Any other network would fire Jesse Waters (photo, left) for his recent speech to a rightwing group, but not Fox. Speaking to a partisan crowd about Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the federal infectious diseases agency, he said, “Now you’re going for the kill shot. The kill shot with an a[...]
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December 28th, 2021 - 2:59 pm § in Politics
Georgia had only 4 “dead voters” in 2020 election
Georgia election investigators who looked into “dozens of allegations” that dead people voted in the 2020 election found only 4 actual cases, The Hill reported on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 (read story here). That’s out of 4,935,487 counted ballots; Biden won the state by 11,779 vo[...]
What good people should do about the storm over “critical race theory”
First, let’s define terms. This posting is not about the academic subject taught in graduate schools. Nobody cares about that, nor is that what angry mobs besieging school board meetings and opportunistic Republican politicians are screeching about. They’re using the phrase to describe K[...]
December 16th, 2021 - 6:15 pm § in Misc.
Delaware judge rules Dominion Voting Systems can sue Fox News
A Delaware judge declined to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion libel suit against Fox News on Thursday, December 16, 2021 (story here). The ruling doesn’t mean Dominion will prevail in the lawsuit, nor say anything about potential damages if it does. The judge didn’t de[...]
December 5th, 2021 - 2:33 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
What the heck was he thinking?
Marine Sgt. Travis Glosser insisted to investigators he “never had any intent to harm anyone.” He never considered “selling, giving, or even showing anyone” the 13 lbs. C4 plastic explosive he stole. That’s enough to blow up three “antifa” buses (video below), [...]
November 30th, 2021 - 5:05 pm § in Politics
Pelosi’s $25 million Florida mansion
… is a fake story. Why do Republicans lie so much? Because (1) they’re wrong on the issues, (2) think they’re doing God’s work and that makes lying okay, and (3) have no character and lack the normal inhibitions of people who live in civilized societies. Read the fake story h[...]
Making sense of “MAGA” and the politics of unreason
Retired professor and book author Bill Schneider explains (here) the Republican Party “is becoming a cult” based on the “MAGA” values espoused by Trump. This isn’t new. “Right-wing extremism,” he says, “dates back to the earliest days of the country.&#[...]
Why the right targets BLM and “critical race theory”
It’s simply about white supremacy. Conservatives like a status quo that puts white people in charge, gives white people preferential treatment, and keeps black people “in their place.” After George Floyd became yet another black man murdered by a white cop, millions of Americans pa[...]
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[...]
November 9th, 2021 - 11:57 pm § in Misc.
What motivates the people who threaten election workers?
First of all, they’re sore losers. Reuters tracked down 9 people, 7 men and 2 women, who’ve harassed or threatened U.S. election officials and election workers. They’re all Trump supporters. They’re all sore about Trump’s defeat and unwilling to accept the election was [...]