In a Venn diagram, the MAGA/QAnon election denier insurrectionists almost entirely overlap the MAGA/QAnon Covid-denier anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. There is just a group of conspiracy theorists in this country who are fucking nuts and beyond redemption with logic, or persuasion or education. I had to research this. “NCSWIC” is shorthand for Nothing Can Stop What … Read more
Update to MAGA Fascist Star Chamber Committee Approves One Nominee, Rejects Another. The Arizona Mirror reports Hobbs scraps nominee for state health department after GOP senators rejected her: Gov. Katie Hobbs withdrew her nomination of Dr. Theresa Cullen to lead the Arizona Department of Health Services after a contentious hearing last week in which Senate … Read more
Update to MAGA Fascists Form Star Chamber Committee To Review Gov. Hobbs’ Executive Appointees. Robert Robb on substack writes Petersen declares war on Hobbs: Let’s begin with a philosophical discussion of the role of the legislative confirmation authority for executive branch appointments in our system of checks and balances. And let’s begin that discussion with … Read more
Just in time for the holidays, if you haven’t already noticed, “A ‘tripledemic’ of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V., currently sweeping through the United States has prompted several cities and counties … to encourage people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces once again.” It’s Time to Wear a … Read more
This Tuesday is the Wisconsin primary, so this is as good a time as any to talk about perhaps the stupidest millionaire senator in the U.S. Senate, Ron Johnson (yes, I am aware he has stiff competition for the title). Wisconsin media openly derides him as Putin’s puppet or usesful idiot. For example, Urban Milwaukee … Read more