Dan Crenshaw is Not as Stupid as He Acts
Dan Crenshaw has announced that he’s not able to attend the NRA convention in Houston this weekend because of his…wait for it…trip to Ukraine. His office has confirmed that he will conveniently not be...
View ArticleWe’ve been this way before
Yesterday, the leaders of Texas and the GOP held one of their perfunctory press conferences. It was one of those deals where we decry the tragedy, offer our thoughts and prayers to the families of the...
View ArticleMaking A Tragedy of 21 Murders Worse
I turns out that the police response to the Uvalde shooting was a shitshow, and then local authorities lied to the media about it. Local and state authorities reported that the shooter was engaged by...
View ArticleA Simple Logic Test
OK, so here where the Republicans stand: All books about diversity should be banned from school libraries to protect kids from being exposed to anything not bible thumping, white, and straight....
View ArticleBecause I can
I have done this one before. All that is old is new again. The overwhelming theme that has occurred this week in the argument over gun control are those three words. Because I can. I have gotten into...
View ArticleMarketing Gun Violence to Kids
Gun manufacturers are protected from liability lawsuits by a law pushed by Republicans and signed by GWB in 2005; up until Sandy Hook, PLCAA (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act) was a bulwark...
View ArticleYou Know My Name
The official definition of a terrorist is “that of a person that uses unlawful violence and intimidation against civilians in the pursuit of political aims.” You’ll immediately notice that at no time...
View ArticleIf Only …
Merrick Garland was selected to give the commencement address at Harvard this year. Garland, who is a Harvard alumnus, pointed to efforts to undermine the right to vote, violence against particular...
View ArticleAll That Other Stuff
Our politics seems to have hit a single note these days and I would love to apologize for that. However, we’ve hit an existential crisis and we seemingly have any number of solutions that people are...
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