Category Archives: Conservatives

A Well Regulated Vagina, Being Necessary to the Security of a Free State

Posted on May 13, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Technically speaking, it should be a uterus, but that doesn’t rhyme. Anyway, Republican Senator Katie Britt, who arguably gave the creepiest rebuttal to a State of the Union speech in American history, has come up with a genius idea (boldface … Continue reading →

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College Protests, Lived Secondhand Experience, and the Ninny State

Posted on May 3, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

And credit to Elias Isquith for the wonderful, snarky phrase “lived secondhand experience.” Regardless what one might think of some of the political stances held by the protestors, on most campuses, especially the ones where the administration hasn’t sicced the … Continue reading →

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Trump Would Govern as an Efficient Authoritarian

Posted on May 1, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Unlike his previous term (boldface mine): What emerged in two interviews with Trump, and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisers and confidants, were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role … Continue reading →

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Fascism Without a Head Fascist

Posted on April 25, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Aka the Republican Party in 2024, Year of Our Gritty (boldface mine): There are two main reasons MAGA continues to ignore Trump’s cries for crowds to mob the courthouse on his behalf. First of all, they don’t think it would … Continue reading →

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I’m Old Enough to Remember When He Was a ‘Republican Moderate’

Posted on April 22, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, New Hampshire Republican governor Chris Sununu uttered the following (boldface mine): “Your words were very, very clear on January 11, 2021,” Stephanopoulos reminded Sununu. “You said that President Trump’s rhetoric and actions contributed to the insurrection. No other president … Continue reading →

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If Biden Spoke Like This Once, There Would Be Calls to Invoke the 25th Amendment

Posted on April 18, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

And people wouldn’t be wrong to do so. Adjudicated rapist and serial fraudster Donald Trump recently uttered this (it’s unclear how to punctuate this gibberish): It’s where the army weathered it’s brutal winter at Valley Forge where General George Washington … Continue reading →

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Nothing Is New Under the Sun: The Louisiana Ten Commandments Edition

Posted on April 15, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, Louisiana’s House of Representatives passed legislation to require the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms of public K-12 schools, universities, charter schools, and private schools that receive public money. This isn’t the first time Louisiana has done this–they … Continue reading →

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How Should the Media Cover Republicans?

Posted on March 28, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Not adjucated rapist and serial fraudster Donald Trump, but Republicans–and I don’t mean the small minority of ‘Never Trumpers’, but actual Republicans? In light of former Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel’s hiring and unhiring by NBC, Josh Marshall gets at … Continue reading →

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Convicted Rapist, Serial Fraudster, and Republican Primary Candidate Trump Opposes Mandatory Childhood Vaccination

Posted on March 4, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, during a campaign event in Virginia, convicted rapist, serial fraudster, and Republican presidential primary candidate Donald Trump called for eliminating federal funding for any school that requires mandatory childhood vaccination. Of course the Republican crowd went wild. … Continue reading →

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A Problem with Federalism and Governance: The Rural Internet Edition

Posted on February 28, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Dana Milbank has a very good article on the trials and travails of bringing high-speed internet to his rural town. This is the part that’s frustrating (boldface mine): The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, for example, devoted $65 billion … Continue reading →

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