"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Friday, July 20, 2018

In Case You Had Any Doubts

that the Republican party has become the anti-American party, here's just a sample of this morning's stories:

HHS Deletes LGBT Resources From Obamacare Site

Feds Seek To Gut 1973 Endangered Species Act

DHS Chief Won’t Say Charlottesville Nazis Were Wrong

More detail:

"I think what’s important about that conversation is, it’s not that one side is right, one side is wrong," Secretary Nielsen told NBC News' Peter Alexander Thursday afternoon, when asked specifically about the August 2017 Charlottesville rally that left one woman, Heather Heyer, dead.

The Secretary of Homeland Security doesn't think Nazis are wrong. That fits.

This one nails it:

Dems React To Fiery Steny Hoyer Speech With “USA!” Chants After Republicans Block Election Security Bill

Putin has the whole damned party in his pocket.

This is just a selection from my first survey of this morning's news.

Oh, and this:

Hillary Clinton: 'Deeply troubling' for White House to consider Putin request to interview Americans

The idea that an American president would even consider allowing a hostile foreign power to "interrogate" a former ambassador is beyond belief.

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