of JD Vance; How Trump and MAGA are all for … Continue reading →

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The War, the Economy, and Religion

Posted on Wednesday 18 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Yet more commentators on the stupidity of this war with Iran, from Adam Lee, Suzanne Maloney, and Susan B. Glasser; How the economies under Biden and Trump aren’t that much different; Brief items about why conservatives need guns, Christian Nationalists … Continue reading →

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Is Trump Insane, Delusional, or Merely an Inveterate Liar?

Posted on Tuesday 17 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump claims a former president supports his actions in Iran; the four living former presidents all deny it; Many on the extreme right sound insane to the rest of us, with examples; Trump is pressuring the media to support his … Continue reading →

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Clueless, Stupid, and Cruel

Posted on Monday 16 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The status of Trump’s war in Iran; Paul Krugman explains that America is not respected around the world; And how George Orwell foresaw this; Robert Reich on Trump’s stupidest cabinet member: Pete Hegseth; How Hegseth doesn’t understand “no quarter” any … Continue reading →

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What Western Civilization is Actually About

Posted on Saturday 14 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Francis Fukuyama, responding to Marco Rubio, on how Western Civilization is more about the Enlightenment than religious faith; And Boston Globe via Steven Pinker on that Tennessee congressman’s anti-Muslim screed; Briefly noted items about Trump’s shoe tests and their Soviet … Continue reading →

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Clown Shoes, and Republican Obsequiousness

Posted on Wednesday 11 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Marco Rubio in clown shoes; Republicans think oppressing trans kids is more important than parental rights; Trump’s delusional faith in himself; That photo of the prayer group in the Oval Office is being mocked in China; Motivated thinking sees that … Continue reading →

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