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Ten ways the GOP is a (death) cult

Climate change denialism and inaction This one will lead to immense suffering and dislocation. We’re already seeing the effects, in the form of extreme weather. Possibly GOP climate policy will lead to human extinction. Covid-19 disinformation, conspiracy theories and opposition to masks and vaccines This has already killed hundreds of thousands of people and may […]

Black Lives Matter GOP Lies

Right wing media’s lies about antifa and BLM exposed

Harvard Radcliffe Institute: Black Lives Matter Protesters Were Overwhelmingly Peaceful, Our Research Finds Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM In the year since George Floyd’s murder, conservative news outlets have endlessly hyped distorted stories about violence at Black Lives Matter protests. Key videos they used come from […]

Economic Inequality Economic Justice GOP Lies Government

Again, Nordic social democracies are the happiest countries

“Finland has once again been named the happiest country in the world…. This is the fourth year in a row in which Finland came in first, and as usual fellow Nordic social democracies Denmark, Norway, and Sweden were also in the top 10.” — The Week, April 9. Finland was the world’s happiest country again […]

GOP Lies

Crazy right wing election conspiracy theories

I was forwarded this email about alleged election fraud.  They believe this crazy stuff.   Actual Surveillance Video of Criminal Vote Fraud   http://targetfreedom.com/uncategorized/actual-surveillance-video-of-criminal-vote-fraud/   This is actual Surveillance Video of the Criminal Act of Stealing the Election   Multiples URLs are provided because of massive censorship:   https://www.bitchute.com/video/bL0yUxJBGgsd/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keANzinHWUA&fbclid=IwAR3jgMEaO_6Dphadli7nVOKLOtUwwr72OUr7KJLMcwTDNtl_bUFyNH8YqcI https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1334569329334083586 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/ruby-breaking-crooked-democrat-filmed-pulling-suitcases-ballots-georgia-identified/   Cristina […]

Barack Obama GOP Lies Regressives Republicons Taxation

The budget deficit dropped two-thirds during the Obama administration. Forbes: GOP Has Been Playing Us All For Suckers

From PolitFact: “We rate the claim Mostly True.” Barack Obama claims deficit has decreased by two-thirds since taking office From Forbes: On The Deficit, GOP Has Been Playing Us All For Suckers The GOP budget and tax plan overwhelmingly benefits the rich. Just a few months after the tax bill was signed, the GOP-controlled Congress […]

GOP Lies

Republican lies about deficit spending

On The Deficit, GOP Has Been Playing Us All For Suckers “Think about this. The same congressional Republicans who over the previous eight years wanted everyone to believe they were fiscal conservatives hell-bent on balancing the budget and not increasing the national debt, sponsored, passed and then danced around the fire because of legislation that […]

GOP Lies

“Fiscal responsibility”?

President Clinton left GW Bush with a $230 billion dollar SURPLUS. Some economists worried we were going to pay down the debt TOO FAST. Bush left Obama with a $1.3 TRILLION dollar annual deficit. Even though Obama cut that deficit by more than half, Republicans were screaming bloody murder for 8 YEARS about the outrageous […]

GOP Lies Washington State Politics

Dishonest, negative campaign ads by Republicans in Bellevue

I got a flier in the mail today from Friends of Jared Nieuwenhuis, Friends of Steve Fricke, and Friends of Phil Yin that says “STOP THESE CANDIDATES FROM BRINGING HEROIN INTO BELLEVUE.” The candidates referred to are Karol Brown, Lynne Robinson, and Janice Zahn. What a scare tactic! If this isn’t negative campaigning, I don’t […]