Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
13th July 2023
German Regional Spy Agency Declares AfD Youth ‘Right-Wing Extremists’
America’s far right is operating in Canada. Why don’t we consider that foreign interference? (Toronto Star) Perhaps because ‘foreign interference’ means interference by a foreign government, not just people doing what people do? (Apparently there is no native ‘far-right’ in Canada….)
CNN Still Foaming Over the Left Losing Bud Light Culture Battle
It’s Not Just Trump. Right-Wing Defendants Keep Saying the DOJ Framed Them, Too. (Mother Jones)
Why can’t the right-wing bubble give up on Ray Epps? (Washington Post) Philip Bump loses his shit.
Prosecutors of Biden Family Corruption Witness Gal Luft Donated to Joe Biden, Other Dems (Washington Free Beacon)
Ultra Right Beer Ad Takes Swipe at Woke Schools (NewsMax)
G.O.P.’s Far Right Seeks to Use Defense Bill to Defund Ukraine War Effort (N.Y. Times) For the NYT, there is no ‘right’ but the ‘far-right’.
MSNBC: SCOTUS Took Down Whites Only Signs & Put Up Straights Only
Senate appropriators to debate Supreme Court ethics proposal (Washington Post)
WashPost Reporter Blasts GOP For Attacking ‘Hallowed’ FBI For Mistakes
McCarthy-backed House candidate is getting help from an antisemitic podcaster who wants political leaders assassinated (Media Matters for America)
Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists (ProPublica)
Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username
“Suburban sprawl is a much worse problem than skyscrapers”
Ray Epps To Be Criminally Charged For Role In January 6th, Blames Tucker
How Our Efforts to Bring Competition To Television Unknowingly Helped Create the Fox Disinformation Machine (boulderpreston.com)
House to Vote on Abortion Access for Military, Bowing to the Far Right (N.Y. Times) For the foreigners who write for the NYT, there is no right but the far-right.