CPAC demands: Defund “Sesame Street”! Rightwing group blasts Korean-American muppet, accusing show’s new character of “injecting race” into preschool learning – story here VACCINE BLOWBACK! All the Muppets are now disinvited from CPAC conference, because Big Bird [...]
Archive for November 19th, 2021
November 19th, 2021 - 6:57 pm § in Law and Courts
Kenosha vigilante acquitted
A Kenosha jury let a killer off the hook. The facts of the case are fraught, and Wisconsin law favors self-defense. But stripped to basics, the jury let an immature teenager come to their community from out-of-state, shoot at four people no one else considered a threat, and kill two and wound one wi[...]
November 19th, 2021 - 2:26 am § in Foreign Affairs, Health
Austria imposes Covid-19 lockdown
The pandemic is making a comeback in Europe, and in Austria it’s reached a boiling point, with 15,000 new cases a day. “Austria will enter a fourth national lockdown on Monday as Covid-19 cases continue to surge,” CNBC reported on Friday, November 19, 2021 (story here). The governm[...]
Seattle activist behind attacks on “critical race theory”
The tsunami of rightwing attacks against “critical race theory” didn’t come from nowhere, or happen by spontaneous combustion. It’s the brainchild of a very smart conservative activist named Christopher Rufo, who has Seattle connections. Rufo, 37, a California native, graduat[...]