119 posts tagged ‘Politics’
The QAnon Shaman is running for Congress
Boing Boing,
Last month, Trump-loving Congressperson Debbie Lesko, who currently represents Arizona's 8th Congressional District, announced that she would not be running again when her current term ends in January 2025. Hoping to fill her spot is none other than the QAnon Shaman himself, Jacob Angeli-Chansley. — Read the rest
Tim Scott drops out of GOP Presidential race
Republican Senator Tim Scott has quit the Presidential race in a decision said to shock staff but which ends a candidacy clearly going nowhere. His polling hovered in the low single digits, weak debate performances failed to make an impression, and the girlfriend reveal only Streisand-effected the rumor it sought to silence. — Read the rest
"I'm voting for him anyway": Watch MAGA supporters cling to Trump, deny the Moon landing, and insist the world is flat
"It feels like you're in the Twilight Zone," says The Good Liars' Jason Selvig about interviewing MAGA cultists at a Trump rally. "It's a different reality." In one clip, Selvig's partner, Davram Stiefler, interviews a man wearing a T-shirt with Trump's mugshot, and the words "Never Surrender." — Read the rest
"Just acknowledge Trump lost!" – MSNBC's heated discussion with Kari Lake
In this remarkable exchange, MSNBC political analyst Tim Miller tells Kari Lake she likely would have been elected governor of Arizona if she'd simply dropped the "bullshit" about election fraud in the 2020 Presidential election and focused instead on things people care about, like fentanyl deaths. — Read the rest
Trump's Veterans Day speech mirrors Hitler's statements almost word for word
In his Veterans Day speech on Saturday, former president Donald Trump used the language of Hitler and Mussolini to villainize and dehumanize non-MAGA people, calling them "vermin" and declaring that they are a greater threat to the United States than Russia, China or North Korea. — Read the rest
British premier fires interior minister who stoked far-right violence on Remembrance Day
Suella Braverman, Britain's interior minister, is out of a job after disobeying Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and publicly encouraging far-right rioters who attacked police on Remembrance Day. Braverman published an "incendiary" op-ed accusing police of political bias and demanding that they ban a planned march in London in support of Palestinians; police, however, have no such power and the article was perceived as a call to arms for counter-protestors. — Read the rest
RNC Chairman will proudly stand behind a convicted felon for President
Republican National Committee Chairperson Ronna McDaniel will stand by her candidate even if they are convicted of a felony. So dedicated to the will of the people, all that matters is the vote count. This is strange coming from a party that loudly insists every election it loses is rigged. — Read the rest
Will the Government Rein in Amazon?
The New Yorker,
The Federal Trade Commission is suing the company. Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., tells David Remnick that Amazon exploits its position as a monopoly to invisibly drive up costs.