Tabs for Thursday

Musk, Ramaswamy Come Under MAGA Fire

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

SaturTabs

How the Contagion Spreads

Partisanship weakens the immune system and can lead to spread of bad ideas.

More Loyalist Appointments

Nunes and Grinell.

SaturTabs

FBI Director Wray to Resign Before Trump Inauguration

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Mid-Week Tabs

Monday Tabs

How Should We Talk about Trump?

And who is “we”?

On Qualification for Cabinet Positions

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

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Two Tweets

The politics of humiliation and gaslighting.

The Cognitive Dissonance of It All

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

SaturTabs

Friday Tabs

Cabinet appointments edition.

RFK, Jr. to HHS

Some Hegseth Clips

[Voter Fraud Graphic] [Voter Fraud Graphic]

Because it was Always a Lie

Trump’s voter fraud allegations have melted away.

The Trump Realignment

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

Rationalizing All of This Must be Exhausting

I really do not want four more years of parsing this stuff.

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9ish Guy Fawkes Day & Beyond Predictions [Updated]

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

Election Day Tabs

Fascist Side Trips: Tucker Carlson Edition

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

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Companies Go On Record About Future Tariff-Related Price Increases

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

TGITabs

With Early Voting Comes Early Claims Of Vote Switching

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

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North Korea Sending Troops to Ukraine

Escalation? Russian desperation?

Tucker’s Authoritarian Rant

Apparently, some of us have been a “bad little girl” who needs a “vigorous spanking” (and I quote).

And it’s 50-50?

Defining and Discussing Fascism, Part II

Hitler comparisons.

Trump on January 6th

From the Univision forum.

Fascist Side Trips: Militarism and More Unreality

Plus: Governor Glenn Youngkin helps out.

Lord of the Dance

Here’s the full video.

Reaching The Undecideds

They are not like you and me.

TuesTabs

Fascism Side Trip: Building an Alternate Reality

This time up: JD Vance and election denialism.

More Fascist Rhetoric from Trump

“Scum” and the “enemy from within.”

TGITabs!

Well, at least it’s Friday…

They Want To Believe

Fascist Bros Have a Laugh

That’s the vibe from Elon and Tucker.

More of the Grift

P. T. Barnum would be proud.

Mike Johnson’s Cynicism

Confirming who he always has been.

Sunday Morning Tabs

There is a bit of a theme.

Trump’s Xenophobic Lies about Hurricane Relief

This is fascistic rhetoric.

Vance Says Trump Won in 2020

Here’s the video.

Smith’s Newest Filing

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

The Power of the VEEP

Vance is no Mike Pence.