Only five years ago, GOP leaders held a legislator to account for flirting with white nationalism. Clay Higgins’ racist rant, echoing Trump, got a pass. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Former Iowa representative Steve King was punished by House leaders for less.
I got a chance to see "Will and Harper" early and I wrote about it for MSNBC. To me, its a story of trying to fit in within an increasingly transphobic America. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The documentary tells an interesting story about how America is tangling with the issue of trans rights.
In 1952, Joe McCarthy hired Francis Parker Yockey (the author of Imperium, the bible for American neo-Nazis) to write a speech to be delivered at an event sponsored by the National Renaissance Party, a neo-Nazi organization. This is the end of the speech. Sub in "deep state" for acheson.
Welp, looks like Corey DeAngelis was removed from an RFK event. As I note in this piece, MAGA didn't care about his past — until an account that tweets Hitler memes called it out. Seems like an attack needs Nazi flavoring before they'll accept it. www.salon.com/2024/09/27/g...
MAGA may toss a top anti-LGBTQ activist over past behavior — yet their ranks remain full of cranks and conmen
So how come #EricAdams#ClarenceThomas did the same stuff and is untouchable?
I think Musk's Xitter is designed to keep you angry, scared, and just generally fucked up. I notice my anxiety levels increase dramatically when I'm on that site.
"We're gonna follow the Constitution" is not an "if" statement, buddy.
Conspicuous that so many of the media commentators rushing to defend Nuzzi for having a sexual relationship with a male source were also eager to defend the Washington Post’s decision to bar Felicia Sonmez from coverage after she revealed past experiences of sexual violence.
Donald Trump has still not disclosed his tax returns, as all other presidents and and major candidates have for decades. Congress needs to change the law to require this disclosure, which gives the people key information about conflicts of interest and compliance with law.
The data are clear that frequent church attenders are far more likely to have authoritarian personalities than secular people. Yet the legacy media keep pushing the myth that church is inherently moderating? 🤔 NEW by me for @religiondispatches.bsky.socialreligiondispatches.org/church-atten...
Since 2016, I have been arguing here at RD that former president Donald Trump’s politics, and his appeal to White evangelical Christians, are best explained through the lens of authoritarianism. Pundi...