To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Observercast

Liz Cheney Is Not Going To The ‘Political Wilderness’

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Liz Cheney’s ouster from the House Republican leadership has prompted many observers to say that the Wyoming representative is headed to the “political wilderness.” This assumes that the Republican Party is itself a civilization and not some decaying political entity about to be buried under the lava of its craziness. The Donald Trump personality cult […]

Scaredy-Cats Eat Their Own

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The decision of the Republican House, led by Kevin McCarthy, an otherwise sane person, to oust Liz Cheney from her leadership position is a measure of just how afraid Republicans are, not of Democrats but of each other. The arithmetic is simple. Most House seats are “safe,” meaning that the incumbent’s party has a comfortable […]

The Dirty Secret Behind The Cheney Purge

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When House Republicans deposed Liz Cheney from her leadership post, they were widely mocked for that display of abject servility to former President Donald Trump. But the motives behind her abrupt removal are more profound – and far more sinister – than the Wyoming representative’s penchant for angering Trump. Only a few months ago, Trump’s […]

Cracks In The Foundation

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COVID? COVID-19 has all but disappeared from California. At this writing, our positivity rate – the percentage of tests that are coming back positive – is 1.2%. California has gone from being one of the worst places in the nation for COVID-19 to being the best. The joke is that everyone who could get COVID […]

Real Political Scandals Are Rarely About Sex

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As the Trump presidency fades into the past, we are reminded of the sex scandal at its dawn. The Federal Election Commission has just dropped its probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Charges that Trump broke campaign finance laws in 2016 by not reporting the $130,000 payment […]