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And! Hank Gilbert, who’s running against Congressman COVID Louie Gohmert, talks about staring down pistol-toting Trump minions for daring to question Dear Leader. Plus, Molly breaks down Kamala Harris’ generational strengths. America’s worst governor compares reopening schools to killing bin Laden. And the ghouls running the late Herman Cain’s twitter account attack. … [Read more...] about Blame Fox News For the Rise of QAnon

“The movement from a majority wanting government to leave them alone last year to an even larger majority now wanting government to lend a hand appears to illustrate the degree to which the pandemic is shaking Americans on many levels, including ideological in some cases,” says Democratic pollster Chris Anderson, who conducts the Fox News survey with Republican Daron Shaw. … [Read more...] about Fox News Poll: Big shift in asking government to ‘lend me a hand’ amid pandemic, unrest

"[Brees] has unfortunately become the poster child for what happens when you venerate a hollow space wrapped up in red, white and blue," writer Noah Berlatsky claimed. "Brees believed that his comments honored the flag and America's ideals. But valuing a symbol of justice over justice itself isn't moral or righteous. It's the opposite. When honoring the flag is the price of justice, then the flag does not symbolize justice. It symbolizes force, inequality and racism. It's a flag of conquest for white people, not of mercy or freedom for all." … [Read more...] about NBC News op-ed: Drew Brees’ ‘biggest mistake’ is believing US flag ‘means anything’

In an email to The Daily Beast, the Mississippi Department of Education responded to criticism by saying that only the governor has the legal authority to delay school reopening statewide. And while they said “there is no authority given to the State Board of Education” to direct school reopening plans, the same email noted statewide changes that the board had made, from granting districts the flexibility to implement a combination of traditional, remote, and hybrid learning, to reducing the number of class hours required each day by nearly a third. … [Read more...] about Mississippi Is What a School Reopening Shitshow Looks Like

The Financial Times — the salmon pink establishment newspaper which is considered part of the unofficial uniform for City bankers and financiers in London, and which is noted for its staunch support for the European Union and insistence that mass immigration is an unstoppable force which must be accepted — took aim at Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán for challenging billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros. … [Read more...] about Fake News: Hungary Blasts MSM for Claiming ‘Soros Plan’ for Mass Migration into Europe Doesn’t Exist