Read it.

Not so’s you’d notice.

On Christmas day, the following statement popped up on Twitter:

Just so we’re clear on the Right’s agenda – racism good, abortion bad, money good, women bad, capitalism good, sustainability bad, stupidity good, science bad, power good, equality bad, white people good, nonwhite people bad. Stench, indeed.

Who wrote this simple-minded rant? Monica Casper. Who is Casper? The dean of the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University in California.

What support did Casper provide for any of her derogatory characterizations of the views of people on the opposite side of the ideological divide from her? None.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Jewish Space Lasers of Trying to Shoot Down Santa (New Yorker) Andy Borowitz tries to be the left-wing Babylon Bee and fails miserably.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To ‘Restore’ America to Christian Principles (Newsweek) No, she wants to restore Christian principles to America. Trust Newsweek to get it wrong.

Edward Snowden Takes Aim at Donald Trump for Not Pardoning Him (Newsweek) Well, Creepy Joe hasn’t pardoned him either.

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas for sitting lawmakers could enter ‘dangerous Constitutional territory’

ABC’s ‘This Week’ Panel Attacks Manchin ‘He Represents Plutocrats’  I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but all legislators represent plutocrats, because plutocrats have money, and politicians need money to get re-elected in order to preserve their grasp on power. A depressing number of people in the Narrative Media appear unfamiliar with the way the world works. Perhaps it’s going to college that does it.

The O’Keefe Project: The Times restrained (2)

Donald Trump’s influence is fading (CNNO They hope, they hope, they hope….

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich sues Jan. 6 committee to block access to his financial records

Judge blocks New York Times on Project Veritas coverage (Politico)

Parents outraged after teacher mocks ‘bigots,’ ‘evangelicals’ in Dr. Seuss-style poem at school board meeting

Right-Wing Social Media Site Bans Controversial Term, Sparking Fury Among User Base (Newsweek)

The Bar for Charging Trump with Obstructing Congress Is Higher Than Many Realize (Politico)

What Jim Jordan knows about Trump’s coup attempt — and what he may cover up (Washhington Post) All Trump! All the time!

Federal prosecutors question legal fee arrangement in case against former Trump adviser (CNN) All Trump! All the time!

Joe Manchin has all the power — and a catastrophic lack of imagination (Washington Post)

US conservative parents push for book bans – and unintentionally make reading cool again (The Guardian)

The Obscure Charge Jan. 6 Investigators Are Looking at for Trump (Daily Beast) All Trump! All the time!

Victor Davis Hanson: Please, Stop The ‘Coup’ Porn!

Merry Christmas? Reid Tells Viewers to FEAR the Military, Unvaxxed, GOP ‘Enemies’

WORST OF 2021: The Joy of Hate Award for Joy Reid Rants

Buzzfeed Writer: ‘De-platform’ White Parents

Read it.

With the conviction on manslaughter charges of former police officer Kim Potter we seem to pursuing a pattern in “Blue” prosecutions. By “Blue” I am not just referring to prosecutions of the men and women in blue (although it includes them) but the pressure in Blue states to prosecute and convict persons of crimes when there a perceived political advantage to do so; where the “wrong” person has been injured or killed by what ordinarily would have been seen as a legal, if tragic, shooting

Early district reports crush media’s fears of GOP gerrymandering  Turns out it’s the Democrats who are doing most of the ‘gerrymandering’.

Long before embracing Trump’s false election claims, Rep. Scott Perry promoted groundless theories (Washington Post)

Conservative dark-money group bankrolled almost every major Republican effort in Colorado last year, tax docs show (Colorado Sun)

QAnon-Friendly Event Attendees Are Coming Down Sick—They Think It’s Anthrax (Newsweek)

Far-Right Group Fantasizes They’ve Been Attacked With Anthrax (Daily Beast) There is no right but the far-right.

US army veteran wore wire for FBI to expose KKK members (The Guardian)

Delusional: Hannah-Jones Complains Media Aren’t Biased Enough Against Republicans

Atlantic Writer: ‘Manchin Has Virtually Sealed the Planet’s Fate’

WORST OF 2021: The GOP Wants to Bring Back Jim Crow Award

Former Cop Scores Big Free Speech Win with U.K. Court of Appeal

Facebook Censors Catholic Group for Fighting Abuse of Christian Women

Facebook mistakenly auto-bans Merry Christmas message from Canadian MP

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024 (Newsweek)

Trump’s relocation of the Bureau of Land Management was part of a familiar Republican playbook (The Hill)

The hidden, ugly truth behind Joe Manchin’s stance on BBB’s climate provisions (Washington Post)

Five big questions about Trump and the riot (BBC)

Donald Trump Supporters Targeted the Capitol: ‘Bring Guns. It’s Now or Never’ (Newsweek) And yet none of them did. The only person shot was Ashlii Babbett. How to they explain that? They don’t even try.

Trump’s GOP Has Five Simple Tricks for Promoting Antisemitism (Daily Beast)

Does Marjorie Taylor Greene Own Stock in Three Vaccine Manufacturers? (Newsweek)

American “Super Rich” Feel “Immense Relief” As ‘BBB’ Tax Hikes Are Canceled

NBC: GOP/Manchin Are Starving Children by Tanking Build Back Better

“If You Could Die Of Irony, She Would Be Dead”: Musk Slams Liz Warren And Woke Culture In Epic Babylon Bee Interview

Shareholders doubt Apple’s civil rights stance, call for investigatio

To the MSM, John McCain Was a Maverick. Joe Manchin Is an Obstacle. 

Wokeism Ended His Father’s Teaching Career. Now, This Teacher Has a Warning for Other Educators.

Woke Matrix Scriptwriters Complain About The Phrase ‘Red Pilled’ Being “Kidnapped By Right Wingers”

Joy Reid RAGES Over ‘Maserati Joe’ Manchin Opposing BBB Since He Hates ‘The Poors’

Read it.

It was a challenging task but an esteemed panel of NewsBusters editors led by MRC President L.Brent Bozell and MRC’s Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker boiled down all the biased outbursts from lefty hack hosts, anchors, reporters and pundits in 2021 and on December 15 announced The Chris Cuomo Memorial Award for Quote of the Year.

Of course, every year there is way too much bias for just one category. So Baker led a panel of NewsBusters editors to break down the Worst of 2021 into seven additional categories (The Damn Those Conservatives Award; The GOP Wants To Bring Back Jim Crow Award; The Joy of Hate Award for Joy Reid Rants; The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award; The Media Heroes Award; The Craziest Analysis Award and the Celebrity Freak-Outs Award).

Manchin blasts WH staff for leaking ‘absolutely inexcusable’ things about him after rejecting BBB

Why are US rightwingers so angry? Because they know social change is coming (The Guardian) Seems reasonable to me.

CNN anchors Don Lemon and Brian Stelter speak at sentencing of Trump supporter who threatened journalists: ‘My family was in danger’ (NY Daily News) Whose turn is it to be the victim?

Dallas QAnon ‘Cult’ Is Now Drinking Terrifying Chemical Cocktail, Family Says (Daily Beast) And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.

Bette Midler apologizes for Twitter ‘outburst’ calling West Virginia ‘poor, illiterate’: ‘I’m just seeing red’  And seeing Red is what she does best.

Steve Bannon Threatens to Take Over Entire U.S. ‘Election Apparatus’ (Daily Beast) And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.

Claim: Senator Joe Manchin Fundamentally Misunderstands Climate Economics

Washington Post readership declines sharply now that Trump has left town  What a coincidence.

2021’s Top Dirty Dozen Fredo Moments from CNN’s Former Wise Guy

Nets Pile On Joe Manchin For Tanking Build Back Better

For Third Year, Committee to Protect Journalists Excludes Assange

CBS Asks if ‘Grown-Up’ Kamala Feels ‘Betrayed’ by Manchin

Mary Trump on the real danger of Trump’s election lie (CNN)

The White House Calls Joe Manchin a Liar After He Goes on Fox to Kill Build Back Better Bill

CNN Exclusive: Jan 6 investigators believe Nov. 4 text pushing ‘strategy’ to undermine election came from Rick Perry (CNN)

Manchin says Build Back Better’s climate measures are risky. That’s not true (NPR)

The day democracy almost died (The Hill)

Kinzinger on potential Trump charges: ‘Nobody… is above the law’ (CNN) All Trump! All the time!

NY Times Cries for Innocent Congressional Dems Foiled by ‘Cult’ Republicans

CNN Cues Failed Atlanta Mayor to Bash Trump, Ignores Murder Surge

MSNBC Regular Elie Mystal Mocks Crying Taser-Mixup Cop: Very Sorry ‘I Hate Negroes So Much’

STUDY: Four Times the Nets BURIED Unhinged Leftists Bullying Manchin (and Sinema)

Trump Sues New York AG After Accusing Her Of ‘Politically Weaponized’ Investigation

Quidditch Leagues to Change Name Because JK Rowling Isn’t Woke Enough

New York Times Fires Staffer After Profane Phone Call to Gun-Rights Group

USC Under Fire Over Student’s Anti-Zionist Threats On Social Media

The enemies of American democracy? Big lie, big anger and big money (The Guardian) The Robert Reich doll repeats the same old messages.

Jim Jordan Is ‘a Traitor,’ Agrees Legal Expert After Gallego’s Take on 1/6 Text to Meadows (Newsweek)

Sexist Fox News Guest Whines About Women, Gays Serving in Military (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Quote About Fifth Amendment Resurfaces as Allies Use It With Jan. 6 Panel (Newsweek) All Trump! All the time!

SNL Weekend Update’s Tina Fey and Michael Che Mock Elon Musk and Fox News Hosts’ Insurrection Texts (Daily Beast) All Narrative! All the time!

GOP Donor Warns Trump ‘Cult,’ Candidates Trying to ‘Out-MAGA Each Other’ Hurting Party (Newsweek)

Donald Trump’s ‘Bizarre’ Meeting: Cursing, Screaming, Swedish Meatballs (Newsweek) All Trump! All the time!

‘Trumpism’ Fox News Hosts Acted Differently Off Camera, Defector Jonah Goldberg Says (Newsweek)

1,300 Attorneys Demand Calif. Bar Investigate Trump Lawyer Over Effort to Overturn Election (Newsweek)

Legal organization files ethics complaint on Trump lawyer Eastman (The Hill)

Republicans are shamelessly working to subvert democracy. Are Democrats paying attention? (The Guardian) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

Forbes Magazine Editors Testify in NY Case Against Trump Over Former President’s Wealth (Newsweek) All Trump! All the time!

‘It’s an American issue’: can Georgia’s candidate for secretary of state save democracy? (The Guardian) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

McConnell Stops Another Coup Attempt as Trump’s Grip Keeps Slipping (Daily Beast)

3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection (Washington Post) Soon to bre a major motion picture.

Trump ally Straka has provided potentially significant information (Politico)

Nicholas Sandmann reaches settlement with NBC in Covington Catholic High School controversy KA-CHING!

Beware the extremist, dangerous and unconstitutional ‘constitutional sheriffs’ (Washington Post)

Trump Claims Jews Had ‘Absolute Control’ Over Congress in Antisemitic Interview (Daily Beast) All Trump! All the time!

Jay Johnston Banned From ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Over Capitol Riot (Daily Beast)

Republicans are plotting to destroy democracy from within (The Guardian) From within!

CNN analyst implores Joe Manchin to leave Democratic Party: ‘It would be better off’

Trump still texts me constantly, like a bad ex-boyfriend (Washington Post) All Trump! All the time!

The Post Is Looking For a Hit Man

As Dems Fail, Chuck Todd Laments They Don’t Play Hardball with GOP

Media Shrug at Privacy Violations of Fox Hosts Hannity, Ingraham, Kilmeade

Journalist: Facebook’s ‘Haha’ Reaction Used to Bully Online

Hard Questions Raised On Jan 6 Panel’s Legality In Meadows Contempt Vote

Read it.

Kevin ( “Viva la Resistance!”) Clinesmith is the convicted felon who radically altered a document in the Trump-Russia investigation to justify spying on an American citizen. At the time, Clinesmith was an assistant general counsel at the FBI.

In order to receive court approval for surveillance of Carter Page, Clinesmith took a document that said Page WAS a CIA source and altered it say Page WAS NOT a CIA source. He then submitted the fake document to the federal court to support obtaining a FISA warrant that would enable the FBI to spy not just on Page but quite possibly on the Trump campaign for which he had worked.

It is hard to imagine a more blatant fraud on the court. Perpetuating that fraud should have meant an end to Clinesmith’s legal career or at least a lengthy cessation of it.

However, fraud on the court in service of “La Resistance” to Donald Trump doesn’t bother the left-wing D.C. bar one bit. It has restored Clinesmith as a member in “good standing” of the District of Columbia Bar Association — this despite the fact that he has yet to finish serving out his probation as a convicted felon.

Read it.

Four people were arrested in NYC for burning and looting an Applebee’s restaurant.

Just kidding. We know that sort of thing is tolerated under the New Justice System. Heck, the Vice President of the United States contributed to a bail fund for violent rioters and that wasn’t a deal-breaker, even for people who work within the Justice System. No, the actual crime they were arrested for was protesting the city’s Vaccine Passport requirement.

How the January 6 committee finally exposed Trump’s empire of lies (CNN) All Trump! All the time!

Jan. 6 hearings lay out how Trumpers undermine America at home and abroad. Beware election coup in 2024 (Philadelphia Inquirer) ‘Election coup’?

Kyrsten Sinema Won’t Let Dems Kill a Favorite Tax Break for the Rich (Daily Beast) Not that they’re trying all that hard, but they talk a good fight.

Ties that bind: the itsy-bitsy strips that make a gerrymandered Texas congressional map (Dallas Morning News) Because, as you know, only Republicans gerrymander Congressional districts.

Stephen Colbert Destroys Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Over Capitol Riot Texts (Daily Beast Uh, not exactly.

Seth Meyers Rips Into Don Jr.’s ‘Embarrassing’ Insurrection Texts (Daily Beast) Except that there’s no there, there.

Mary Trump Mocks Uncle’s Rally as ‘Miserable Failure’ After Empty Seats in Florida (Newsweek) All Trump! All the time!

Alcindor Ready for NBC Gig: GOP Voting Reform ‘A Slow January 6th

A federal court has ruled that obstructing the electoral vote count is illegal. Trump should panic. (Washington Post) Unlike Jennifer Rubin, Trump isn’t a panickier.

What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one. (Washington Post)

New NBC Show Character Refuses to Date ‘Black Republican:’ ‘Nope!’

Misinforming NY Times Reporter Finds ‘Misinformation…Lies’ in GOP Campaign Emails

MSNBC Promotes NYT Claim That GOP Emails Are Often FALSE, Much Worse Than Dems

Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty In Federal Civil Rights Case To Avoid Life In Prison

Read it.

A Virginia Democrat who railed against school choice on the campaign trail failed to report that she once was president of a private high school or that her daughter attends a private middle school.

Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.) slammed charter schools and voucher programs during her 2018 campaign, saying they pull funding from public schools. But Virginia corporation filings show Luria served as the president of Tidewater Montessori High School, Inc. in Norfolk, Va., from at least 2015 to 2019. Luria did not list her position on her 2018 and 2019 financial disclosure forms, a violation of House Ethics rules. Her daughter attends a Montessori school in Norfolk that can cost more than $12,000 per year.

Mark Meadows has already established a coup plot. Do we care enough to save the republic? (Washington Post)

I Got Stopped by a NY Cop: ‘It’s Always a Good Day When You Can Bag a Sand N****r!’ (Daily Beast)

Jared Kushner Shrieked ‘Get Out’ at Israeli Ambassador, Book Claims (Daily Beast)

Juan Williams: The GOP is an anti-America party (The Hill) Makes you wonder what America he lives in.

America witnessed a coup attempt. Now it’s sleep-walking into another disaster (The Guardian) I gather that ‘coup attempt’ is the latest Party Line.

‘The View’ Asks: Is Fox Now the ‘Tucker Carlson Fake News Network’ After Wallace Exit? (Daily Beast)

NY Times Uses Chris Wallace to Take a Front-Page Swipe at ‘Conspiratorial’ Fox News

J.K. Rowling Mocks Absurdity of Orwellian Transgender Rape Policy

Titleist Rejects ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ on Golf Balls, Allows Trump Insults

Again? New York Times Can’t Quit Scary ‘Hard Right’ Texas Republicans

Elon Musk Rips Into Liz Warren As “Senator Karen” After Freeloading Accusations

Woke Mob Comes for Professor Who Opposes Left-Wing Social Values

ZMan circles back.

Back in 2014, Rolling Stone published a story about an alleged rape on the campus of the University of Virginia. Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s “A Rape on Campus” story was a bombshell story that became a national controversy. It seemed to confirm everything the Nth-wave feminists were saying about the scourge of white males raping white women on the college campus. All of the usual suspects rushed to the nearest outlet to display their outrage over the incident.

Of course, this later became known as the “Virginia Rape Hoax” as the story was completely fake. The only things about it that were true is the star of the story was a human who attended the university and the writer used her real name. Otherwise, the story was a total fabrication and a ridiculous one at that. Sensible people noticed huge problems with it from the start. The two big clues that it was fake were that it read like a bodice ripper and the villain was named Haven Monahan.

In retrospect, this story was a turning point for mass media. By the old rules, everyone involved would have been shamed out of the public eye. The writer, Sabrina Erdely, would have been drummed out of the profession. Jackie Coakley, the coed who was the fake victim, would have been destroyed by an angry media. Erdely faced no repercussions and still works in the media. Coakley was mostly ignored and has gone on with her life, not having suffered from it.

Read it.

Blaine police say an elderly couple who ordered groceries through Instacart last week opened their door to a derogatory message from the delivery driver, and found their groceries destroyed.

Police say it appeared the couple was targeted due to a sign supporting law enforcement that was visible in the front yard of the home.

January 6 committee releases resolution recommending holding Meadows in contempt of Congress

Roberts court’s ‘stench’ began when it undermined Voting Rights Act and America’s democracy diplomacy (The Hill) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’/

Tapper: Trump tried to kill democracy once. He’ll do it again (CNN) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

SNL’s Michael Che Nails Fox News Host Ainsley Earhardt’s Awful Christmas Tree Fire Take (Daily Beast) When these guys hit puberty, they’re going to be awesome.

The clear and present danger of Jim Jordan & Co. (The Hill)

Ex-Adviser Peter Navarro: Trump Ordered Me to Defy Congressional Subpoena (Daily BeastO Uh, guyd? Trump is no longer President – he can’t order anybody to do anything.

Trump’s Dark-Money Machine Gets a Makeover—and New Owners (Daily Beast) All Trump! All the time!

Distinguished persons of the week: The D.C. Circuit shuts down Trump (Washington Post) All Trump! All the time!

Atlantic Magazine Admits that January 6 Committee Has Flopped for Democrats

Why The Russiagate Scandal Outranks The Rest

Hillary Warns ‘End Of Democracy’ If Trump Wins In 2024; MSNBC Gets Even More Dramatic With Biden Overthrow

SNL’s Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert Prove Just How ‘Dumb’ They Are (Daily Beast)

The Good News for the GOP Is Only Temporary (Politico)

After 50 rioters sentenced for January 6 insurrection, a debate rages over what justice looks like (CNN) It looks like BLM and Antifa rioters get a free pass.

How Dr. Oz went from being Oprah’s protégé to Trump’s cheerleader (CNN) And therefore must be destroyed.

EA Games Tells Kyle Rittenhouse His Name Could “Harm” Other Gamers

Stelter Ignores CNN’s Pedo Problem, Lashes Out at Fox News and Republicans

Pfizer scientist turned anti-vaxxer Dr Mike Yeadon wins award for pseudoscience

Stretch! Don Lemon Tries to Blame Right-Wingers for Surge in Traffic Deaths

Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup (The Guardian) Oh, I don’t think so.

Mark Meadows sues Nancy Pelosi, January 6 panel members

Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges (Reuters)

What you learn after 350 hours of Joe Rogan (The Verge) “Meet the reporter dedicated to cataloging Joe Rogan’s bonkers claims”

Jan. 6 crossed a line. We need to say so before it’s too late for democracy. (Washington Post) “Democracy” as used by the Narrative Media means “vote fraud by Democrats”.

The Possible End Of American Democracy As We Know It (NPR) “Democracy” as used by the Narrative Media means “vote fraud by Democrats”.

Judge upholds prosecutors’ use of felony obstruction law in January 6 cases in pivotal ruling (CNN)

CBS Frets to First Lady: Aren’t You ‘Frustrated’ By Republicans?

Behold NY Times Fairness: ‘Archconservative, Hard-Right’ GOP Hates Governing

Smollett Convicted of Hoax, CNN Turns It Into Fierce Attack on… Sean Hannity?

Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzers for Misleading ‘Russia Collusion’ Stories?  Hint: No.

Todd Tantrum: Biden Hosts Democracy Summit as GOP Destroys Democracy!

TikTok Reportedly Censors Pro-Rittenhouse Video As “Hate Speech”

Trump’s social media platform hits roadblocks as major political battle looms (The Guardian)

Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight (Washington Post)

Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight (Seattle Times)

Jan 6. Panel Reveals Meadows Loved the Idea of Replacing State Electors With Trump Fans (Daily Beast)

‘Let’s go Brandon’ boat wins Virginia parade contest, then stripped of award

Man Arrested For Setting Fire To Christmas Tree Outside Fox News Headquarters

100 Times Big Tech Censored Users Who Affirm Science, Only 2 Genders

MSNBC Blames Russia Invasion Threat on ‘Republican-Russian Alliance’

Who Should Kyle Rittenhouse Sue First? Let Me Nominate Colin Kaepernick

The media has given Republicans a free pass on assaulting democracy (Washington Post)

Americans must get serious about fighting the Republican threat to our democracy (Chicago Sun Times) There’s an echo in here.

Lin Wood Claims Greene Is Under the Influence of ‘the Devil’ (Daily Beast)

Devin Nunes Idiotically Thinks Trump Will Pay Him (The New Yorker)

Merrick Garland’s Texas lawsuit shows the war on democracy is succeeding (Washington Post) I sense a theme….

Biden’s DOJ is suing Texas for gerrymandering, but will it go after blue states for the same thing?

Inside Dr. Oz’s Shameless Flip-Flop on Abortion (Daily Beast) I have no objection to mocking ‘Dr. Oz’, but I doubt that they would do so were he running as a Democrat.

Republicans don’t disguise their indifference to human life (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin abandons any pretense of being a Republican. (Pretty ironic, coming from a proponent of abortion.)

A white supremacist march in D.C. was pushed by a fake Twitter account, experts say (Washington Post) The problem with these false-flag operations is that they are instantly obvious as cartoon portrayals of the Left’s right-wing fantasies rather than any credible extremist group.

GOP Women Are Leaning Into Mudslinging and Total Villainy (Daily Beast) Villany! Total!

Democrats Know the GOP Will Retaliate. They Want to Punish Lauren Boebert Anyway. (Daily Beast) Haters gotta hate.

DOJ aims to block key Bannon defense strategy (Politico)

Steve Bannon Wants to Turn His Criminal Charges Into a Media Circus: DOJ (Daily Beast)

David Letterman Immediately Shreds Donald Trump At Kennedy Center Honors (Huffington Post) My, what a surprise.

Worry about Trump continuing to undermine democracy, not his abuse of Mark Milley (Washington Post) Oh, surely there’s room for whining about both?

Trump spurs on GOP fight for Georgia governor, thrusting his false election claims to center stage (Washington Post) All TYrump! All the time!

Normal Day: Fredo’s Replacement Uses Bob Dole’s Death to Bash GOP

GOP lawmaker: Marjorie Taylor Greene is a ‘tattletale’ for running to Trump (CNN) When these guys graduate from high school they’re going to be awesome.

Trump Accidentally Posts Statement Blasting His Own ‘Stupid’ Election Lies (Daily Beast) Or maybe not.

Why Is Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Acting Extra Crazy? (Daily Beast) Because he’s Republican?

Neil Gorsuch’s terrifying paragraph (The Hill) Terrifying!

Olbermann: ‘Trumpist Fascism’ Somehow to Blame for Michigan School Shooting.

CNN Hypes Dem’s Vile Attacks Blaming GOP for School Shooting

Morning Joe Hypes GOP’s ‘Catastrophic Turn’ To ‘Authoritarianism, Nativism and Conspiracism’  That’s a lot of -isms. They forgot deviationism, revisionism, and running-dog-ism.

Russia hoax whitewash era begins (3)

There is no doubt any more: the US supreme court is run by partisan hacks (The Guardian) And Robert Reich ought to know, being a thorough partisan hack himself.

The Disgusting Reality Behind Ron DeSantis’ New ‘Army’ (Daily Beast) Never mind that Texas has had a State Guard since 1941.

Sarah Silverman slams Joy Reid as media panics about DeSantis’ proposed civilian military force in Florida

It’s time to say it: The conservatives on the Supreme Court lied to us all (Washington Post)

Trump faces flurry of investigations beyond Jan. 6 probe (Associated Press)

Colbert Denies Cancel Culture Exists…Then Suggests It Should

‘Do You Feel Safe?’ MSNBC’s Cross Suggests Boebert Might Shoot Democrats  Can’t say that I’d blame her.

Read it.

Joe Biden has been president for more than ten months, and the Omicron variant has only been news for a few days. But somehow, Politico energetically found a way to blame Omicron infections on Donald Trump! Health reporter Erin Banco found conveniently anonymous experts to slam Trump (no partisan or ideological affiliations attached, so clean).

Marjorie Taylor Greene just called another House Republican ‘trash’ (CNN) She has a long list to choose from.

Why Fox Stopped Talking About Trump (P9litico)  Maybe because he isn’t President any more? And Fox’s business model isn’t based on complaining about Trump?

Please Don’t Elect Dr. Oz—He’s a Disgrace to Our Profession (Daily Beast)

Trump’s attempt to rewrite history just took a big hit (CNN) All Trump! All the time!

Amazon, Walmart and the world’s biggest retailers are making port congestion and pollution worse, new report finds (CNN) Yeah, they keep buying and selling stuff. What’s up with that?

CNN Now Outraged By Nazi Comparisons…After Constantly Hurling Them

Christie rips Trump for not delivering

They Died from Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started  On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog — until you start writing.

Police Bodycam Footage Of MSNBC ‘Producer’ Who Tailed Rittenhouse Jury Way Worse Than Reported

Body Cam Video Reveals NBC Planted Employees Around Kenosha Courthouse To Stalk Rittenhouse Jury

Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed both as scapegoat, predator as trial gets under way (Reuters)

Powerful Variant of Stupidity Identified in Texas (The New Yorker) Andy Borowitz tries to be the Left’s Babylon Bee and fails miserably.

QAnon Follower Writes Open Letter to Donald Trump Over Failed Predictions: ‘Tired of It’ (Newsweek) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory (The Guardian) All Trump! All; the time!

Trump Made Desperate Phone Calls on Jan. 6 to Ask How to Stop Biden Win, Says Report (Daily Beast) It’s in a Report, so you know it must be true!

Communist Party cancel culture targets internet celebrities – The Economist

Campus Comedy Explains Importance of Pronouns to ‘Really Dumb Cis Bitch’

The Cynical and Dangerous Weaponization of the “White Supremacist” Label  Glenn Greenwald.

Daily Beast: Anonymous Politico Reporters Lament Young In-House ‘Woke Police’

Fauci Burns Ted Cruz for Wanting Him Prosecuted: ‘What Happened on Jan. 6, Senator?!’ (Daily Bast)

Arizona university students demand administration to ‘withdraw’ Kyle Rittenhouse: ‘killer off our campus’ And the witch-hunt starts in earnest.

He “Should Pay For His Crimes”: ASU Students Demand Expulsion Of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Persecution of J.K. Rowling at the Hands of the ‘Oppressed’

If Merrick Garland Doesn’t Charge Trump and His Coup Plotters, Our Democracy Is Toast (Daily Beast)

US Christian right group wages culture war with books, cartoon and nature doc (The Guardian)

Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl review – a tyrant’s last stand (The Guardian)

Some Jews see antisemitism and white nationalism becoming less fringe since the 2017 Unite the Right rally (Washington Post)

BEST Nonfiction? WashPost Promotes All Their Leftist and Anti-Trump Attack Books of 2021

‘You Play Golf, Right?’ Donald Trump Rambled On as Commanders Tried to Interrupt (Newsweek) The Narrative Media try to keep the focus on Trump as Biden gets more and more flaky.

Trump photo with Rittenhouse reveals ‘Mount Trumpmore’ sculpture (The Guardian) All Trump! All the time!

Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event (CNN)

Former Trump Adviser Steve Cortes Out at Newsmax (Daily Beast)

Kanye West Reveals What ‘Wife’ Kim Kardashian Really Thought Of His MAGA Hat (Huffington Post)

Unite the Right verdict sends an urgent message (CNN)

Indigenous activists want to change a California town’s racist name. Officials are pushing back (The Guardian)

Dave Chappelle doesn’t back down when students at DC alma mater slam him as ‘bigot’ at surprise visit

Former Trump adviser criticizes Trump, Fauci and Birx in fiery new book (The Hill) KA-CHING!

NY Times Conflates GOP Border Control, School Board Protests with Neo-Nazis

On ‘Hannity,’ Trump reveals the truth about right-wing lionization of Rittenhouse (Washiogton Post) The Post loves to pretend that Trump speaks for anybody other than himself.

Trumpist Election Deniers Descend Into High School Drama (Daily Beast) ‘Election deniers’?

Mike Lindell Trolls Fox News With Pathetic Rally (Daily Beast)

‘Maybe You’ll Need to Report a Relative to the FBI!’ An Atlantic Writer’s Advice For Dealing With Conservative Family on Thanksgiving

USA TODAY: ‘Thanksgiving Represents the Dark Shadow of Genocide’

Watch: MSNBC Declares Thanksgiving About White People Celebrating “Genocide And Violence” Against Blacks

Jan. 6 organizers used burner phones to communicate with White House: report (The Hill)

Capitol riot suspect’s court hearing turns to potential criminal charge for Trump  (Politico) All Trump! All the time!

‘View’ host Whoopi Goldberg claims Kyle Rittenhouse committed murder despite acquittal I hope she gets included in the lawsuit.

Senate’s Jan. 6 ethics probe into Cruz, Hawley drags on (Politico)

The news about Trump’s potential legal troubles reminds us why we need BBB (Washington Post)

Jimmy Kimmel Rips Into Trump’s Deeply Embarrassing Picture-Book Tour (Daily Beast) All Trump! All the time!

Dave Chappelle Is Back to Making Transphobic Jokes (Daily Beast) It’s called ‘being a comedian’.

Teddy Roosevelt Statue Exiled from American Museum of Natural History on Central Park to Medora, North Dakota,

Rittenhouse Hints Plans to Sue Media, Biden for ‘Defaming’ Him  He’d be a fool not to.

NY Times Again Links Rittenhouse Self-Defense With Paranoia Over Paramilitaries

Is there life after the playpen?

Althouse: The government — in failing to maintain order in Kenosha — deserves blame for the Kyle Rittenhouse incident.

Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans’ faces (CNN)

Kayleigh McEnany’s book claims don’t stand up to assurances that she didn’t lie (The Guardian)

Why the APA’s apology for promoting white supremacy falls short (NBC ‘News’)

CBS News Host Confronts Ted Cruz Over ‘Big Lie,’ 2020 Election Challenge in Tense Interview (Newsweek)

Sen. John Neely Kennedy goes full Joe McCarthy in questioning a Biden nominee born in the U.S.S.R. (Washington Post) Max Boot lives up to his name.

The Bank of Mum and Dad is allowing New Zealand’s wealthy to become ‘opportunity hoarders’ (The Guardian)

A former Virginia officer who was fired for donating to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund wants his job back, a report says

The GOP Dark Money Group Giving Big to White Supremacists (Daily Beast) Cue scary music.

How would the press handle a Trump 2024 campaign? (CNN) Badly.

MSNBC: Thanksgiving’s About White Settlers Who Brought ‘Genocide and Violence’

J.K. Rowling Says She Was Doxxed on Twitter for Not Agreeing with Left’s Gender Ideology

CNN Host, Michael Cohen Joke About Throwing Trump Supporters in Jail  They would if they could

The roots of the Republican war on democracy (Washington Post)

MSNBC Aghast Over Rittenhouse Verdict: ‘White Supremacist’ ‘Terrorists’ Won

Canada’s Hateful “Anti-Hate” Network

Crazed Reactions to the Rittenhouse Verdict

Itching for Defamation Suit: Cuomo Smears Rittenhouse as Out to Kill

Buckle Up: Here Are the BEST Rittenhouse Meltdowns from Joy Reid’s Show

Prosecutors Find Mail-In Jury Votes At 3AM, Rittenhouse Now Guilty  Babylon Bee.

WATCH: Media Melt Down Over Rittenhouse Verdict

The Ugly New Charges Against Jan. 6 Rioter ‘Baked Alaska’ (Daily Beast)

Florida Prison Guards ‘Openly Tout’ White Supremacist Ties to Scare Inmates, Report Says  (Daily Beast) Said report being by the Associated Press, pillar of the Narrative Media, and so Totally Reliable.

Right-Wingers Turn on Glenn Youngkin Over His LGBTQ Staffer and Vaccine Rules (Daily Beast) Because, you know, they have to, they just have to.

Judge blocks New York Times from publishing Project Veritas materials (The Guardian) The swine!

Celebs react to Kyle Rittenhouse’s not guilty verdict: ‘A devastating blow’ To progressive totalitarianism, certainly.

MSNBC and The Arrogance of Left-Wing Media Power

It’s not ‘polarization.’ We suffer from Republican radicalization. (Washington Post) Well, Jennifer Rubin suffers, anyway.

MELTDOWN: Hateful, Racist Joy Reid Freaks Over a GOP House as ONLY She Can

Trump’s thirst for revenge is causing chaos in the Georgia governor’s race (CNN) All Trump! All the time!

DeSantis Lets Death Spread While Using Kids as Props (Daily Beast) Progressives would never do that, of course.

In Charlottesville trial, jurors learn to decode the secret slang of white supremacists (Washington Post) They’re too stupid to figure it out for themselves, of course, so the Woke have to do it for them.

MSNBC Analyst: Rittenhouse Like A Bank Robber Shooting His Way Out

“F**k This Murderer”: Left Becomes Unhinged After Rittenhouse Acquitted

NBC Freaks Over Rittenhouse Verdict, Warns of Rise in ‘Vigilantism’

Dem Nadler Calls on DOJ to Review Rittenhouse Verdict

Chuck Todd on Rittenhouse Acquittal: ‘We’re In No Man’s Land Here as a Society’

Senators Slam ‘Sexist’ New York Times Coverage of Kyrsten Sinema

Missouri AG sues Springfield for allegedly hiding critical race theory training for teachers

NY Times Lies: GOP ‘Mainstreaming Menace…Increasingly Tolerant of Violent Statements’

Read it.

The dean of Yale Law School expressed “regret” Wednesday for her administration’s role in the now-infamous “trap house” incident but stopped short of apologizing to second-year law student Trent Colbert or the Federalist Society for their treatment at the hands of university administrators.

Lawyer Who Backed Up Trump’s 2020 Lies Lands Federal Election Agency Adviser Role (Daily Beast)

This infamous Steve Bannon quote is key to understanding America’s crazy politics (CNN) Really?

As the nation awaits a Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, some raise eyebrows at the judge (NPR) As if anybody at NPR would know … or try to find out.

Nets Blackout FBI Whistleblower Warning Bureau Is Tracking Parents

NY Times Asks How Media Got Trump ‘Dossier’ Wrong, Yet Employs the Instigator

The ADL Convened a Summit of Anti-Semites to Fight Anti-Semitism

Lefty Hollywood Writer Tweets to ‘Burn (Kenosha) to the Ground’

Did the Justice Department overreach in raiding James O’Keefe’s home? (Washington Post)

HBO Max Announces Harry Potter Cast Reunion For A Ritual Denunciation Of J.K. Rowling  Babylon Bee.

On CNN, David Frum Goes BIBLICAL in Urging Everyone to Fight Back Against Trump  David Frum, Narrative Media sock-puppet, earns his keep.

Rex Huppke: Guilty or innocent, Kyle Rittenhouse should disgust us all

These maps show how Republicans are blatantly rigging elections (The Guardian) Funny how the Narrative Media are only offended by partisan redistricting when Republicans do it.

Dems’ gerrymandering complaints bring unified GOP response: Remember 2001!

Trump scores legal wins with one lawsuit dropped and another dismissed

Joe Manchin Wants to Sabotage the $12,500 EV Tax Credit (Gizmodo) I don’t see why rich people’s tech toys ought to get a taxpayer subsidy.

Manchin blasts union-made EV tax break at Toyota event (The Verge) I don’t see why only Union-made products deserve a taxpayer subsidy.

Kyle Rittenhouse Worship Is Just the Beginning for Twisted GOP (Daily Beast)

She helped her husband start a far-right militia group. Now the Oath Keeper’s wife says she has regrets (L.A. Times) There is no ‘right’ except the ‘far-right’.

Legal Expert Schools Dejected CNN Hosts on Rittenhouse Trial

Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 Witch-Hunt Committee Burns Its First Witch

The hounding of a female academic

CNN Blasts ‘Bigoted,’ ‘Drama King’ Judge in Rittenhouse Case

Rittenhouse Trial Brings Out the Crazy

Newsmax Star Returns to Twitter—and Is Permanently Banned Hours Later for Vax Insanity (Daily Beast)

Let’s Discuss the Media’s Shameless Dishonesty in the Kyle Rittenhouse Case

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest social media posts are giving her GOP colleagues fresh heartburn. (Politico)

Judge tosses D.C. AG’s claim that Trump inaugural committee ‘wasted’ $1 million at president’s hotel

Sunny Hostin Lectures ‘Despicable’ Aaron Rodgers for Criticizing ‘Woke’ Left Mob

Ex-WH Staffer Fears What Trump Would Do if Reelected: It’s ‘Different in the Second Term’ (Newsweek) Fears! (All Trump! All the time!)

Glenn Youngkin’s Underage Son Tried to Vote in Virginia Governor’s Election, Officials Say (NBC) Officials say!

‘We Want to Live’: Climate Protesters Follow Sen. Manchin in Southwest DC (NBC)

Desperate, Deranged DeSantis Devolves Into Dumb Troll (Daily Beast)

Read it.

Any person who produces art or literature, or who offers up anything at all for public consumption, must have a thick skin. Harsh reviews are as much a part of the writing life as days in front of a blank screen. But Jessie Tu’s recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Irish novelist Sally Rooney strikes a nastier tone than most scathing book reviews manage. It is symptomatic of an increasingly prevalent trend in literature, according to which the identity of the writer is more important than the words on the page. If your reaction is to scoff and retort that this is exactly what happened when white men dominated publishing, well okay. But that injustice is simply being re-rehearsed in reverse—this time, the wolf preens in progressive sheep’s clothing, masquerading as virtuous while advocating a heavily regressive approach to reading.