Charlie Kirk's memorial was a flop. The pundit class panicked, thinking it was going to be some huge win for Trump. But really, it exposed why the MAGA movement can't expand past its base. The thrid rate Christian rock exposes why. www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

i don't understand conservative toughness, which involves being scared shitless of everything but also talking about how tough you are

I wish I could find the post, but someone on here recently pointed out that the elite pundit addiction to Twitter is distorting their worldview even further. They really think America is far more right-wing than it is, which requires ignoring actual data. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-right-...

Charlie Kirk's memorial was a flop. The pundit class panicked, thinking it was going to be some huge win for Trump. But really, it exposed why the MAGA movement can't expand past its base. The thrid rate Christian rock exposes why. www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

Before a new "Standing Room Only" debuts tomorrow, check out last week's! It's about Karoline Leavitt and her love of cross necklaces — which we contrast with her loathing of the teachings of Jesus. youtu.be/j8WlyJdpnVE?...

Methinks he's starting to worry about the politics of taking away health care for millions and hopes he can snake oil his way out of this. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

This is just pathetic. I suspect he wanted a rally bit they have reason to believe few would show. So he was like, “Okay, who can we force to listen to me ramble?” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: The Michigan shooter and the myth of "Christian persecution." Read and subscribe! salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com Music by Meek Mill.

"The Trump regime’s desire for cruelty, corruption, and criminality appears bottomless, but just because they want to doesn’t mean they can. Lacking capacity, they’re trying to bluster and meme their way into consolidated authoritarianism" It's serious, but don't help them by falling for the trick.

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: The Michigan shooter and the myth of "Christian persecution." Read and subscribe! salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com Music by Meek Mill.

"The pointless rules and policing of pregnancy from Kennedy come hand-in-hand with Republican efforts to make sure women can’t say no to childbirth...the same tactics being deployed against vaccines, Tylenol and anti-depressants are also being used as a pretext to take away the abortion pill."

In case the misogyny of this fake Tylenol panic isn't obvious enough, RFK made fun of rape victims during the press conference. Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care. www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...

Looks like the Michigan shooter was a right-wing Christian who hated Mormons. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

In case the misogyny of this fake Tylenol panic isn't obvious enough, RFK made fun of rape victims during the press conference. Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care. www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...

Short reaction video to Katie Miller calling Stephen Miller a "sexual matador." www.youtube.com/shorts/s8UJJ...

That's what it looks like when any human being gets shot, though. If it's okay with Republicans when the victims are 6-year-olds, not clear why that level of violence is haunting when it's a grown man. www.mediaite.com/media/i-cant...

Short reaction video to Katie Miller calling Stephen Miller a "sexual matador." www.youtube.com/shorts/s8UJJ...

This really shows how this entire panic is uncut sexism. The premise of Rogan's argument is that he, a random man who has no understanding of science, knows more about pregnancy health than women who are literally seeing a doctor once a month. www.aol.com/news/joe-rog...

The Portland nonsense has a silver lining: it shows that the Charlie Kirk shooting is not having the impact the Trump White House hoped. Trump keeps hoping fascist spectacle will make him popular, but he keeps slipping in the polls. But it’s all he knows how to do.

A lot of right-wing men hate their wives. Duh.

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WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Chilling around the house on a Saturday? Want something to watch, maybe while you do weekend chores? The latest episode of "Standing Room Only" just shows how we keep getting better. This week we take on Karoline Leavitt's cross necklace — and the emptiness of the "Christianity" it represents.

Any word yet on the real reason this fool resigned? I'm so excited to know. www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...

Bertrand Russell once received letters from Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists, inviting him to a debate. Russell not only declined but replied quite generally that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

No one is worried about this on the left. At worse, we let Bill Clinton and Larry Summers go? Don’t threaten us with a good time!

It's quite simple: you need to find one conservative and give him a cookie. You need to watch him eat it. You need to give him milk. You need to give him a stuffie and a blankie and structured naptime with blackout curtains. If you cannot do this, you should be fired.

It's not "sour grapes." Harris's loss tells us a larger story about how male leaders all too often sabotage female leaders. Men screw things up, ask women to fix it, and then blame women when that proves impossible. www.salon.com/2025/09/26/k...

It's not "sour grapes." Harris's loss tells us a larger story about how male leaders all too often sabotage female leaders. Men screw things up, ask women to fix it, and then blame women when that proves impossible. www.salon.com/2025/09/26/k...

This is a great discussion between @amandamarcotte.bsky.social and @johnfugelsang.bsky.social about the fake Christianity of the Right.

New "Standing Room Only!" In this episode, I take a look at Karoline Leavitt's $50,000 cross, which is a perfect symbol of what MAGA thinks Christianity is. Then @johnfugelsang.bsky.social joins me to discuss how the loudest Christians know the least about Jesus. youtu.be/j8WlyJdpnVE?...

New "Standing Room Only!" In this episode, I take a look at Karoline Leavitt's $50,000 cross, which is a perfect symbol of what MAGA thinks Christianity is. Then @johnfugelsang.bsky.social joins me to discuss how the loudest Christians know the least about Jesus. youtu.be/j8WlyJdpnVE?...

Jesus, I can't believe they tried to kneecap McMorrow. This is political malpractice. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-the-de...

"Standing Room Only" premiering now! Today's episode is about Karoline Leavitt's cross and what it really means that she wears it while she lies for Trump. My guest is @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, who has a new book out: "The Separation of Church and Hate". youtu.be/j8WlyJdpnVE?...

Charlie Kirk gets murdered and an Italian restaurant concludes, uh, they have to cancel a drag show? People have lost their fucking minds. www.phillymag.com/news/2025/09...

I don't think the porn allegations are enough to have forced this. I eagerly anticipate future revelations. This guy is....not right. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Of course, the premise of this conspiracy theory is that everyone knows Trump is so out of shape that walking up half a flight of stairs is a deep humiliation. He's so out of it that he has to freak out, even though it's just another reminder that his health is bad. www.salon.com/2025/09/24/u...

MAGA is fawning over Erika Kirk right now, but there's no way she can keep Charlie's audience. His bread and butter was sexualized humiliation of college girls — more "Girls Gone Wild" than doing politics the "right way." His followers won't hear it from a woman. www.salon.com/2025/09/24/d...

"Erika Kirk’s presence was not as a leader, but as a shield. Her husband doesn’t hate women, the images implied — just the ones that talk back to men. She acted as a softening presence to validate his rancor, a role played by many MAGA wives."

Very much this whole article. "Without her husband, Erika Kirk can no longer play the role of the soothing housewife. ... Charlie Kirk ... offered a fantasy of male domination. His audience will never accept a woman in this fake “alpha male” role."

MAGA is fawning over Erika Kirk right now, but there's no way she can keep Charlie's audience. His bread and butter was sexualized humiliation of college girls — more "Girls Gone Wild" than doing politics the "right way." His followers won't hear it from a woman. www.salon.com/2025/09/24/d...

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: "Cancel culture" panic was always a pretext for fascist censorship. Subscribe today! salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com Music by the Wild Swans.

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: "Cancel culture" panic was always a pretext for fascist censorship. Subscribe today! salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com Music by the Wild Swans.

This entire rampage from Trump yesterday is horrifying. But there's good news in here: He's flailling. He thought Kirk's death was going to be this huge boost. Instead, he keeps declining in the polls and he's grasping at straws. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

This was my first thought when I saw these wackos are trying to blame pregnant women who take Tylenol. Glad to see it spelled out more coherently in this link.

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Updating my blocking policy. I know we're all feeling raw now, but violent rhetoric will get you immediately blocked. Don't give the fascists an excuse.

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Trump's claim that Kirk didn't "hate" anyone made me laugh. Hate is what fuels all of them.