Today in Witch-Hunt Culture
20th September 2023
The Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown (CNN) They say that like it was a bad thing.
Shutdowns Don’t Work, But Republicans Seem Determined to Force One Anyway (Bloomberg)
Right-Wing House Republicans Derail Pentagon G.O.P. Bill, Rebuking McCarthy (N.Y. Times)
An out-of-control GOP is the party of nonstop national crisis (The Hill)
Twitter regrets and glass houses: 8 things we learned from the Musk bio (Washington Poop)
The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather (The New Yorker)
Elon Musk worried his father was ‘uncomfortably attentive’ to his stepdaughter when she was 15, biographer says. His father later had 2 kids with her. (Business Insider)
On GPS: How Elon became Elon (CNN)
Freedom Caucus Holds Shutdown Talks in a Tax Cheat’s Home. The Neighbors Are Pissed. (Daily Beast)
A Batman researcher said ‘gay’ in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (Associated Press)
YouTube Preemptively Punishes Russell Brand Amid Allegations
McCarthy Capitulates Again as House GOP Implodes Spectacularly Over Spending Bill (Daily Beast) I suspect that the Daily Beast doesn’t actually know the meaning of the word ‘implode’.
Republican infighting paralyzes the House as some call a shutdown inevitable (NBC News)
Sen. John Fetterman Mocks Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory That He Has A Body Double (Huffington Post)
Murdoch Called Hannity ‘Retarded’ and DeSantis ‘Kicked’ Tucker’s Dog, Wild New Book Claims (Daily Beast)
Right-Wing Group That Compares Biden Conservation Plan to Genocide Is Getting Taxpayer Money (Daily Beast)
SBF’s Parents Steeped In Democrat Dark Money And ‘Illegal’ Election Tactics
New Initiative Exposes ‘Bias’ Reporting in Public Schools (NewsMax)
Democratic groups target House Republicans in new shutdown ads (NBC News)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Rupert Murdoch didn’t want to dump his ratings leader and favorite Fox host. But was Tucker Carlson giving him a choice? (New York Magazine)
MSNBC Claims GOP Wants To End Democracy, Empowering China And Russia
How crisis pregnancy centers get millions in tax dollars to perpetuate lies (Public Notice)
Former NZ PM Ardern Urges United Nations To ‘Crack Down On Free Speech As A Weapon Of War’
Watch: Charlie Kirk Gets Mobbed by Angry Activists During Visit to Northern Arizona University (RedState) But of course we all know that only Republicans indulge in political violence.
If the Shoe Fits: Joy Behar Whines The View Cast Are Called ‘Libtards’