Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
9th May 2023
Why Journalists Have More Freedom Than Professors (N.Y. Times) Ross Douthat does his house-conservative thing.
Texas mall shooter had swastika, SS tattoos, online posts show (Times of Israel) Well, just hang everyone with a swastika or SS tattoo. Problem solved! Can’t touch the people with a hammer-and-sickle, though, that would be Extweeeeeemist.
George Alvarez charged with running over 18 migrants in Brownsville, Texas (N.Y. Post) Since Brown Is The New White, I guess this makes him a white supremacist and almost certainly a Trump supporter.
White House bans The Post from Biden event as Hunter indictment looms (N.Y. Post)
White House bans New York Post from attending Biden event (Fox)
Why are White House staff afraid to let a Post reporter question Biden?
8 of Neera Tanden’s Worst Attacks on Biden, GOP, Dems
GOP Threatens Blinken With Contempt Over Afghanistan Docs
nvestigators Examine Ideology of Texas Gunman As if that had anything to do with the fact that he was bat-shit crazy. They’re just looking to see if they can pin it on ‘right-wing ideology’.
New York Times on Coronation: Royal Family’s ‘Racist, Sexist, Classist, and Out of Touch’ Yup, that’s why so many love them.
Americans, Not Conservatives, Strike Back Against Wokeism
Texas congressman criticized for prayers comment after mall shooting (Washington Post) Mostly by Narrative media jackals.
USA Today SMEARS Haley, Republicans for ‘Ruthless Assault’ on Kamala’s Competence
The GOP-Hungary connection shaping the ’24 campaign (Axios) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….
‘It’s a Republican issue’: The View conservatives blame GOP lawmakers for mass shootings (Raw Story)There’s a Narrative media oxymoron for you: ‘View conservatives’.
Six months after midterm losses, election deniers mount new efforts (Washington Post) In the Narrative media, ‘election denier’ means ‘opponent of Democrat vote fraud’.
Why non-White people might advocate white supremacy (Washington P0st) Philip Bump tries to step out of the shadow of Jennifer Rubin by trying to be even more deranged.
‘2,000 Years Ago They Hated Him, Too’: Chris Pratt Says He Relies on Jesus To Deal With Haters
Indoctrination Nation (New York Magazine) The Law of Liberal Projection in action: Jonathan Chait accuses conservatives of doing what proglodytes are actually attempting to do.
Under the Radar, Right-Wing Push to Tighten Voting Laws Persists (N.Y. Times) It’s only ‘under the radar’ in the sense that the Narrative media refuse to report on it; but there’s an election coming up, so apparently the Times wants to crank up the FUD machine.
What Else Do Tucker Carlson’s Unredacted Texts Reveal? (Daily Beast) More to the point, what can we twist?
Need To Keep Masses Afraid Is Behind Elite Embrace Of Wokeism And Censorship Michael Shellenberger.
MSNBC’s Dowd Says ‘They Banned Lawn Darts After Three Children Died’ But 4,000 Gun Deaths In Texas Haven’t Prompted Government Action (MEDIAite) There were more than 4,000 auto deaths in Texas, but they aren’t pushing for banning cars. (Since when is MSNBC a go-to source for anything other than comedy?)
Harlan Crow Sure Isn’t Paying for Your Kid’s School (Slate) Further attempts to keep smearing Clarence Thomas.
Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True (N.Y. Times) From Hitler to Emmet Till, muckrakers like Michelle Goldberg like to drag up old stuff and suggest it’s still a danger, as if nothing had happened since them. Needless to say, Goldberg has no clue what McVeigh’s dreams were, or would be. It’s all one big game of Let’s Pretend.
Scarborough Likens GOP On Guns To ‘Slaveholders And Segregationists’ And Scarborough is one of the most die-hard Let’s Pretend player on the air.
PBS on Cops Making Coronation Protester Arrests: More Like Moscow Than London
Harlan Crow refuses to hand over gift records to Senate Finance (Politico) The witch-hunt continues.
Axed Over Opposition to Trans Policies, California Teacher Wants To Take Her Case to Supreme Court