The assassination of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk at a college campus in Utah has ignited a firestorm of anger on the right, with many politicians and influencers excoriating “the left” and others appearing to call for retribution and even warning of “civil war.” Shortly after Kirk’s death was confirmed Wednesday, …
Read More »Right-Wingers Bash Anti-Trans Lawmaker for Unwittingly Touting DEI
As President Donald Trump moves to purge DEI and “woke” programs from all swaths of the federal government in a frenzy of executive orders and directives, his supporters are cannibalizing one of their own. In 1999, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) became the first woman to graduate from The Citadel military …
Read More »Right-Winger at SCOTUS Rally Vows to 'Erase' Trans Ideology 'From This Earth'
The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee’s ban on access to gender-affirming medical treatments for adolescents after hearing oral arguments on Wednesday, and right-wing activists are celebrating by vowing to completely stamp out America’s transgender community. Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, became the first …
Read More »Josh Hawley Was An Early No-Fault Divorce Skeptic
Long before red-pilled streamers like Steven Crowder, Tim Pool, and Matt Walsh were agitating for an end to no-fault divorce laws, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was urging conservatives to “reconsider” the wisdom of legal reforms that made it easier to dissolve a marriage. Just two years after the last state …
Read More »Three People in Matt Walsh's Anti-Trans Film Say They Were Tricked
Three people who were interviewed in theanti-trans filmWhat Is a Woman?say the filmmakers used deceptive recruiting tactics that contradicted the doc’s promise to be a “fearless” examination of the modern gender debate. The participants told NBC News that they felt they’d been “tricked” by producers who hid behind the facade …
Read More »Right-Wing Cranks Try to Get in on the Barbenheimer Fun
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is surfing into cinematic history on a wave of right-wing tears — and a boatload of cash. The blockbuster film, which grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically (and $377 million internationally) in its first weekend has also shattered the psyches of conservative commentators who have reflexively branded …
Read More »Right-Wingers Furious That Fox News Doesn't Hate Trans People As Much As They Do
To say that’s been a rocky month at Fox News would be an understatement. First, in April, the conservative cable news network agreed to pay $787.5 millionto settle a defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems for airing lies about the company interfering in the 2020 presidential election — avoiding a …
Read More »He Reported on a Twitter Hack. Musk's Free Speech Haven Kicked Him Out
Another day in Muskland, and this time, Twitter’s arbitrary scope has landed on Wired reporter Dell Cameron. The journalist was permanently suspended from Twitter Wednesday, after reporting on the hacked account of antagonistic Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. Walsh, who is a longstanding anti-trans, anti-sense pundit, has more than 1.7 …
Read More »The Loneliest Drag Queen in America
It’s hard out there for a right-wing drag queen. When a 6’2”, 190 pound man entered the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. — decked out in a fabulous blond wig, a crown of flowers, and a floor-length red-white-and-blue dress — he was not there to protest …
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