If you needed more proof that being Pro-Trump also means being Pro-COVID, look no further than this NPR study. Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death ratesNPR looked at deaths per 100,000 people in roughly 3,000 counties across the U.S. from May 2021, the point at which vaccinations widely became available. People living in... Continue Reading →
The monetary equivalent to punching a Nazi
It's hard to believe, but sometimes evil doesn't pay. Or maybe should I say: this evil is going to pay. Jury Slaps Unite The Right Organizers With Millions In Damages Over Racist ViolenceA panel of 11 jurors in Charlottesville, Virginia, decided against a group of white nationalist defendants and ordered them to pay millions in... Continue Reading →
Dirty birds
So... Twitter admits their platform spreads right-wing lies and vitriol more than anything from the left. Gasp! Twitter Algorithms Amplify Right-leaning Political Content More Than Left-leaning, Company Says Citing Own ResearchTwitter is publicly sharing research findings today that show that the platform's algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians and content from right-leaning news outlets more than people... Continue Reading →
Superman cares nothing for your bitter man-baby tears
So many changes for culture-war obsessed conservatives to deal with! First we have the big one: Superman's son comes out as bisexual in a new comic. It's a big deal — sort ofHe's slated to come out as bisexual in the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, written by Tom Taylor with art by John Timms,... Continue Reading →
GOP Death Cult roundup
I have to apologize in advance for some potentially insensitive things I'm gonna say about dead people, but this stuff has me bouncing between rage and apathy like a goddamn ping pong ball. So let's get to it! The potato-faced über-Karen known as Marjorie Taylor Greene has been shitting her ignorance all over social media... Continue Reading →
Religious conservative “morals” are anything but
Here we have two stories that perfectly sum up the fucked-up values of America's religious conservatives. Let's start with this: Republicans Are Pissed About Crackdowns on Vaccine Exemptions The fight against measles in a handful of states is facing staunch opposition from Republicans and anti-vaxx parents as lawmakers crack down on exemptions that let kids... Continue Reading →
Reap this.
Whoops. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick deletes "reap what you sow" tweet after mass shooting at LGBT club A "reap what you sow" tweet from Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick that went out hours after approximately 50 people were killed at a Florida LGBT nightclub has been deleted amid backlash. At precisely 7 a.m. Sunday... Continue Reading →
Rise of the Religious Reich
Normally I'd never compare anything to Hitler, because honestly whenever anyone does that they've basically torpedoed their argument. But finally I might have something, and I don't think Godwin's Law applies because the comparison is becoming more and more valid by the day. What we're hearing coming out of the mouths of the right wing lately is fucking scary.... Continue Reading →
Obama’s finger of Muslim terror!
I have a certain family member who subscribes to the "Obama's a Muslim" school of paranoid and irrational conservative thinking. She knows -- for a fact! -- he's a Muslim, because he wears a ring that says so. Well that's a new one for me, so I asked for details. Apparently he wears a ring that... Continue Reading →
Attention, climate change denialists!
This is simply genius. Because, you know, whatever the weather's like outside your window right now is how it is all over the world. This One Comic Perfectly Shuts Down Deniers of Global Warming This April 2014 comic below, from the Buffalo News' Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Adam Zyglis, deftly calls out climate change deniers for this... Continue Reading →
Arizona’s $1.7 million welfare circle-jerk finally “pays off”
The nutbags behind this push for drug testing were really, really hoping to find widespread abuse and fraud. Because, you know, all them welfare folks are just lazy moochers who don't wanna work, right? What they found was next to nothing. Oh how lovely to see how they'll spin this into something they wanted to find....... Continue Reading →
What can we learn from conservatives about women?
Not all conservative citizens feel this way, but it rings pretty damn true if you listen to what's been coming out of the mouths of 90% of the right-wing politicians. And it's not just limited to women--they've got a thing against just about anyone who isn't a) straight b) white c) Christian. It's getting pretty... Continue Reading →
The term “Tea Party extremist” has pretty much become redundant
Robert Reich recently posted this on Facebook and it really struck a chord with me. Tea Party people like to say that guys like this are the extremists and not the norm, but I think we all know that's not entirely accurate. Yeah, he may be a little crazier than most in the party (women as human... Continue Reading →
Right-wing nutjobs kill more Americans than jihadist nutjobs
I think more people don't seem to care about this because the American media shies away from calling it "terrorism" when some Christian wingnut shoots up an abortion clinic or bombs a mosque or synagogue. They don't want Mr. and Mrs. Middle America thinking that Americans can be terrorists. No, those are the people who follow... Continue Reading →
Fox News: America’s cesspit of fear-fueled political putrescence
I lost my dad to Fox News: How a generation was captured by thrashing hysteria Old, white, wrinkled and angry, they are slipping from polite society in alarming numbers. We’re losing much of a generation. They often sport hats or other clothing, some marking their status as veterans, Tea Partyers or “patriots” of some kind... Continue Reading →
The necklace that will destroy America!
As George Carlin so wonderfully put it: "pro-life" conservatives don't give a shit about you after you're born -- until you reach military age, that is. No matter how a child is conceived, be it rape or incest or plain ol' lack of planning, they want that thing born no matter what, even if... Continue Reading →
Shocker: Arabic word used by Texas news channel, patriotic panic ensues
While I don't know if "haboob" is the "correct term" for a dust storm, since most T.V. weatherfolk are likely to just call it a dust storm, it's still entertaining to see the flag-waving draggers of knuckles get their racist panties in a twist when that word is used. Racist Texans Lose Their Shit Over... Continue Reading →
GOP puts women and children first…when it comes to not giving a shit
Government Shutdown: 9 Million Moms And Babies At Risk As WIC Program Halts The government shutdown may be keeping National Parks closed and furloughed federal workers at home, but worse real-world effects could soon be felt by low-income mothers and their infants — already a marginalized group with unstable food supplies. Listening to these fucktards... Continue Reading →
2 shitbirds, 1 stone
Rush Limbaugh And Sean Hannity Booted From Airwaves By Second Largest Radio Broadcaster With over 2,700 sponsors removing their ads from Limbaugh’s show and the millions of dollars it has cost, it was only a matter of time before a major radio distributor dropped the program in favor of a show that isn’t overwhelmingly boycotted.... Continue Reading →
Yes, Texas IS the worst state
Without Tampons Present, Texas Passes Restrictive Abortion Law After banning the presence of any female hygiene products from its Senate floor, Texas passed its restrictive abortion law last night, which will ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy as well as install new regulations that will most likely drive abortion clinics out of business. Another... Continue Reading →