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...every Presidential candidate who runs for the Democrats is villified as “hard left/far left” by the Republicans Fair enough. Republican…
I did, pardon me. I admit I often mix them up.
And people like Corso would not only swallow this propaganda, Since Corso hasn't participated in this thread so far, I…
"She’s only coded “too far left” because she’s a black woman from California. " That is true, but it's also…
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Category Archives: Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc.
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
A Lesbian Who Should Not Have Been Fired, And A County Clerk Who Should Be
Both these stories have, I think, the same moral: You have a right to be a bigot, but not on the taxpayer’s dime. Catholic School Teacher Suddenly Fired After Parents Find Out About Her Wife Of 8 Years Margie Winters, … Continue reading
Cartoon: Global Warming Can’t Be Real
TRANSCRIPT Panel 1 The image shows a businessman wearing a jacket and tie and standing on a tiny planet Earth. He is angrily lecturing. In the background we see outer space. MAN: Global warming can’t be real. Because if it … Continue reading
My Wacky Alternative Plan For How The GOP Can Get Its Santa List
From the New York Times: Also behind closed doors in the Capitol, House Republican leaders laid out their demands for a debt-ceiling increase to the Republican rank and file. They include a one-year delay of the president’s health care law, … Continue reading
"But, people didn’t buy it about Biden in 2020. That’s part of the reason why he won." Yes, nor did…