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COVID and Blue People in Red States
I’ve suspected, without much evidence, one reason red states seem relaxed about COVID, even as it kills more people now in red states than blue states, is that, in those red states, it’s the ‘blue...
View ArticleBecause They Need to Win Republican Primaries
That is the answer to why most Republicans–those running for office, with the exception of Sen. John Cassidy (who voted for Trump’s second impeachment)–are keeping quiet about Trump having dinner with...
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Kanye West’s Mistake Was Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
So Kanye West went on Alex Jones’ show, and You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next! Actually, even if you haven’t heard what happened, you probably can guess what happened next: lots of overt...
View ArticleThe Unitary Dumbass Veto Principle Is Working Quite Well
In case you missed it, the Jewish Telegraph Agency did some digging into the person who got one of poet Amanda Gorman’s poems banned from schools (boldface mine): Months before a Miami-area mother...
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Oddly Enough, When Republicans Constantly Demonize People, Those People Take...
From the Great State of Florida (boldface mine): Florida Republicans passed a bill criminalizing the transport of undocumented people into Florida, requiring hospitals to ask about immigration status...
View ArticleRFK Jr. Plays at Nazi Peekaboo
I’m stealing Amanda Marcotte’s phrase ‘Nazi Peekaboo‘ because it describes what Democratic primary candidate and anti-vaccinationist crank RFK Jr. did last Friday. His account tweeted a complaint about...
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Sometimes, the Horribleness Recedes
A while ago, some asshole with a blog noted this about editorial boards: Last week, I briefly noted that many respectable pundits (and editorial boards) have always been horrible. In fact, many of the...
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They Seem Nice
Will Saletan, who isn’t exactly a leftwinger, found this observation by a Republican in a Iowa focus group about former presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: “I’m not being prejudiced, guys,...
View ArticleDysfunctional Suburban Culture* Freeloads on Productive Urban Areas
Because this is the internet, make sure you read the footnote at the bottom. In Ohio, nuns of the Sisters of Notre Dame wanted to build a transitional shelter which would house eight to ten women in...
View Article“Black Jobs”: Trump Tried to Do a Racism, but His Brain Is Too Broken
What has gone missing in the discussion of the last debate is Trump’s incoherence. I don’t mean that he’s a mean, nasty ass bigot, though he is a mean, nasty ass bigot. What I mean is that he can’t...
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