Politics
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Quickies: Pro-Lifers Admit to Misogynistic Motivations and the Amazon is BEING BURNED
A New Poll Shows What Really Interests ‘Pro-Lifers’: Controlling Women, by Jill Filipovic at the Guardian: “A Supermajority/PerryUndem survey released this week divides respondents by their position on abortion, and then tracks their answers to 10 questions on gender equality more generally. On every question, anti-abortion voters were significantly more hostile to gender equity than pro-choice voters.” H/t Muscadine The…
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Quickies: Exposing Pick-up Artists, White Nationalists, and Government-Fabricated Charges against Immigrants
Dating Sim Meets Survival Horror: The Game that Exposes Pick-up Artists, by Laura Hudson at The Guardian: “Created by artist and academic Angela Washko, The Game: The Game drops you smack dab in the middle of numerous highly regimented “seduction” routines, designed to leave you off-balance and less likely to push back against your would-be seducer, as he plays on…
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The Real Reason Epstein Died Is a Lot Scarier Than Murder
When the news first broke yesterday that noted child rapist Jeffrey Epstein had died by suicide in jail, I went through a lot of emotions. It started with anger, knowing that he will never be held accountable for his crimes and his many victims will never be able to get closure. Soon my anger turned into worry that his death…
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No, the “30-50 Feral Hogs” Tweet isn’t a Nazi Dog Whistle
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Settle down kids, it’s time to go back to skeptic school. Today’s lesson: confirmation bias. Today’s example: this ridiculously stupid tweet and it’s ridiculously stupid replies. “A Nunnery” writes, “Well, this makes me absolutely sick, but the bizarre #feralhogs…
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We Live in a Society: Why Marianne Williamson Needs to Go Away Forever
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I have some very exciting news to share: I am seeking the Democratic nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 elections. I wasn’t going to because I have absolutely no political experience, but then I…
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Another Nazi Commits Murder while the MSM Celebrates a Nearby Alt-Right Campus Leader
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: We regret to inform you that milkshake duck is a racist. In this case, “milkshake duck” is a 5th year biology student at University of California Merced who just excavated a 65-million year old partial triceratops skull. Other UC…
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Quickies: Making Trump’s Racism Unprofitable and How Abortion Rights Benefit Men
Racism, Inc.: How Donald Trump Profits from Xenophobia, by Sophia A. McClennen at Salon: Most of us are aware of how Trump profits from his racism, but this article breaks it down, with ways to make it less profitable rather than simply decrying it. How Roe v. Wade Benefits Men, by Peter Birkenhead at The Week: “We are speeding backwards…
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New Epstein Indictment Unsealed.
Billionaire-convicted-pedophile, assface, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Sunday and will stand trial in Southern District of New York on new charges of sex trafficking of minor girls. He is considered a flight risk and so will not have bail. Insert sad trombone. That means his rich ass will have to sit in a jail cell until trial. Unlike his last…
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