Pence Explains the Failure to Meet Testing Goals in a Supremely Unhelpful Way – Mother Jones

During Monday’s White House press briefing on coronavirus, a reporter asked Vice President Pence to explain the discrepancy between the number of tests he’d promised would be available mid-March—4 million—and the number of tests that were actually done by that time, a much lower figure. The United States did not reach its goal of conducting 4 million tests until April 20. (By contrast, a plan developed by a Nobel Prize–winning economist and a former FDA chief suggests the US should be testing 3 million people per week before re-opening even parts of the economy.) .....
https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/pence-explains-the-failure-to-meet-testing-goals-in-a-supremely-unhelpful-way/

Why the new effort to blame coronavirus fumbles on the impeachment trial falls so far short - The Washington Post

Republicans have found a new culprit for the scale of the coronavirus pandemic: Trump's impeachment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/31/why-new-effort-blame-coronavirus-fumbles-impeachment-trial-fall-so-far-short/

“This Is Kavanaugh All Over Again,” Say Republicans. They’re Right. – Mother Jones

But not for the reasons they claim.....

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/this-is-kavanaugh-all-over-again-say-republicans-theyre-right/

Trump Tied Soleimani Hit To Support From GOP Hawks Ahead Of Impeachment Trial: Reports | HuffPost

New motivation emerges after contradictory Trump administration accounts of “imminent” threats justifying airstrike assassination.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-soleimani-gop-hawks-impeachment-trial-mar-a-lago_n_5e1a59f3c5b650c621df8fa4

Days later, Trump making up new excuses for assassinating Iranian general

Ever since U.S. drones took out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 2, there have been undefined claims that the action halted some “imminent attack” that was a danger to hundreds, if not thousands of Americans. However, despite multiple appearances by Mike Pompeo, a press briefing held by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and a seemingly stoned speech delivered by Donald Trump, no details on what this imminent threat might be were provided. On Wednesday, Pompeo responded to questions about the threat by pointing to things that had happened in the past, suggesting that that anyone looking for “imminence” should look at a rocket attack that took place on Dec. 27.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/9/1910466/-Trump-claims-that-assassinated-Iranian-general-was-planning-to-blow-up-U-S-embassy

Cartoon: Victim card

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/10/29/1895649/-Cartoon-Victim-card

A guide to Republicans’ lame excuses - The Washington Post:

Trump's defenders have many defenses, none plausible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/07/guide-republicans-lame-excuses/

The new GOP strategy: Don’t believe the president - The Washington Post: Opinion

The difference this time is that the president himself isn't claiming that he was joking.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/06/new-gop-strategy-dont-believe-president/

GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny - CNBC

Trump, his aides and select allies in Congress have feverishly sought to redirect a whistleblower's complaints toward Democratic adversaries.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/gop-defenses-for-trumps-ukraine-call-quickly-collapse-under-scrutiny.html

“The President of the United States Says It’s Okay”: The Rise of the Trump Defense - Vanity Fair

Attorneys for Cesar Sayoc invoked the president's words to help explain their client's actions, part of a growing trend in which Trump's name is surfacing in high-profile cases.....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-domestic-terrorism-el-paso

Stephen Miller lets the mask slip - The Washington Post: Opinion

The White House adviser bares his hate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/21/stephen-miller-lets-mask-slip/

Stephen Miller's laugh-out-loud excuse for Trump's 'send her back' reaction - CNN Politics

Of all the outlandish explanations of President Donald Trump's 13-second silence as a rowdy North Carolina crowd chanted "send her back" in reference to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Stephen Miller's takes the cake.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/politics/stephen-miller-donald-trump-send-her-back-chant/index.html

Dear Republicans: Stop using my father, Ronald Reagan, to justify your silence on Trump - The Washington Post: Opinion

Even those of us who aren't Republicans deserve better from our public servants.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dear-republicans-stop-using-my-father-ronald-reagan-to-justify-your-silence-on-trump/2019/04/30/ed61c6de-6b50-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html

Trump’s new defense of his Charlottesville comments is incredibly false - Vox:

The 2017 "Unite the Right" rally was organized by and intended for white supremacists and white nationalists...
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18517980/trump-unite-the-right-racism-defense-charlottesville

The junk science Republicans used to undermine Ford and help save Kavanaugh - The Washington Post

Sen. Susan Collins was the latest to suggests that Brett Kavanaugh's accuser was assaulted by someone else. Memory science suggests the opposite. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/10/07/republicans-who-believed-ford-doubted-her-memory-relied-junk-science-researchers-say/

NRA's web of lies gets even weirder as they desperately try to dodge the blame for gun violence - Raw Story

American mass shootings often have death tolls of more than a dozen, so it was mildly surprising that Sunday's shooting in Jacksonville, Florida — when a disgruntled gamer allegedly murdered two other men at a video game tournament before killing himself — captured the nation's attention at all.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/nras-web-lies-gets-even-weirder-desperately-try-dodge-blame-gun-violence/

Republicans Are Trying Out a Shiny New Excuse For the Great Kansas Failure -- Mother Jones

Last week a reader emailed me about a new meme he had just come across: Heard a random Republican talking head on NPR recently, and when the interviewer questioned him on the "Kansas experiment," his automatic response was a) Kansas "massively" increased spending when they cut taxes, so that's why they have problems; and b)...
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/republicans-are-trying-out-a-shiny-new-excuse-for-the-great-kansas-failure/

'This is your excuse?' Maxine Waters body slams Steve Mnuchin for failing to implement Russian sanctions -- Raw Story

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Tuesday blasted Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin for failing to follow a law that requires implementing Russian sanctions. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/excuse-maxine-waters-body-slams-steve-mnuchin-failing-implement-russian-sanctions/

Excuses Excuses Excuses - The Atheist Experience 725

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqDCnB-vMM&feature=youtu.be

White House Doctor Writes Note Saying Trump Too Sick to Talk to Mueller (satire)

Amid reports that Donald Trump might soon be summoned to appear before Robert Mueller, the White House doctor wrote a note on Wednesday indicating that Trump was too sick to talk to the special counsel. “Donald Trump is not well,” Dr. Ronny Jackson wrote....
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/white-house-doctor-writes-note-saying-trump-too-sick-to-talk-to-mueller