Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
30th September 2022
DeSantis, Once a ‘No’ on Storm Aid, Petitions a President He’s Bashed (N.Y. Times)
Ginni Thomas Denies Discussing Election Subversion Efforts With Her Husband (N.Y. Times)
Biden: Meloni’s Victory in Italy a Warning for U.S. Democracy
The 3 million richest Americans have greater combined wealth than 291 million (CBS) They say that like it was a bad thing.
Massachusetts lawmakers ask Buttigieg to investigate DeSantis migrant flights (Politico)
He Has a 7-Point Plan for a Christian Takeover — and Wants Doug Mastriano to Lead the Charge (Rolling Stone)
Giorgia Meloni and the reactionary axis that wasn’t
GOP Candidate’s Staffer Has a Murder-for-Hire Past (Daily Beast) But don’t you look at Fetterman’s campaign, no sirree.
PBS Suggests DeSantis, Republicans To Blame For Hurricanes
You thought the Supreme Court’s last term was bad? Brace yourself. (Washington Post) Ruth Marcus is running scared, and that’s a good sign.
Appalling Anti-Semitism: Berkeley Law Grievance Groups Ban Israel Supporters
Gavin Newsom’s trolling deftly unmasks Ron DeSantis’s cruelty (Washington Post) Greg Sargent saddles up the witch-hunt.
NBC’s ‘Law And Order’ Paint Pro-Lifers as Violent Murderers
GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent’s ties to white nationalists include interview with Nazi sympathizer (CNN) Apparently even talking to a Nazi sympathizer (who probably isn’t) is enough to make you a ‘white nationalist’ (apparently it’s contagious, like COVID).
The January 6 Committee Can’t Quit Before It Examines the Clarence Thomas Connection (The Nation) The witch-hunt will continue until all heretics and sinners are smeared.