Robert Robb’s regular opinion column space at the Arizona Republic has been filled by previously infrequent opinion columnist Phil Boas, a right-wing polemicist and propagandist. The Republic’s opinion pages have never been good, but Boas is a substantial downgrade from Robert Robb – something I never imagined I would ever say. This right-wing polemicist and propagandist … Read more
NBC News reorts, Judge blocks Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ pushed by Gov. DeSantis: Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a 44-page ruling that the “Stop WOKE” act violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague. Walker also refused to issue a stay that would keep the law in effect during any appeal by … Read more
Case in point: Doug Mastriano, the White Christian Nationalist, QAnon cultist, and insurrectionist who was at the MAGA/QAnon insurrection on January 6, 2021, and is now the Republican nominee for governor. “Mainstream” Republicans opposed Mastriano in the Republican primary because he is a dangerous extremist, but guess what? Once Alarmed, Mainstream Pennsylvania Republicans Unite Around … Read more
Kathryn Joyce at Salon does a better job of covering this than local Arizona news outlets. Arizona’s Kari Lake celebrates BDE (um, “Big DeSantis Energy”) at right-wing lovefest: During a Sunday night political rally that began with a prayer, Arizona’s far-right Republican gubernatorial nominee, Kari Lake, quickly dived into insult comedy. The former Fox affiliate … Read more
Amanda Tyler, the executive director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) and the lead organizer of the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign, writes at CNN, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s words on Christian nationalism are a wake-up call: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene explicitly labeled herself a Christian nationalist on Saturday. This shocking statement by … Read more