June arrives, and so does the annual conservative grievance convocation. They already scheduled their Festival of Snowflakes for the 14th. Dear Leader’s birthday. A fitting occasion. So just like every June, the flags go up. The rainbow flags, not only the American ones, though they will tell you it is the American ones they are […]
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There is a woman who wants to go to the gym. She wants to lift weights, run on a treadmill, take a yoga class, feel strong in her body. She also wears a hijab. She would like athletic gear that serves both needs. Lululemon would like to sell it to her. This, apparently, is a […]
On Laura Loomer and the Cruelty of Fake Concern Three people were murdered at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Shot while going about their lives. Investigators confirmed what was already obvious: hate rhetoric drove the killers through that door. Laura Loomer wanted you to know she is worried about the safety and well being […]
There is a story being told in certain corners of American media, and it goes something like this: the Left is violent, the Right is not, and anyone who suggests otherwise is a propagandist or a fool. Let us test that story against the facts. Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States […]
Brutus Stood in the Light
Last night, a man named Cole Thomas Allen armed himself with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives, booked a room at the Washington Hilton, and charged a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He told law enforcement what he wanted: to shoot Trump administration officials. A Secret Service agent was shot and […]
A war briefing is not a pulpit. The Pentagon is not a church. And Pete Hegseth is not a minister of anything except the art of humiliation — his own, the military’s, and now, apparently, the Lord’s. On Thursday, at what was supposed to be an update on the ongoing U.S. military campaign against Iran, […]
It is Easter weekend in America. The churches are full. The story is told again, as it has been told for two thousand years, of a crowd given a choice. Pilate asked them. He stood before the assembled people and offered them what custom demanded: one man freed, one man condemned. He presented two: a […]
A Lie That Had to Invent Its Audience
Modern political lies rarely travel solo. They arrive accessorized with a happy crowd of fools ready to believe. The story circulating about Gavin Newsom and his interview with Andre Dickens, the mayor of Atlanta, is a perfect specimen. Newsom told a “largely Black audience” that he was just like them because he did poorly on […]
It is too common a scenario. They come at night, because daylight invites witnesses. The officers move through the neighborhood with practiced ease. Potential areas to investigate have been noted in advance. The orders are clear, the papers are already signed. This is not a search. It is a hunt. The illegal runs when he […]
Every anniversary of January 6 arrives with the same demand: forget what you saw. Forget the broken windows of the United States Capitol.Forget the chants that rose like smoke inside the halls of power.Forget the officers crushed against doors, beaten with poles, sprayed, stomped, hunted.Forget the dead. Instead, we are offered a bedtime story. It […]