RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on Sunday denied knowing what “Dark MAGA” is after Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) made an ominous post referencing the fringe online movement following his primary challenge defeat.
Continue reading “RNC Chair Denies Knowing About ‘Dark MAGA’ After Cawthorn’s Threatening Post”Rick Scott Deflects On Whether GOP Leaders Should Condemn White Nationalism
NRSC chair Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) on Sunday repeatedly deflected when pressed on whether Republican leaders should condemn white nationalism.
Continue reading “Rick Scott Deflects On Whether GOP Leaders Should Condemn White Nationalism”Pennsylvania AG Rips GOP Rival Mastriano Over ‘Dangerous’ Big Lie Rhetoric
Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday tore into his GOP rival state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) in the commonwealth’s gubernatorial race for his “dangerous” and “divisive” rhetoric.
Continue reading “Pennsylvania AG Rips GOP Rival Mastriano Over ‘Dangerous’ Big Lie Rhetoric”Weeks After Abrupt Cancelation, Giuliani Testifies Before Jan. 6 Panel For Hours
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani reportedly testified virtually before the Jan. 6 Select Committee for more than seven hours on Friday, weeks after Giuliani’s abrupt cancelation of his interview with the panel, according to CNN and the New York Times.
Continue reading “Weeks After Abrupt Cancelation, Giuliani Testifies Before Jan. 6 Panel For Hours”How The Fifth Circuit Used An SEC Case To Declare Open Season On The Administrative State
A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel handed down a ruling this week that would significantly change how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prosecutes cases.
Continue reading “How The Fifth Circuit Used An SEC Case To Declare Open Season On The Administrative State”Christian Nationalism’s Central Role In The Election Truther Movement
Journalist Sarah Posner discussed her recent article for TPM, “How Christian Nationalism And The Big Lie Fused To Fuel Doug Mastriano’s Candidacy,” on MSNBC last night. Watch:
Continue reading “Christian Nationalism’s Central Role In The Election Truther Movement”5 Points On The Mess New York’s Redistricting Has Made For Democrats
Unlike in red states, where Republicans have largely been able to gerrymander their congressional maps with impunity, New York Democrats were stopped by the highest court in the state. The task of drawing the state’s districts was then assigned to an independent expert.
Continue reading “5 Points On The Mess New York’s Redistricting Has Made For Democrats”Fashing Very Strongly
The racist mass shooting in Buffalo seems to have brought us to something of a turning point in the American right’s embrace of “Great Replacement” theory as an operating framework of politics. Rather than running away from Great Replacement thinking, they’ve essentially said, “But it’s true. We can’t help that this one guy took things too far.” Indeed as you can see from our headline piece, Matt Schlapp of CPAC is now suggesting ways to limit political violence within the framework of Great Replacement politics. If you’re worried about immigrants “replacing us” the best strategy is to make more of “us,” by which he means ban abortion and thus increase the birth rate of “us.” Sort of a kinder gentler Great Replacement theory, though possibly not that kind or gentle if you have an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.
Schlapp didn’t explicitly refer to white babies and brown babies. But I’m not sure he really had to.
Continue reading “Fashing Very Strongly”Emails Show Ginni Thomas Lobbied State Lawmakers To Subvert Election
Ginni Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife and a well-connected right-wing activist in her own right, lobbied two Republican lawmakers in Arizona to overturn the 2020 election results, emails reported by The Washington Post show.
Continue reading “Emails Show Ginni Thomas Lobbied State Lawmakers To Subvert Election”Mastriano’s Master’s Thesis Fearfully Imagines A Woke Dictator And A Civilian ‘Putsch’
Years before he helped fuel an insurrection at the Capitol, future Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R) was writing dystopian fanfiction that warned of a “civilian putsch” that would arise if the military didn’t take a stand to uphold a culture of conservative ideology.
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