They keep finding useless causes. Probably so they can avoid real problems like the Jan. 6 insurrection, the big lie, false claims of voter fraud, m t greene, gosar, jim jordan, ron johnson. mcconnell,
It is simply about generating outrage and hate. Stir enough people up to overwhelm any system put in place to limit the influence of extremists. This has been a long term strategy on the part of the Right to take absolute power over all branches of government and maintain that power for as long as possible. (Note to those just described: I don’t mean to sell you short. Of course I know you are firmly convinced it will be permanent. This time.) Demonize anyone who opposes you, using terminology and catch phrases that will cue your audience to respond. Today those dog whistle words are “liberal”, “socialism”, and, if the Right is to fully succeed, “Democrat.” It requires a steady supply of new boogeymen to destroy, whether real or imaginary. Keep “your” people in a state of constant indignation. It is what the Nazis and Fascists did. It is undoubtedly what many empires and would-be empires have tried to do for eons. "Your (our) problems are not your fault. They are the fault of those other people, those {insert catch phrase here}.
Republicans love being upset about things that don’t understand. Which is weird, because by now you’d think they’d be used to not understanding much of anything.
The drool on those toys is bad enough. But the darned things squeak too. Seventy-four million squeaking all at once make a heck of a racket — worse than cicadas!
AH Yes , the old GOP/GQP Playbook if you don’t have something to Attack and Distract take something and spin it up into a major problem that does not exist !
So KE throws out a new chew toy labelled “marxism” and you respond. Why? Is he going to be persuaded by your rational argument? Is it going to help someone else understand? No. It’s just driving the post to the first comment that everyone sees, giving it undeserved prominence and letting MAGAts feel like they “owned the libs” by getting under your skin. That post was such an obvious attempt at irritating a response and yet you still fell into the trap. Be better and don’t reply. If you feel the need, start a new comment and respond that way. Quit feeding the needy ego seeking validation by replying.
For heavens sake people, we have a new troll. This excellent comic has nothing to do with Marxism, bolshevism or socialism. Just stop feeding the troll.
This all has such a simple solution. Just bring back Disney’s “Song of the South” to show in all public schools for it’s insightful portrayal of what slavery was really like. “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. My, oh, my, what a wonderful day.” /s
@Kyrie Eleison: I see you have neither read Marx nor understand him, if you identify being “woke” or Critical Race Theory or even the Green New Deal being in ANY WAY “Marxist” as you clearly intend it, which is to say “bad.” Even conservative economists will tell you that Marx was an excellent economic historian (indeed, that’s what I was taught by a conservative economist at Harvard). Marx was crap at understanding how people actually worked, and worse at predicting the future, but he identified some important points of stress in society with his class-based analysis.
And so-called “Cancel Culture” is best represented by the RIGHT wing these days, which does its best to eliminate anyone who disagrees with them.
Truth is, while Marx provides some interesting ways to examine societal issues, there has never been a Marxist political state in the history of the world, despite the claims of the USSR and China.
I clicked on this comic, and guess what the featured comment was — the ONLY one that 99% of the readers of this strip will ever see, elevated to that lofty status by all the people who responded to it.
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
South Dakota’s governor raises the bar on Republican crazy
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who is parading early as a possible part of any 2024 White House ticket. She announced that she is accepting private donations to deploy state National Guard troops to the Texas border to protect us from the hordes storming the country’s porous barriers.
New reports reveal a much larger plot and conspiracy by Trump before the Jan. 6 coup attempt
The flood of “revelations” about the Trump regime’s attempts to overthrow American democracy continue.
Contrary to what the professional smart people with their “view from nowhere” and too many other members of the chattering classes have claimed, the dangers of a coup perpetrated by the Trump regime were not exaggerated or hysterical, and most certainly were not symptoms of “Trump derangement syndrome.” The danger was clear and obvious for those who were paying attention to reality as it is, and not as others wished it to be.
As reported by CNN, Trump longed for the U.S. military to “crack skulls” and “handle” the protesters with great force. He reportedly wanted the United States military to “beat the xxxx out” of the protesters and even “shoot them.” When told that such violence was illegal and inappropriate, Trump then suggested that the military could shoot protesters in the legs instead.
It appears that Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper were able to stop Trump from ordering U.S. troops to act out his violent, psychopathic fantasies.
ProPublica recently obtained emails revealing that the violence by Trump’s followers on Jan. 6 was predictable and in no sense unexpected. In their new reporting, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien explain that they interviewed "more than 50 people involved in the events of Jan. 6th
Taken together, these accounts suggest that senior Trump aides had been warned the Jan. 6 events could turn chaotic, with tens of thousands of people potentially overwhelming ill-prepared law enforcement officials.Rather than trying to halt the march, Trump and his allies accommodated its leaders, according to text messages and interviews with Republican operatives and officials.
In other words, nothing about the coup attempt was spontaneous or random.
CRT has been around for over 40 years as graduate level education for law students to understand and identify systemic discrimination in government. It’s become a racial dog whistle because Conservatives these days are incapable of winning support on actual domestic policy issues.
Sadly, the elephants (and their kitty) are more interested in exaggerating conspiracy theories than they are in dealing with problems like the pandemic or infrastructure…
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is a retired American politician. Rumsfeld served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under Gerald Ford, and again from January 2001 to December 2006 under George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second-oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. WikipediaBorn: July 9, 1932, Chicago, IL
FOX News is the MOST DISTRUSTED News Network in America, Which is DEAD LAST Internationally
The state of the media suffered “bigly” during the years that Donald Trump occupied the White House. He hated the concept of free press, repeatedly calling it “the enemy of the people,” and berating and insulting reporters. It was his mission to sow discord. And it was one of the few things that he was good at. At least with regard to his worshipful cult followers.
Trump actually admitted to Leslie Stahl that he purposefully foments distrust of the media. She asked him why he attacks the press. “You know why I do it?” he replied. “I do it to discredit you all, and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.”
Mission accomplished! A new report by the Reuters Institute ranked media trust among 46 countries. The United States came in dead last:
“The United States ranks last in media trust — at 29% — among 92,000 news consumers surveyed in 46 countries. One explanation, though not necessarily the only one, is the extreme political polarization in the U.S. This study, like many others, found extremely high levels of distrust — 75% of those who identify as being on the right thought coverage of their views is unfair.”
“The U.S. media is the least trustworthy in the world, according to a comprehensive new Reuters Institute survey encompassing 46 countries. Yes, you read that right. The country with among the most resources in this arena – human, technical and otherwise – finished dead last. Finland ranked the highest, with a 65 percent trust rating.
When the survey results were broken down by media brand, Fox News had the distinction of being the most distrusted at 46% and only 35% trusted. That coincides with Trump’s most zealous base of support.
RAGs about 3 years ago
The republican base is very…
Daeder about 3 years ago
Racism never felt so good!
sipsienwa Premium Member about 3 years ago
They keep finding useless causes. Probably so they can avoid real problems like the Jan. 6 insurrection, the big lie, false claims of voter fraud, m t greene, gosar, jim jordan, ron johnson. mcconnell,
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 3 years ago
It is simply about generating outrage and hate. Stir enough people up to overwhelm any system put in place to limit the influence of extremists. This has been a long term strategy on the part of the Right to take absolute power over all branches of government and maintain that power for as long as possible. (Note to those just described: I don’t mean to sell you short. Of course I know you are firmly convinced it will be permanent. This time.) Demonize anyone who opposes you, using terminology and catch phrases that will cue your audience to respond. Today those dog whistle words are “liberal”, “socialism”, and, if the Right is to fully succeed, “Democrat.” It requires a steady supply of new boogeymen to destroy, whether real or imaginary. Keep “your” people in a state of constant indignation. It is what the Nazis and Fascists did. It is undoubtedly what many empires and would-be empires have tried to do for eons. "Your (our) problems are not your fault. They are the fault of those other people, those {insert catch phrase here}.
sevaar777 about 3 years ago
Please stop feeding the “Marxist” troll… Thank you.
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
Republicans love being upset about things that don’t understand. Which is weird, because by now you’d think they’d be used to not understanding much of anything.
PraiseofFolly about 3 years ago
The drool on those toys is bad enough. But the darned things squeak too. Seventy-four million squeaking all at once make a heck of a racket — worse than cicadas!
scote1379 Premium Member about 3 years ago
AH Yes , the old GOP/GQP Playbook if you don’t have something to Attack and Distract take something and spin it up into a major problem that does not exist !
cdward about 3 years ago
Wait! You forgot PC! Don’t forget the classics!
cdward about 3 years ago
I consider Kyrie Eleison as unworthy of response as Montana Bill. I will not respond to either.
claudio645 about 3 years ago
So KE throws out a new chew toy labelled “marxism” and you respond. Why? Is he going to be persuaded by your rational argument? Is it going to help someone else understand? No. It’s just driving the post to the first comment that everyone sees, giving it undeserved prominence and letting MAGAts feel like they “owned the libs” by getting under your skin. That post was such an obvious attempt at irritating a response and yet you still fell into the trap. Be better and don’t reply. If you feel the need, start a new comment and respond that way. Quit feeding the needy ego seeking validation by replying.
Zev about 3 years ago
That dog should really be a weasel.
FrankErnesto about 3 years ago
It doesn’t take much to keep the base entertained.
kv450 about 3 years ago
I would have expected the GQP dog to also be frothing at the mouth.
atomicdog about 3 years ago
Perfect!
brit-ed about 3 years ago
For heavens sake people, we have a new troll. This excellent comic has nothing to do with Marxism, bolshevism or socialism. Just stop feeding the troll.
Bookworm about 3 years ago
This all has such a simple solution. Just bring back Disney’s “Song of the South” to show in all public schools for it’s insightful portrayal of what slavery was really like. “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. My, oh, my, what a wonderful day.” /s
piper_gilbert about 3 years ago
Racism has become a Republican virtue. CRT threatens that.
moderateisntleft about 3 years ago
shouldn’t that be the name of the whistle held by his masters?
Motivemagus about 3 years ago
@Kyrie Eleison: I see you have neither read Marx nor understand him, if you identify being “woke” or Critical Race Theory or even the Green New Deal being in ANY WAY “Marxist” as you clearly intend it, which is to say “bad.” Even conservative economists will tell you that Marx was an excellent economic historian (indeed, that’s what I was taught by a conservative economist at Harvard). Marx was crap at understanding how people actually worked, and worse at predicting the future, but he identified some important points of stress in society with his class-based analysis.
And so-called “Cancel Culture” is best represented by the RIGHT wing these days, which does its best to eliminate anyone who disagrees with them.
Truth is, while Marx provides some interesting ways to examine societal issues, there has never been a Marxist political state in the history of the world, despite the claims of the USSR and China.
LeeGP about 3 years ago
From the looks of things pupster will tire of that toy in due time.
Ontman about 3 years ago
They’ll get bored when Tucker finds a new lie to push.
Michael G. about 3 years ago
Can’t we just let bygones be bygones? – The 1620s
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
He loves to cancel culture, just tears it to shreds.
oldchas about 3 years ago
Watch these two guys explain this GQP lunacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-7qjLdVHE
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
I clicked on this comic, and guess what the featured comment was — the ONLY one that 99% of the readers of this strip will ever see, elevated to that lofty status by all the people who responded to it.
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
dyerjames944 about 3 years ago
I wonder how many lives were CHEWED UP and SPIT OUT to make that TOY?
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Russian media uses Tucker Carlson to make propaganda about white Americans being subjected to ‘mass humiliation’
https://www.rawstory.com/russian-media-uses-tucker-carlson-to-make-propaganda-about-white-americans-being-subjected-to-mass-humiliation/
South Dakota’s governor raises the bar on Republican crazy
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who is parading early as a possible part of any 2024 White House ticket. She announced that she is accepting private donations to deploy state National Guard troops to the Texas border to protect us from the hordes storming the country’s porous barriers.
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-gov-kristi-noem/
Trump Organization CFO expected to be hit with criminal charges on Thursday: WSJ
’Can’t even get an honest push up out of a politician’: Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton mocked for display of fitness
https://www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-chuck-grassley-pushups/
Bill Barr ghosted Rudy Giuliani when Trump’s personal attorney pushed for DOJ to investigate false election fraud claims
https://www.rawstory.com/bill-barr-rudy-giuliani/
Dark money group that helped Trump’s court nominee is now pushing anti-critical race theory ad: documents
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-group-funding-critical-race-theory-ads/
Disillusioned MAGA rioter demands Trump pay his legal fees: ‘This all happened because of you!’
https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-hill-riot/
’He’s cooked’: Alan Dershowitz says Rudy Giuliani’s case is hopeless — unless the Supreme Court saves him
https://www.rawstory.com/alan-dershowitz-rudy-giuliani/
Tucker Carlson prepares white nationalists for war: Don’t ignore the power of his rhetoric
https://www.rawstory.com/tucker-carlson-prepares-white-nationalists-for-war-don-t-ignore-the-power-of-his-rhetoric/Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
New reports reveal a much larger plot and conspiracy by Trump before the Jan. 6 coup attempt
The flood of “revelations” about the Trump regime’s attempts to overthrow American democracy continue.
Contrary to what the professional smart people with their “view from nowhere” and too many other members of the chattering classes have claimed, the dangers of a coup perpetrated by the Trump regime were not exaggerated or hysterical, and most certainly were not symptoms of “Trump derangement syndrome.” The danger was clear and obvious for those who were paying attention to reality as it is, and not as others wished it to be.
As reported by CNN, Trump longed for the U.S. military to “crack skulls” and “handle” the protesters with great force. He reportedly wanted the United States military to “beat the xxxx out” of the protesters and even “shoot them.” When told that such violence was illegal and inappropriate, Trump then suggested that the military could shoot protesters in the legs instead.
It appears that Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper were able to stop Trump from ordering U.S. troops to act out his violent, psychopathic fantasies.
ProPublica recently obtained emails revealing that the violence by Trump’s followers on Jan. 6 was predictable and in no sense unexpected. In their new reporting, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien explain that they interviewed "more than 50 people involved in the events of Jan. 6th
Taken together, these accounts suggest that senior Trump aides had been warned the Jan. 6 events could turn chaotic, with tens of thousands of people potentially overwhelming ill-prepared law enforcement officials.Rather than trying to halt the march, Trump and his allies accommodated its leaders, according to text messages and interviews with Republican operatives and officials.
In other words, nothing about the coup attempt was spontaneous or random.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-plot/
paranormal about 3 years ago
How can supposedly intelligent people believe such garbage???
Cerabooge about 3 years ago
johnhbaggett, you are insane and hateful. Not a good combo.
Masterskrain about 3 years ago
The GQP: “Truth? We DON’ Need NO STINKIN’ TRUTH!!”
ncorgbl about 3 years ago
I wonder what the fear peddling subject will be by the mid-terms.
ndblackirish97 about 3 years ago
CRT has been around for over 40 years as graduate level education for law students to understand and identify systemic discrimination in government. It’s become a racial dog whistle because Conservatives these days are incapable of winning support on actual domestic policy issues.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Bill Barr was the most corrupt AG in USA history and he was not corrupt enough for big lie Trump.
Face diaper Trump did not want to wear a mask so the GOP helped him kill a half million Americans.
ferddo about 3 years ago
Sadly, the elephants (and their kitty) are more interested in exaggerating conspiracy theories than they are in dealing with problems like the pandemic or infrastructure…
MFRXIM Premium Member about 3 years ago
Their only talent is in coming up with a ridiculous distraction.
Daeder about 3 years ago
All of @Kyrie Eleison’s comments need to be destroyed.
robnvon Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sometimes they don’t want red meat but just a good chew toy.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
‘Dangerously deranged lunatic’: Trump mocked for issuing indignant statement demanding Gen. Milley’s resignation
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-and-mark-milley/
Fox News cuts off Trump after he derails ‘border’ press conference with election rant
https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-donald-trump-border/
Trump blows off DeSantis’s ‘direct plea’ to cancel Florida rally in wake of condo collapse
https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-2653604235/
‘Who’s getting the popcorn?’ Internet rejoices on news Trump Org says it will be charged tomorrow
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-charges-2653602611/
This company laid off hundreds of workers and moved operations to Mexico after obtaining a massive PPP loan
https://www.rawstory.com/this-company-got-a-10-million-ppp-loan-then-closed-its-plant-and-moved-manufacturing-jobs-to-mexico/
Trump-loving billionaire rants about migrants ‘killing and raping’ after he’s revealed as private funder of South Dakota’s border deployment
https://www.rawstory.com/willis-johnson-national-guard/
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is a retired American politician. Rumsfeld served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under Gerald Ford, and again from January 2001 to December 2006 under George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second-oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. WikipediaBorn: July 9, 1932, Chicago, IL
Died: June 29, 2021
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
FOX News is the MOST DISTRUSTED News Network in America, Which is DEAD LAST Internationally
The state of the media suffered “bigly” during the years that Donald Trump occupied the White House. He hated the concept of free press, repeatedly calling it “the enemy of the people,” and berating and insulting reporters. It was his mission to sow discord. And it was one of the few things that he was good at. At least with regard to his worshipful cult followers.
Trump actually admitted to Leslie Stahl that he purposefully foments distrust of the media. She asked him why he attacks the press. “You know why I do it?” he replied. “I do it to discredit you all, and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.”
Mission accomplished! A new report by the Reuters Institute ranked media trust among 46 countries. The United States came in dead last:
“The United States ranks last in media trust — at 29% — among 92,000 news consumers surveyed in 46 countries. One explanation, though not necessarily the only one, is the extreme political polarization in the U.S. This study, like many others, found extremely high levels of distrust — 75% of those who identify as being on the right thought coverage of their views is unfair.”
“The U.S. media is the least trustworthy in the world, according to a comprehensive new Reuters Institute survey encompassing 46 countries. Yes, you read that right. The country with among the most resources in this arena – human, technical and otherwise – finished dead last. Finland ranked the highest, with a 65 percent trust rating.
When the survey results were broken down by media brand, Fox News had the distinction of being the most distrusted at 46% and only 35% trusted. That coincides with Trump’s most zealous base of support.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/30/2037804/-U-S-Finishes-DEAD-LAST-for-Media-Trust-Among-46-Countries-and-Surprise-FOX-News-Lies-About-It?utm_campaign=trendin
grumpypophobart about 3 years ago
And not a policy in sight!!
librarian4hire about 3 years ago
Doggie libel!
It should be a banana slug or venomous creature.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Forbes.
GOP Leader McCarthy Taps Devin Nunes To Probe Tucker Carlson’s NSA Spying Claims
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