It has now been a week since Beauchamp outed himself as the DIARIST WHO HATES AMERIKKA AND HER TROOPS (and not necessarily in that order), and I see the only one still writing about it is Hugh Hewitt’s less scrupulous sidekick, Dean Barnett. Even then, Dean’s post consists of basically an excuse to link to …
Late Night Open Thread: Republican Outreaching
Author of a book on how minorities are becoming Republican needs to use AI art to find an actual picture of it https://t.co/EXokxTsclL — Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) February 1, 2024 GOP Outreach https://t.co/ejPZ4vQVbA pic.twitter.com/1KgMS0xuHa — greg (@mistergeezy) February 1, 2024
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Before and After (Open Thread)
While waiting for our baseball game yesterday evening, we watched a segment on CNN about Trump and the adult sons being found liable for fraud and losing their business certification in New York. One of the talking heads looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. Then it hit me — it’s George Conway, who …
Rufo: Deep Fake
Zack Beauchamp at Vox had no intention of reviewing hard-right impresario Christopher Rufo’s new book, the operatically titled “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything.” Familiar with Rufo’s work and public persona, Beauchamp had correctly concluded Rufo is a dishonest political hack. But when Rufo reached out to offer an advance copy of …
Cold Grey Dawn Schadenfreude Open Thread: Gone, DeSantis
Could not have happened to two* more deserving dudes! It’s been a right-wing talking point that Elon Musk fired 90% of the company and the site works just fine, and the second he absolutely needs it to work it is crashing people’s entire phones. — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 24, 2023 (*Two and a half, …
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Today In Revolutionary Warfare: Senator McConnell Blocks An Independent 6 January Commission
A short while ago, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, America’s foremost political insurgent currently holding elected office, was able to call in enough personal favors to block the the bill that would have created the negotiated with the Republicans bipartisan, independent 6 January Commission from proceeding. As expected, rather than actually forcing more debate on the …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday / Wednesday, April 20-21
Their neighbors couldn’t get to vaccine sites. So they created "Joe’s Covee Car" and offered free rides. https://t.co/hipylirATv — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 19, 2021
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