Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
13th January 2022
Trump’s new Manhattan bar: serving rip-off drinks and a side of narcissism (The Guardian) All Trump! All the time!
Trump White House had a secret crypto booster in Jared Kushner, new Mnuchin file dump shows (CNBC) They say that like it was a bad thing.
Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend testifies to grand jury in sex trafficking probe (NBC) So we can presume she’s totally unbiased and objective.
Majority in new poll backs reforming law Trump tried to use to subvert Electoral College (The Hill) A poll by Politico. No bias there.
Zach Galifianakis: Celebrity culture ‘how we ended up with’ Trump (The Hill)
The Protecting Our Democracy Act gives Republicans a chance to prove they care about democracy (Washington Post) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.
West Virginians scramble to get by after Manchin kills child tax credits (The Guardian) Perhaps they could just cut taxes on low income people instead. Then they would need tax credits.
50K kids in Joe Manchin’s home state could sink into deep poverty without child tax credits (The Hill) Perhaps they could just cut taxes on low income people instead. Then they would need tax credits.
On the phone with the real world, Trump hangs up (Washington Post) All Trump! All the time!
Joe Manchin’s arguments for the filibuster keep getting more ludicrous (Washington Post)
Can insurrectionist enablers be disqualified from office? It’s complicated. (Washington Post) They actually pay people to write this crap.
This Might Be the Scariest Far-Right Mask Trend Yet (Daily Beast)
Joy Reid mocks Ron DeSantis for touting freedom in Florida, calls the state ‘authoritarian’ I guess that’s why people are moving there from such bastions of liberty as California and New York.
ABC’s WNT WHINES: Republicans Keep Blocking Voting Rights! Rather a blatant lie.