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Cartoon: If It Quacks Like A Trump
If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon! Even a $1 pledge means a lot to me. Transcript of Cartoon The image shows a bunch of ducklings swimming down a small river, following the mother duck. The ducklings … Continue reading
Christian Teen-Torture Camps And Republican’s Reality-Denying Bubble
20/20 Video – Teens Gay Conversion Camp Administrators Sent To Prison For Child Abuse Pastor John David Young: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com The Harrowing Story of Life Inside Alabama’s Most Sadistic Christian Bootcamp A Firsthand … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Six Kinds of Republican
This was originally published on Fusion. They have a lot of great cartoons in their archives. If you like this, consider supporting my Patreon! There’s a tendency among conservatives to act as if racists are unicorns . That is, they … Continue reading
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Jack Chick, Creator of Unintentionally Ludicrous Evangelical Comics, RIP
Jack Chick, arguably one of the most widely-read cartoonists in the world, has died. He was in his nineties. If you’re not familiar with Chick Comics (those tiny little comics fundamentalist preachers give out on street corners), here’s a fairly … Continue reading
Quote: The Deep Story of the Right
From I Spent 5 Years With Some of Trump’s Biggest Fans. What the people I interviewed were drawn to was not necessarily the particulars of these theories. It was the deep story underlying them—an account of life as it feels … Continue reading
Journalists Can’t Be Bothered To Fact-Check Their Stories About College
In The Atlantic, Columbia professor Jon Cole writes: Today, nearly half of a random sample of roughly 3,000 college students surveyed by Gallup earlier this year are supportive of restrictions on certain forms of free speech on campus, and 69 … Continue reading
Rick Snyder’s Staff Knew About Flint Water Crisis By October 2014
As far back as October 2014, Rick Snyder’s staff: 1) Knew that Flint’s water was an urgent crisis. 2) Said the decision was made by the Snyder-appointed emergency manager, contrary to what Synder and other Republicans have claimed. 3) Actively … Continue reading
If There Were A Prize For Terrible Homophobic Logic, We’d Name It The John C Wright Award
I don’t usually write “look at this stupid thing this guy said” comments, but this comment by John C. Wright is too jaw-dropping not to share with someone (I cannot bear this burden alone!). Not just because Wright equates homosexuality … Continue reading