For the past week, it's become increasingly clear that Trump is going to declare a fake "national emergency" to get around Congress because that's the only way out of the corner he's painted himself into. But just as increasingly clear is how excited the right is over the ...read more
There's an entire industry based of pumping out columns blaming "both sides" for the state of America's descent in fascism. David Brooks, Chris Cillizza, David Brooks, Joe Scarborough, David Fucking Brooks, and, at least until Trump, Thomas Friedman. All of them make a very fine ...read more
America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. White Republican voters, on the other hand, want to make it the land of the enslaved and home of fearful and for that, there is nothing more patriotic than telling them to fuck off on America's birthday. But in these ...read more
A new study shows that, yes, the right wing really is opening its arms to fascism and, yes, it's absolutely because they're racist assholes: Political scientists Steven V. Miller of Clemson and Nicholas T. Davis of Texas A&M have released a working paper titled "White Outgroup ...read more