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February 27, 2024 5:07 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: The MAGAverse Of Madness
Amanda Moore @ The Nation: I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t. From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into Conservative Political Action Conference. Dan Ladden-Hall @ The Daily Beast: Virginia Lt. Gov. Makes Bizarre Apology Speech After Misgendering Trans Lawmaker. State Sen. Danica Roem walked out of […]
February 27, 2024 5:05 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Moral Duty
Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver is accusing Google of creating an A.I. program that is “excluding whites” and demands to know “what precautions are being put in place to … end this anti-white racism.” Vincent James declares that “banning birth control should actually be one of the first things Republicans do.” Sean Feucht says that […]
February 27, 2024 2:32 pm
My God Votes Says ‘God’s Avengers’ Must Take ‘Dominion’ Over Government
Just about every election season sees the emergence of a new religious-right effort designed to mobilize conservative Christians to vote. The latest such effort comes from My God Votes, which exists to “empower religious leaders and their congregations to take a stand on godly governance, current events and religious freedoms.” Founded by Texas pastor John […]
February 27, 2024 2:00 pm
Christian Nationalism and Spiritual Warfare at CPAC
Some speakers at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference deployed the rhetoric of spiritual warfare favored by many of Trump’s dominionist supporters. Right-wing activist and pizzagate conspiracy promoter Jack Posobiec kicked off the conference with what he later called a “largely satirical” call to overthrow democracy because “all glory is not to government, all glory […]
February 27, 2024 1:13 pm
Steve Bannon is the MAGA Movement’s Rabid Spirit Animal
MAGA political operative and former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon was given the last word at CPAC. “Onward to victory! Onward to victory! Onward to victory!” he shouted when he came onstage. Bannon aggressively promoted Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, called for President Biden and other officials to be locked up, and declared that […]
February 26, 2024 5:09 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Why Black People Like Trump
Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Trump Tells Black Conservatives His Criminal Charges Are ‘Why the Black People Like Me.’ Former President Donald Trump told a group of Black conservatives that “a lot of people” have said the 91 criminal counts against him have made him more appealing to Black people. Abbie VanSickle @ The New York […]
February 26, 2024 5:07 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Waste This Place
Liberty Counsel and the Family Research Council cheer the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children. Kristina Karamo, who is fighting to retain her position as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, has appeared on multiple programs hosted by radical right-wing broadcasters in the last week, including Stew Peters, Ann Vandersteel, and […]
February 26, 2024 11:53 am
Stephen Miller’s CPAC Rant: Arrest ‘Commie’ Teachers, Use Government Power to ‘Defeat Evil’
Former Trump aide Stephen Miller told the MAGA activists gathered near Washington, D.C. last week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference that conservatives must be willing to use power more aggressively against their opponents. He railed against district attorneys and other officials for not arresting teachers who violate new state laws that restrict […]
February 23, 2024 5:01 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: A Simple Dichotomy
Mike Hixenbaugh @ NBC News: Alabama justice who ruled embryos are people says American law should be rooted in the Bible. On the same day that Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker handed down an opinion declaring that fertilized frozen embryos are people, imperiling women’s access to in vitro fertilization treatments, he espoused support […]
February 23, 2024 5:00 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: An American Job
On his radio program today, religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton stated that fellow Christian nationalist Ryan Walters, who currently serves as Oklahoma’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is “now running for governor.” Does Barton know something that nobody else does? John Zmirak says the purpose of the new documentary “God & Country” is to “scare Christians […]