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July 17, 2023 3:41 pm
Far-Right Pastor E.W Jackson Becomes the Latest to Seek the GOP Presidential Nomination
It seems that every week another candidate announces that they are seeking the Republican presidential nomination. With more than a dozen candidates already declared, the field got even more crowded last week when right-wing pastor and radio host E.W. Jackson announced that he too is running for president. Jackson declared that he has decided to run […]
July 14, 2023 4:22 pm
What Moms for Liberty’s Summit Revealed About the MAGA Movement’s 2024 Strategy
A parade of MAGA-minded presidential candidates drew cheers at the recent Moms for Liberty national summit with conspiracy theories, anti-LGBTQ smears, and calls for authoritarian policies to purge “wokeness” from American schools, businesses, and government agencies. It was a heady moment for a group that was founded by a handful of Florida mothers in 2021 […]
June 30, 2023 5:02 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Flood the Zone
Prem Thakker @ The New Republic: The Supreme Court Just Used a Fake Case to Make It Easier to Discriminate Against Gay People. Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Supreme Court’s Right Wing Strikes Down Biden Student Debt Relief Plan. Media Matters: Following right-wing Supreme Court victories, Charlie Kirk boasts “we have to flood the […]
June 30, 2023 5:00 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Our Christian Nationalist SCOTUS
Antisemitic Christian nationalist Andrew Torba celebrates “our Christian Nationalist majority SCOTUS”: “June is now Christian Nationalist month.” Lauren Witzke is likewise thrilled with recent court rulings: “Imagine the future possibilities of what White men can accomplish without the burden of Affirmative Action holding them back.” Nick Fuentes now claims that he was exaggerating when he […]
June 29, 2023 5:14 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: The End of Affirmative Action
Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Conservative Supreme Court Majority Rules Against Affirmative Action, Overturning Decades Of Precedent. Melissa Gira Grant @ The New Republic: The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court. Ryan Bort @ Rolling Stone: DeSantis Influencers Rally Behind Unmasked Antisemite. Michael Scherer, […]
June 29, 2023 5:13 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The Agenda of Hell
Dave Daubenmire declares that “hate can be a good thing”: “America would be a better place if the American Church started to hate some things.” A deep thought from Ali Alexander: “If conspiracy theories were false, conspiracy theorists would be broke and alone and debunked.” Nick Fuentes mocks conservatives who think they can convince anybody […]
June 28, 2023 5:14 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Bravado
Jennifer Bendery @ HuffPost: Tommy Tuberville Celebrates Broadband Funding He Voted Against. Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck @ CNN: Ron DeSantis voted for the First Step Act and hailed its ‘successes.’ He now calls it ‘the jailbreak bill.’ Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Trump Reverses Course, Now Claims He Was Lying About Iran Battle Plans On […]
June 28, 2023 5:13 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Carved in the Spirit
Self-proclaimed “prophet” Manuel Johnson was at the event where an image of former President Donald Trump supposedly appeared in the clouds above Mount Rushmore. Johnson reports that Trump’s “face may not be carved there in stone, but it is carved there in the spirit.” Lance Wallnau declares that “the devil is going all out against […]
June 28, 2023 4:00 pm
Arkansas Legislator Vows to ‘Eliminate All the Funding for Public Libraries’ Affiliated With the ALA
When the National Association of Christian Lawmakers held its annual conference at Liberty University earlier this month, members of the organization held a “para-legislative session” at which state legislators and religious-right activists proposed and discussed various resolutions and proposed pieces of sample legislation. Among those participating in this session was Arkansas state Sen. Dan Sullivan, […]
June 27, 2023 5:04 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: That Evil Pride Flag
Jeremy Herb @ CNN: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents. Charlie Nash @ Mediaite: Trump Insists Recording of Him Showing Off ‘Secret’ Documents is ‘Actually an Exoneration.’ Ian Millhiser @ Vox: The Supreme Court decides not to destroy democracy in the United States. William Vaillancourt @ The Daily Beast: Jesse […]