From anti-choice bills in the House, to threats of lawsuits over Muslim “no go zones,” this week showed that the wingnut brain is biggest “no go zone” of them all.
January 23, 2015
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January 21, 2015
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Wingnuts And The State of the Union
President Obama’s State of the Union Address, complete with a “mic drop” moment," couldn’t have annoyed Republicans more if he’d entered to the theme from Rocky, and exited to “How Ya Like Me Now.”
January 16, 2015
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Wingnut Week In Review: Benghazi To Beyoncé
From Benghazi and Beyoncé, to the terrorist attack in Paris, this week was a smorgasbord of wingnuttery. The world is still reeling from the terrorist attack on the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which ten journalists … Continue reading
January 9, 2015
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Wingnut Week In Review: Wingnuts In Paris
This week, the world joined with the people of France in mourning and solidarity, following a deadly terrorist attack on the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper. Wingnuts wasted no time scoring political points.
January 7, 2015
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Mitch McConnell’s “Scary” Problem
Mitch McConnell’s goal for the new Republican-led congress is simple: Don’t scare voters away from a GOP presidential candidate in 2016. Recent events, both silly and serious, suggest that will be an uphill battle.
December 23, 2014
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Wingnut Year In Review: We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
It’s time to say goodbye to 2014, and wrap-up the first year of “Wingnut Week In Review.” But first, let’s trudge down memory lane and recall the best of the worse in wingnuttia this year.
December 22, 2014
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Conservative Media And Cop Killers Of A Diffrent Color
On June 8, 2014, white, anti-government, tea party supporters shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers. Conservative media was conspicuously silent.
December 19, 2014
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Wingnut Week In Review: Santa Cruz Comes To Town
Santa Cruz came to town this week with an early holiday gift for President Obama and the Democrats, and wingnuts predictably lost it when the president effectively called an end to the “cold war.”
December 18, 2014
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Taking Money From Obamacare Won’t Cure What’s Wrong With Kansas
Conservative economic policy turned Kansas into a “smoking ruin.” Now, a cure for what’s the matter with Kansas is coming from an unexpected source. In 2012, Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed into law a massive tax cut that he said … Continue reading
December 15, 2014
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Fuck The Cleveland Police
Fuck the Cleveland police, and any apology they think they are owed. http://t.co/WnVoNX9fd8 Andrew Hawkins T-Shirt Pisses Off Cleveland Police Union (Pic) #SportsTap pic.twitter.com/UakmUricbz— Sports Tap (@SportsTapApp) December 15, 2014
December 12, 2014
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Wingnut Week In Review: A Tortured Response to the Torture Report
Only the worst kind of wingnut could conclude that America is “awesome” in spite of — or because of — “forced anal feeding and rehydration” of detainees. But that’s what we heard this week.
December 11, 2014
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Prosecute Them: Waterboarding
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Prosecute Them 2014Five years ago, I edited together short video clips about America’s torture program in the “war on terror.” Here’s the whole series again. Prosecute them – Wateboarding
December 11, 2014
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Prosecute Them: Abu Ghraib
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Prosecute Them 2014Five years ago, I edited together short video clips about America’s torture program in the “war on terror.” Here’s the whole series again. Prosecute Them – Abu Ghraib
December 11, 2014
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Prosecute Them: Rendition
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Prosecute Them 2014Five years ago, I put together a series of clips about the U.S. torture program in the “war on terror.” Now that it’s back in the news, here’s … Continue reading
December 11, 2014
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Prosecute Them: Torturing Democracy
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Prosecute Them 2014Five years ago, I edited together short video clips about America’s torture program in the “war on terror.” Here’s the whole series again. Prosecute Them – Torturing Democracy
December 9, 2014
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The “Ferguson Story” Is America’s Story
Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly assured us that the “Ferguson story” would be over in a week. That was before a grand jury declined to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner with an illegal … Continue reading
December 5, 2014
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Wingnut Week In Review: How Low Can They Go?
Already reeling from the Ferguson grand jury ruling, America learned there would be no indictment in the death of Eric Garner. Right-wingers wasted no time proving how low they’re willing to go.
December 5, 2014
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December 3, 2014
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The President’s Too Modest Proposals Won’t Prevent Another Ferguson
As a grand jury in New York decides not to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold, the president’s too modest proposals fall short of the change America needs. The problems highlighted by Ferguson require … Continue reading
December 2, 2014
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Ferguson: A Perverted Process
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series An Injustice In FergusonEditor’s Note: Following my posts about the Ferguson grand jury decision, a few people have asked why I — and many, many others — still say an … Continue reading