Matthew J. Kacsmaryk (photo, left; bio here), 45, is a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas. A Catholic (as are all 6 of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices), he graduated from a private, non-Catholic Bible college that was all-white until 1962 and prohibits same-sex dating by its empl[...]
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It’s time for patriotic Americans to turn off Tucker Carlson
Voldymyr Zelenskyy is a towering figure on the world stage. His country is the victim of an unprovoked attack by Russia. The invaders shelled apartment blocks and hospitals; and kidnapped, tortured, and murdered helpless civilians. The Ukrainians took it and fought back with incredible bravery. With[...]
What does “woke” mean?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, is against everything “woke.” To imagine the policies he’d inflict on all 50 states as president, we need to figure out what he means by “woke.” Mother Jones says (here) that DeSantis, “chief warrior in the cru[...]
Joe Kent requests quixotic recount
That’s his right, but it won’t change the election results. Kent, who had a storied military career but is a rightwing crackpot (details here), lost Washington’s 3rd congressional district race to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto shop owner, by 2,629 votes (see results here). Perce[...]
December 2nd, 2022 - 12:17 pm § in Republicans
The GOP’s “stolen 1960 election” myth debunked
Republicans have been lying about elections for a very long time. From Raw Story (here): “Grab the nearest Republican and ask them, ‘How did John Kennedy win the election in 1960?’ Most will answer, ‘Mayor Daley stole the election in Chicago.’ In the modern era, that [...]
December 1st, 2022 - 2:29 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Educators, say “no!” to nutty parents
Vaccinating kids doesn’t put a microchip in their bodies that allows the government to control their brains. It just doesn’t. That’s a fact. Believing otherwise doesn’t make it true. I don’t see any point in trying to educate those parents, explain the truth to them, o[...]
November 27th, 2022 - 8:37 pm § in News Media
Why are Fox hosts so screwed up?
Lisa Booth (bio here) had a good upbringing, so don’t blame her parents for her ending up at Fox News. Booth, a Republican staffer and campaign operative before landing at Fox, is an anti-vaxxer. She ranted on air that the U.S. isn’t better than China about “taking away the freedom[...]
November 25th, 2022 - 1:55 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Kyle Rittenhouse is still an awful person
I was astonished, yet not really surprised, to read there’s a video game called “Kyle Rittenhouse’s Turkey Shoot.” It’s exactly what the title implies: Gamers pretend to be the teenaged killer and try to gun down virtual turkeys (read story here). In a video promoting t[...]