Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
30th March 2023
Josh Hawley called ‘fraud and coward’ over response to Nashville shooting (The Guardian)
Teen Pokémon player booted from tournament after laughing at pronoun question (Fox)
Teenager Says He Was Disqualified From A Pokémon Tournament Over Pronouns (OutKick)
Pokemon card tournament DQs player for laughing while saying his preferred pronouns (Dexerto)
Pokémon Player Laughs at Pronoun Query, Ejected (NewsMax)
Kentucky lawmakers pass major anti-trans law, overriding governor’s veto (Washington Post) We got yer democracy, right here.
NJ School Official Accused of Anti-Trans Tweets Cries ‘Dystopian’ Witch Hunt (Daily Beast) Which is what the Daily Beast spends most of its time doing.
Abortion Bans in the U.S. Created a Human Rights Crisis (Daily Beast)
Overreach, rather than oversight: Jordan and MAGA GOP skating beyond the law (The Hill) MAGA is the New Nigger.
Texas bills would set state against federal oil and gas regulation, renewables (The Hill)
Trans activist calls Nashville school ‘right-wing institution’ day after mass shooting
Why Is Anyone Still Listening to J.K. Rowling? (Daily Beast) Why is anyone still listening to the Daily Beast?
The problem with Rick Scott’s pitch to address school shootings (MSNBC)
Georgia’s new anti-trans law also disparages autistic people like me (MSNBC) And, as we all know, it’s All About Me.
Declassified Records Show Bush’s Oil Business Was Probably a CIA Front (DeepStateBlog)
ABC & CBS Hype Bernie Sanders Berating Starbucks CEO After Ignoring Mayorkas Grilling
Nicolle Wallace smacks down Ginni Thomas for ‘demented and unethical way’ of funneling money (Raw Story)
Pokémon Player Laughs at Pronoun Query, Ejected (NewsMax)
Shooting Prompts a Shrug in Washington, as G.O.P. Rejects Pleas to Act (N.Y. Times) The Narrative is strong in this one.
Liberal Media Pivots School Shooting Response To Defend, Advocate for LGBTQ Community
MSNBC: Gun Violence Part of White Culture So GOP Protects It
Democratic Lawmaker Explodes At GOP Colleague Over Gun Violence: ‘Cowards!’ (Huffington Post) Don’t focus on the crazy people, just focus on the gun.
Media Outlets Fault Cops for Misgendering Nashville’s Trans Mass Killer
Nashville shooting exploited by right to escalate anti-trans rhetoric (Washington Post) Just taking a page from the proglodyte playbook.
After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns (N.Y. Times) If somebody in that school had had a gun, the shooter could have been stopped. The purveyors of Gun Cooties never seem to catch on to that basic fact.
CNN Cues Up Andrew McCabe, Democrat to Argue Against Arming School Teachers
Daily Show Claims GOP Has ‘Permanently Stolen’ Wisconsin’s Legislature After all, it’s rightfully theirs.
The Unlimited Wretchedness of MSNBC
Maxine Waters spews up ‘dog whistle’ talking points at SVB hearing Remember: If you hear the ‘dog whistle’, then you’re the dog.
Far right presentation using misappropriated election software alarms experts (L.A. Times)
Ronna McDaniel’s hair and makeup have cost GOP donors nearly $100,000 (Raw Story) I’m glad they didn’t have anything more important to write about. Proglodytes grind slowly but they grind incredibly small.
Twitter pushes hate speech, extremist content into ‘For You’ pages (Washington Post) But only since Elon took it over.
Clash at House hearing: GOP claims social media censorship, Democrats want to strike testimony (USA Today)
Hakeem Jeffries Blasts GOP For Silence On Gun Control After Nashville School Shooting (Huffington Post) Maybe that’s because the GOP don’t think that the two have any connection. Pretty silly complaining that your opponents aren’t making the same assumptions you do.
‘Beyond the pale’: Dems go after DeSantis for visiting gun store after Nashville shooting (ABC) Pure Narrative witch-hunt.
Jennifer Aniston: Younger Generations Find ‘Friends’ Offensive
Columbia Law Students Throw Fit Because Classmates Met With Brett Kavanaugh
Lefties Lose Their Minds Over N.C. Abortion Ban Proposal
America should be ashamed of our role in the fiery death of 38 refugees (Philadelphia Inquirer) I don’t know about ‘America’ (shouldn’t that be ‘the Biden Administration’?), but I had no such role, so I see no reason to be ashamed. If Will Bunch, proglodyte Voice of the Crust, wishes to feel ashamed, he is certainly free to do so.
Newsom forms new group to fight ‘rising authoritarianism’ in red states (Washington Post) The problem is not authoritarianism in red states but totalitarianism in blue states. Somebody send this guy a mirror. A big one.
AOC Flees Libs of TikTok Creator, Served Ethics Complaint
FACT CHECK: California Politicians Need Private Security To Protect Them From Conservatives