Expected Response is Expected: Trump and Right-Wing DARVO
We could have seen it coming after all this time. They’re reliably predictable, no crystal ball required. You know what lies ahead, too: more DARVO.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Mid-Term Election 2022: August 2 Primary Elections and Ballot Initiatives [UPDATE-3]
/23 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election, Congress/by RayneBig bellwether ballot initiative in Kansas and some MAGA candidates to keep an eye on. What do you see in the other primary races and ballot initiatives tonight?
Mapping the Scenes of the Crimes
/69 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by RayneIf we had a better map of the conspiracies and conspirators, could we resolve some open questions about the attack on the Capitola Building on January 6, 2021?
Constructive Action: Make It Rain [UPDATE-1]
/196 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election, Congress/by RayneDon’t readily accept news media’s positioning on Congress going into the mid-term elections. We can make our own flood. We can make it rain.
Three Things: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
/301 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Department of Justice, January 6 Insurrection, Trump Administration/by RayneIn which some are shocked, SHOCKED, to learn the Department of Justice has been investigating Trump and persons in his immediate circle. This is an open thread.
House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings – Day 8
/216 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Trump Administration/by RayneThis post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 8 of the House J6 Committee’s public hearings — the last before August in-district break, scheduled for prime time television viewing.
House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings – Day 7
/202 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Trump Administration/by RayneThis post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 7 of the House J6 Committee’s public hearings.
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
/120 Comments/in Culture/by RayneThis nation remains a Republic, if we together can keep it.
Open Thread: Summer Sunday Afternoon
/151 Comments/in Culture/by RayneThis is an open thread. Talk about your beach reads, or barbeque, or what not.
Something Stinks about Kentucky but It’s a Complex Stink
/109 Comments/in Biden Administration, Congress, Law/by RaynePeople running around hair on fire right now bitching loudly and often about Biden fail need to take a deep breath and get their facts straight.