Too Venal for Words category archive
The Weather Bombers 0
A caller talks about his North Carolinian father-in-law’s refusing to accept aid from FEMA after losing almost everything to hurricane Helene because he believe Trump’s lies.
Via C&L, which has the transcript.
Republican Thought Police 0
Steve M. reports that Florida Governor DeSantis wants to punish a television–an NBC affiliate–station for airing an ad that DeSantis doesn’t like.
Phoning It In 0
Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Empty Suits 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports that Devin Nunes’s prolific pleadings seem to be proceeding poorly.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
At SFgate, Alec Regimbal does a deep dive into Fox News’s coverage of the attempted robbery and shooting of NFL rookie Ricky Pearsall, pointing out that it demonstrates just how far Fox News will go to make stuff up and call it “news.”
The Land Grabber and the Whistleblower 0
And both of them are Florida Men.
The Crypto Con 0
I guess a life-long con artist just can’t resist the temptation, even if he be a bit late to the game.
No doubt, though, he will find plenty of pigeons in his flock.
Facebook Frolics 0
Dis coarse discourse just keeps getting coarser.
Patriot Gamers 0
David Hyde has had enough.
The Crypto Con 0
Now, it’s coming after your pension fund (assuming, of course, that you even have a pension fund in this New Gilded Age).
This New Gilded Age 0
The Washington Monthly’s Anne Kim takes a deep dive into the “Heritage” Foundation’s plan to bring back robber barons, aka Project 2025, and concludes that “it’s even worse than you think.”
The Republican Contract on America 0
Rebecca Watson takes a look at the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025 (warning: mild language):
Or you can read the transcript.