A public charter school principal in Florida was recently given the boot. Her offense? Not sending a warning letter out to parents before an art teacher showed a 6th-grade class a photo of Michelangelo’s David statue. Two parents complained they weren’t notified and one called the sculpture “pornographic.” And a principal lost her job.
Read MoreThe Indictment(s) On The Way
Well, he might not be indicted (yet), but the writing is on the wall for Donald Trump. Legal tea leaves have been pointing to Trump getting indicted by the Manhattan district attorney in the case related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. It turns out that secretly funneling payoffs through your business in an attempt to keep an adult film star quiet as you campaign for the presidency may be illegal in New York and definitely has campaign finance implications.
Read MoreFreedom-From-Woke Bank
Somehow, right-wingers were able to turn news of a bank failure (or two) into a conversation about “wokeness.”
As you’ve probably heard by now, a combination of too many treasury bonds, greedy bankers, dumb tech bros — and bipartisan legislation that weakened banking regulation — turned into a big scary bank failure that sent shockwaves through global financial markets.
Read MoreThe Killer App
Though he talks a good humanitarian game, President Joe Biden keeps cracking down on people fleeing danger and persecution in their home countries. One of the most galling examples of this is the recent requirement that people who are seeking asylum in the United States must first download the “CBP One” app to arrange an appointment at the border.
Read MoreWhite Guy Grievance
From Dilbert’s Scott Adams to Tucker Carlson and the Fox News crew, it seems that complaining about the woes of being a white guy is all the rage these days.
Read MoreFreedom Liberry
The movement to ban certain books is gaining traction in Florida and around the country. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is riding the book ban bandwagon to national fame (after first riding Covid misinformation bandwagon) as he prepares to run for president.
Read MoreBig Oil, Big Green
As we look to the heavens for mysterious balloons overhead, we may catch a glimpse of oil industry profits somewhere in the upper stratosphere. (Or more likely in the exosphere.)
Read MoreRage Balloons
The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated across the United States recently was not exactly the cutting edge of super-secret spy technology. For one thing, there it was in plain sight for days, visible to anyone along its path. Spy satellites and other methods accomplish much more — and are more difficult to spot.
Read MoreThe Select Subcommittee of a Weaponized Jim Jordan
Rep. Jim Jordan has been unleashed as the chair of the “House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.” Let’s be sure we all keep the title of that subcommittee in quotes since it is really just a public relations arm of the Republican Party designed to broadcast the latest fever dreams of conservative persecution.
Read MoreAnti-Woke Everything
In one little interview, a member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission called into question the safety of household gas stoves. This is by no means a new issue or something that was going to lead to immediate action to ban the stoves, let alone come to your house and rip them out.
Read MoreHave A Nice Day, From The Corporation That Cried Too Much
Funny how so many of those “rampant crime” stories seem to disappear now that the midterm elections are behind us. Remember not too long ago when Walgreens was closing stores because the multibillion-dollar corporation just couldn’t keep up with all the shoplifting?
Read MoreI’m Just A Speaker
Well, Kevin McCarthy got his wish of being Speaker of the House. It only took 15 separate votes and complete capitulation to the right-wing MAGA nutballs in the Freedom Caucus. It seems that McCarthy was willing to do anything (yes, anything) to land the “leadership” position he has apparently been drooling over for years.
Read MoreAnti-Christmas Greetings!
As part of an ongoing political stunt, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent three busloads of people fleeing persecution and/or grinding poverty to Washington, D.C., where they were dumped on the sidewalk in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather.
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It has been, as they say, a year. While some undoubtedly good things happened in 2022, we’re still paying for the sins of systemic racism, plutocracy and Trumpism. (And of course, all three of those things often roll into one big toxic ball.)