Ron DeSantis Learns That You ‘Don’t F*ck With The Mouse’
Kudos to Disney’s lawyers for coming up with a creative “Fuck you” response to Gov. Ron DeSantis of the Fascist State of Florida. The tin-pot dictator learns that “You Don’t fuck with the mouse.” The Orlando Sentinel reports, DeSantis’ Reedy Creek board says Disney stripped its power: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked board overseeing Disney World’s … Read more
For Love of The Game: Opening Day 2023
The long winter of our discontent is over. The 2023 MLB season is finally here. There are a new set of rules this year, on top of the slate of new rules adopted last year. Let’s just say this is no longer the game that I used to play. Tradition has given way to the … Read more
Judge Michael Luttig: American Democracy Is Under Attack From Within, From The Republican Party
Update to Judge Michael Luttig’s Prepared Statement For The January 6 Committee (Updated). Charlie Sykes writes at The Bulwark, Judge Luttig Has a Warning for America: It was called the “tweet heard round the world.” On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative jurists, former … Read more
American Taliban Warlord AZ Senator Kavanagh’s Latest ‘Show Me Your Papers To Pee’ Bill Passes House Committee
Right on cue, American Taliban leader Sen. John Kavanagh’s Anti-trans school bathroom bill advances with GQP backing: Republican lawmakers are charging ahead with their attacks on transgender Arizonans, despite veto promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs, unanimously backing a measure on Tuesday that calls for separate school facilities for trans students. The House Education Committee voted … Read more
#SackWadsackLD17 Recall Campaign
The Capitol Times reports, Wadsack recall effort underway: Freshman Sen. Justine Wadsack, R-Tucson, is facing a burgeoning recall effort led by her constituents in Legislative District 17 and out-of-district organizers frustrated by controversial bills and colorful comments. “People who do live in the district, retirees, are fed up and came to me because I have … Read more
Kate Gallego Comments on the U.N. Climate Report and Her Participation in Conferences to Combat Rising Temperatures and Water Shortages
Last week, the United Nations (U.N.) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that shows that humanity’s efforts to decrease rising temperatures by reducing the global dependency on fossil fuels (oil and coal) are mixed at best. While progress has been made with investments in clean energy sources like solar and wind, industrial interests … Read more
Study: The Public Does Not Support The GQP White Christian Nationalist Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
Amanda Marcotte writes at Salon, The GOP is becoming more unhinged about LGBTQ people — which will only make them more unpopular (excerpt): [I]nitially, the post-Trump era of anti-LGBTQ activism began under the pretext of “protecting children.” Groups like the Proud Boys would organize protests of family-friendly drag events, baselessly arguing that people in silly … Read more
