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August 28, 2023 3:30 pm
Rick Santorum’s Justification for an Article V Convention of States Is Fundamentally Wrong, Again
Earlier this month, a group of right-wing activists held a simulated Article V convention in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, in anticipation that one day enough state legislatures will call for a dangerous Convention of States to propose constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal government currently does […]
August 28, 2023 3:21 pm
Larry Klayman Claims ‘Citizen Grand Jury’ Has Convicted Biden, Calls on Military and Law Enforcement to Enforce Sentence
Far-right activist and legal gadfly Larry Klayman announced this month that a “citizen grand jury” had indicted President Joe Biden and members of his family, and that a “citizens’ judge” has handed down felony convictions after a “trial” in Boise, Idaho. “BREAKING: The Bidens Convicted!” was the subject line of an August 24 email sent […]
August 25, 2023 5:02 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Never Surrender
Igor Derysh @ Salon: “He literally just surrendered”: Trump declares “never surrender” in first tweet in years. Charlie Nash @ Mediaite: Trump Capitalizes on Jail Photo With T-Shirts, Mugs, and Bumper Stickers. Alanna Vagianos @ HuffPost: Ohio Republicans Twist Ballot Language For Pro-Choice Provision In Likely Attempt To Confuse Voters. Media Matters: On Newsmax, Sarah […]
August 25, 2023 5:00 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Secular Saint
In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s arrest, MAGA cultist Mark Burns likens Trump to Martin Luther King Jr.: “Trump is in good company persecuted for standing up for the people. Arrested a total of 29 times by democratic district attorneys, crooked judges, and law enforcement.” Milo Yiannopoulos declares that Trump is “a secular […]
August 24, 2023 5:07 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Reign of Terror
John Fea @ Current: Jenna Ellis jumped on the Trump train. Now she has a mug shot. David Gilbert @ Vice News: Jan. 6 Rally Organizer Created Her Own Mugshot Because She Felt Left Out. Tyler Kingkade @ NBC News: How Oklahoma’s schools superintendent became the state’s top culture warrior. Justin Baragona @ The Daily […]
August 24, 2023 5:05 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Jim Garlow was at Wednesday night’s Republican debate where he took photos with Kari Lake, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, and several others. Bunni Pounds of Christians Engaged was at the debate and has a question about Vivek Ramaswamy: “Does anybody think it’s weird that his tag line and his motto for […]
August 24, 2023 1:51 pm
Stew Peters Urges Americans to Start Exploring ‘Extra-Legal Options’ for Removing ‘Enemy Combatants’ From Office
Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, bigotry, and calls for violence. Nevertheless, Peters regularly manages to get Republican leaders, elected officials, and candidates for office to […]
August 23, 2023 5:18 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Too Legit To Flip
Charlie Nash @ Mediaite: Mar-a-Lago Tech Director Retracts Testimony, Reportedly Implicates Trump In Obstruction of Justice. Josephine Harvey @ HuffPost: John Eastman’s Lawyer Suggests Why His Client Won’t Flip On Trump. Amanda Moore @ The Nation: Undercover With the New Alt-Right. Heidi Przybyla @ Politico: D.C. Attorney General is probing Leonard Leo’s network. Manisha Sunil […]
August 23, 2023 5:15 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Hell Yeah We Want Fascism
While the entire right-wing movement fumes about progressive adults supposedly using their positions of authority to “indoctrinate” children, Christian pollster George Barna continues to advocate for Christians to do precisely that. Ethan Ralph reports that Nick Fuentes is scheduled to appear on Tim Pool’s podcast next week. Rev. Merrie Turner, president of Presidential Inaugural Prayer, […]
August 23, 2023 2:55 pm
‘Jesus Wasn’t a Pacifist’: Training Christian Minutemen to Remove ‘Domestic Enemies’ From Office
In the wake of former president Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, the “Elijah Streams” program has become increasingly focused on promoting far-right conspiracy theorists and self-proclaimed “prophets” who resolutely insist that Trump is actually still president. The most vocal of these guests has been Johnny Enlow, a Trump cultist, QAnon conspiracy theorist, self-proclaimed […]