Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
19th May 2023
he US debt ceiling crisis is more proof of Republicans’ cynicism and bad faith (The Guardian)
Pro-Confederacy Teacher Complains About School District’s Probe (Daily Beast)
The Supreme Court may soon reverse a core legal tenet (The Hill)
Conspiracy theorists to address US House subcommittee, watchdog warns (The Guardian)
4 Big Moments as House Democrats Attack FBI Whistleblowers at ‘Weaponization’ Hearing
NBC Panics Over Conservative Takeover of Colorado School Board
FBI Whistleblowers Admit Taking Money From Ex-Trump Official (Daily Beast) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….
The Four Freedoms, According to Republicans (N.Y. Times) Yet Another Affirmative Action Hire at the NYT peddles his racist fantasies as news.
Fox News’s ‘vitriolic lies’ present clear threat to US democracy, says woman suing rightwing network (The Guardian) Ed Pilkington will buy any fable if it smears the right.
Hayes: Party of ‘parents rights’ pushes child health care bans (MSNBC) Chris Hayes is one of those odd folks at MSNBC who thinks that killing an unborn child somehow constitutes ‘health care’.
Two GOP senators smear a witness to defend Clarence Thomas (Washington Post) Ruth Marcus accuses others of doing what she does on a regular basis, as here.
Bathrooms Are Where We Feel Most Vulnerable. No Wonder Republicans Are Obsessed. (N.Y. Times) The Law of Liberal Projection suggests that somebody at the NYT has a bathroom fetish … and it isn’t a Republican.
NY Times: New Charges Considered for Trump Associate They can’t get to Trump, so they witch-hunt anybody working for Trump. “And your little dog, too!”
LA Dodgers Remove ‘Anti-Catholic Hate Group’ From ‘Pride Night’ After Public Backlash
Top NY Times Woke Reporter Issues Front Page Hit on Detransitioner Chloe Cole