Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
5th August 2022
Trump blasted by Dick Cheney as former vice president stars in his daughter’s latest ad
Josh Hawley’s problem with masculinity (Washington Post) When it comes to ‘masculinity’, Jonathan Capehart and the Washington Post are not my first stop.
WaPo op-ed condemns Hawley, warns conservative masculinity is more about ‘prejudice than manliness’ Hawley’s mistake was getting into this pissing contest in the first place.
A judge unleashed a tirade on a prominent Jan. 6 defendant for his post-plea comments (NPR)
Merrick Garland has sped up his investigation. He cannot let up now. (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.
How a Trumpy Billionaire Is Single-Handedly Reshaping Campaigns (Daily Beast) It’s Peter Thiel’s turn on the bonfire.
California Gov. Newsom asks Hollywood to stop filming in conservative Georgia, Oklahoma after abortion ruling Come to California, where we can tax you!
In the GOP, the paranoid fringe is becoming the establishment (Washington Post) Dana Milbank loses his shit.
Dining across the divide: ‘I was bewildered when she said Donald Trump was intelligent’ (The Guardian) Which he is, certainly more so than anybody at The Guardian.
Time is running out. The Department of Justice must indict and convict Trump (The Guardian) Larry Tribe loses his shit.
Ex-WH Adviser: ‘I Was in the Room’ When Trump Requested National Guard for Jan. 6
Viktor Orbán’s racism not a deal breaker for the right in the U.S. (MSNBC) In the Narrative Media, ‘racism’ means ‘preferring one’s own countrymen to foreigners’.
‘Echoes of History’: CNN Implies Hungary’s Orban Will Launch a Second Holocaust
Orban at CPAC brings the ‘far-right international’ into focus (Washington Post) There is no Right but the Far-Right.
Orange Man Bad … But Florida Man Worse
The New Right Finds a Home at the Intersection of Populism and Elitism (The Dispatch) The Goldberg Group joins the Kristol Krew in RINOland, continuing the Buckley tradition of peeing on their ideological neighbors rather than fighting the Left.
Trump Leaves RNC Ensnared In Criminal Probes Of His Coup Attempt (Huffington Post) Or, more accurately, the Left’s attempt to make everybody pretend that there was a coup attempt.
Malicious Vox Editor Fantasizes About Justice Alito’s Death
NewsGuard Fails Fox News, Still Gives Phony BuzzFeed News a Perfect Credibility Rating
Trump’s Pre-Jan. 6 Actions Demolish Democrats’ ‘Coup’ Fantasies
‘Never Has America Faced A Greater Threat Than Donald Trump,’ Says Guy Who Started Two Wars And Shot A Dude In The Face (Babylon Bee)