The former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana, David Duke, traded in his Klan robes for a suit and tie to make his way into mainstream U.S. politics. Making the Klan respectable and mainstream in the Republican Party. In an article tracing how the political worldview of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke … Read more
Above: Justce Samuel Alito; Sir Matthew Hale. Most Americans have probably never heard of Sir Matthew Hale, an English jurist who was born in 1609. But Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization cites him a half-dozen times throughout his draft as proof that abortion bans are an indispensable part … Read more
At the start of this week Politico did a half-ass job of reporting on our white supremacist insurrectionist Rep. Paul Gosar. Paul Gosar is finally speaking out about that video he sent to a white nationalist-organized event. He’s blaming it on a staff error. Gosar finally speaks: Rep. Paul Gosar is blaming his video appearance … Read more
Echoes of Tea Party candidate Todd Akin, the 2012 Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, who provoked ire across the political spectrum by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy. Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment. A decade later, Republican MAGA candidates have only grown … Read more
Update to GQP Anti-Anti-Racism Bill To Impose Not Teaching Any History Which Makes A White Snowflake ‘Feel Discomfort’. Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, is a truly pathetic individual. Definitely not cut from the same stock as Stewart and Morris Udall. She besmmirches the family name and reputation. She should be ashamed. And scorned. This GQP “snowflake” doubles-down … Read more