Little girl showing her friends at school her new prosthetic leg.. 😊
pic.twitter.com/JdSZbn3a1H— Mahatma Gandhi (Parody) (@GandhiAOC) April 12, 2024
- As the judicial abolition of abortion rights in Arizona results in political whirlwind, historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the 1864 law on which the decision was based, and its context. That context includes other Arizona laws of that time – ranging from ridiculous to outright racist.
Her analysis is now available in audio format, as Richardson narrates.
- Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit notes Republicans getting precisely what they want in the Arizona ruling – and they are horrified.
- At The Moderate Voice Kathy Gill follows the chaos in Republican politics after the abortion zero right decision. They are all panicked self-contradiction.
- Fox Business analyst Mark Simone believes abortion prohibition is an inconvenience for women, and makes a stunningly stupid remark:
Simone: If you had to travel to another state to get an abortion, it’s not the worst thing in the world. Hopefully this is very rare occurrence in your life… Buying a bus ticket to go somewhere to get it is not the worst thing in the world. pic.twitter.com/EmaCoft18T
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 9, 2024
Vixen Strangely clearly, and presumably slowly, explains it to him.
- Hackwhackers asks which rights Republicans will target next, brings us the ad…
NEW AD: Millions of women lost their freedoms because of Donald Trump.
If Trump gets back in power, what freedom will you lose next? pic.twitter.com/F8g37Yiwhd
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 11, 2024
…and a series of cartoons, some with biting humor, all with a serious point.
- driftglass covers the coverage as reporters scour Arizona, relieved to at last find a contra view, thereby fulfilling the requisite both-sides journalism.
- Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger has more numbers, this time on half a dozen things a vast majority of Americans agree on. Surprise!
- The Propaganda Professor relays advice from author Nathan J. Robinson on how to handle the most common right-wing talking points. Then adds a cautionary word of his own.
- Julian Sanchez has an insight on the unfortunate human tendency to rationalize away movement excesses, then applies it to the decline of the Republican party:
Post by @normativeView on Threads
- Scotties Playtime, Scottie perceives a trend as local Republican politicians assemble armed civilian militias.
Now, where could they have gotten that idea?
- The Trump alternate social media corporation – Truth Social – goes public, shoots to the sky, then goes all Icarus. The Borowitz Report covers the new desperation strategy as the initial windfall disappears. mr Trump decides to fix the plunging stock price with his sharpie.
Key reaction:
Across the country, members of the MAGA movement who invested in Trump Media were reportedly in a state of shock that a company run by Donald Trump could lose money.
- Iron Knee at Political Irony has a quote that sums up the reasoning behind the Republican move to name a major airport after Trump.
- Tommy Christopher covers media coverage as Trump jokes with a private group about his preference for immigrants from nice countries like “Denmark, Switzerland,” and “Norway.”
Key cleaned up self-quote:
“And when I said, you know, Why can’t we allow people to come in from nice countries, I’m trying to be nice,” Mr. Trump said at the dinner, to chuckles from the crowd. “Nice countries, you know like Denmark, Switzerland? Do we have any people coming in from Denmark? How about Switzerland? How about Norway?”
- News Corpse covers the Fox report that the eclipse was used as a way to get migrants in under cover of darkness.
News Corpse points out that migrants won’t get another chance like this until …well… darkness tonight … and tomorrow night … and the next night.
- Frances Langum reminds us that it wasn’t just ivermectin or household cleaning products. Four years ago this week then-president Trump told us that we could treat COVID19 with zinc.
- PZ Myers goes to right wing world and discovers the latest lib conspiracy: we’re sneaking vaccines into their lettuce.
Busted!
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