Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
13th December 2022
White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’ (Southern Poverty Law Center)
Richmond is removing its last remaining Confederate statue (CNN)
Even as the wealthy flee NY, progressives push to punish them more (N.Y. Post)
Elon Musk booed off stage at a Dave Chappelle show (CNN) He was booed, yes, but not ‘off the stage’.
Appeals court struggles with Jan. 6 obstruction of Congress charges (Politico) Basically because they’re bullshit.
School Treasurer Votes Against Board President Because He’s a ‘Cis White Male’
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault (Rolling Stone)
MSNBC’s Reid: DeSantis Wants Florida to Be a ‘Petri Dish’ for 4chan What is ‘4chan’? Another proglodyte boogeyman?
Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces Arrest Calls Over ‘Armed’ Jan 6 Comments (Newsweek) The witch-hunt gets sillier and sillier.
Apple should pay €6m to French data watchdog for tracking users without consent, says official Not to the users themselves, mind you, but to the ‘watchdog’. Extortion? What’s that?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ally found dead amid sexual misconduct investigation (Orlando Weekly) Of course, you’re just supposed to take their word for it that this guy was a ‘DeSantis ally’.
CNN Touts Gay Nephew of GOP Congresswoman Going Viral for Lecturing His Aunt
Project Veritas Says It Provided $20,500 in ‘Excess Benefit’ to Its Founder (N.Y. Times) Scraaaaaaape that barrel….
Washington Post caught stealth-editing report that initially labeled Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss ‘conservative’ Which they most certainly are not.
Ruhle Wonders If Conservative ‘Book Bans’ Are To Blame For Hate Crimes
Anti-LGBTQ hate has increased on Twitter since Elon Musk officially acquired the company (Media Matters for America) And, of course, you’re just expected to take a Democrat talking-points group’s word for that. (GLAAD is a prominent homosexual-rights activist group.)
GOP operative who allegedly kicked a dog hired as top aide to new congressman (Politico) That’s got to be satire.