Religion
If You've Ever Thought 'I Wonder What Jerry Falwell's Upper Pubic Mound Looks Like' This Is Your Blog Post!
Also if you have never thought that.
August 04, 2020 09:30 AM
You probably had a normal Monday. You got up, gave some ham slices to the cat, started your workday. You took a break, checked Twitter and Wonkette, gave some ham slices to the cat, went back to work. Maybe you ordered lunch takeout from a local eatery you like. You watched your shows last night while casually giving ham slices to the cat, and you fell asleep. Besides how you gave the cat at least 34 ham slices, which is way too many, you are normal.
Jerry Falwell Jr., though. Apparently he was busy deleting this on Monday, from where he had posted it on Instagram this weekend, we guess, until people started noticing it. This is not normal.
OK, you fucking nerd.
<p>If your worldview is so weird that you are concerned with us knowing that you only have "black water" in your glass, instead of telling us why your pants are unzipped and you are showing us your quarantine belly and your upper pubic mound region, which is covered by some kind of stupid underwear thank God, your worldview is fuckin' weird.</p><p>There is also <a href="https://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/post/625453331376111617/video-of-jerry-falwell-jr-and-familys-trailer" target="_blank">video,</a> of Jerry's party on the yacht, which was apparently a "Trailer Park Boys" party:</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="640" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/444300274" title="vimeo-player" width="640"></iframe></div><p>Isn't that cute? They are all holding unlit cigarettes and pretending to be on "Trailer Park Boys"!</p><p>TBH, if they were cooler and wanted to do a Canadian-TV-show-themed party, they would just do "Letterkenny." We still might end up seeing Jerry's upper pubic mound, but ... </p><p>ANYWAY.</p><p>As <em>Relevant</em> magazine <a href="https://relevantmagazine.com/current/jerry-falwell-jr-posted-then-deleted-a-bizarre-vacation-photo-from-instagram/" target="_blank">reports,</a> soon after the picture of Jerry's Great Big Upper Pubic Mound started going around, Malachi O'Brien, a fellow of the Falkirk Center think tank Jerry Falwell and Turning Point USA dork Charlie Kirk started in their mom's basement, tweeted about how that was def not Jerry's Upper Pubic Mound:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>And then everybody was like "yes it is" and O'Brien came back with this tweet, agreeing that yes it is, though he was SORE OFFENDED how people were using it to imply that Jerry Falwell Jr., who probably by himself has driven more people away from God than most living Christians, was doing something "ungodly":</p><div id="72219" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7ce51ffe99fafe9e2159cf7460a3f5c7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1290292882658623488" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I deleted after I got more context on the photo. It was Jerry, so I was wrong.
It was a photo taken out of contex… https://t.co/c7277kDRs9</div> — Malachi (@Malachi)<a href="https://twitter.com/malachiobrien/statuses/1290292882658623488">1596464770.0</a></blockquote></div><p>So this is all cute. We wonder what Liberty University's policy on drinking "black water" with your upper pubic mound flying in the wind is. We bet it's not allowed. We bet you'd get in big trouble and have to go get spanked by Big Jerry if you got caught at Liberty University doing that. (NOTE: We do not know if Big Jerry has ever personally spanked a Liberty U student, and neither do you.)</p><p>If you're remembering the whole saga of Donald Trump's pal Jerry Falwell Jr. and some kinda RACY PHOTOS, which former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen allegedly helped get rid of for poor Jerry, allow us to dredge up old dirt. </p><p>You see, ALLEGEDLY, back in 2015, Cohen had to do fixer stuff for Jerry Falwell Jr., because ALLEGEDLY somebody had some "racy photos" of him, the kind that you'd want to keep "between husband and wife," according to Cohen, who <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/was-it-jerry-falwell-jr-in-the-outhouse-with-the-pool-boy-does-wonkette-win-the-game-of-clue" target="_blank">spilled the dirt</a> to Tom Arnold. "I actually have one of the photos," said Cohen to Arnold. "It's terrible." Note he did not say "sexy" or "ooh-la-la!" He said <em>"terrible."</em></p><p>The Falwells of course denied it, because a godly man like that wouldn't ever have photography of a sin-type manner, definitely not with somebody/ies who wasn't his wife. Cross his heart and hope to die! As Wonkette said at the time:</p><blockquote>Now, we should obviously -- <em>obviously</em> -- point out that Jerry Falwell Jr. is a paragon of biblical heterosexual Christian morality -- NO, HEAR US OUT! -- and therefore we should start from the assumption that probably the pictures were of Jerry doing traditional matrimonial P-in-Vs with his wife and definitely nobody else is in the room and they are covered by a very large quilt that depicts scenes from the crucifixion of Christ, but definitely not the resurrection, because you can't say "resurrection" without "erection" or slippery-sloping yourself into dirty jokes about "on the third day he ROSE AGAIN," get it, get it, get it?</blockquote><p>Also <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/jerry-and-his-amazing-technicolor-dreamcock-the-jerry-falwell-jr-story" target="_blank">those pics of Jerry</a> at the very gay-friendly nightclub in Miami are NOT REAL and also FAKE!</p><p>Anyway, just wanted to dredge up all that garbage, in case you forgot, so that you remember it in the context of Jerry's upper pubic mound appearing on Instagram and then disappearing as quickly as it came.</p><p>The end.</p><p><strong>Follow Evan Hurst on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/evanhurst" target="_blank">RIGHT HERE, DO IT RIGHT HERE!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Wonkette is fully funded by readers like YOU. If you love Wonkette, WE NEED YOUR LOVE GIFTS TO KEEP US GOING.</strong><br></p><p></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/33mKzZe" target="_blank">Do your Amazon shopping through this link, because reasons</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><form name="donation" method="post" class="donation-form"><p class="subheadline">How often would you like to donate?</p><div class="form-row row--plan"><label class="plan-type__label"><input type="radio" name="plan_type" value="once" class="plan-type" required="" checked> Just once
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2020 Congressional Elections
Kris Kobach Has Full Support Of Democrats Who Can’t Wait To See Him Lose Kansas Senate Race
Kansans still prefer Kobach to COVID-19, so that’s something.
August 03, 2020 09:05 AM
Kris Kobach in Kansas is a problem for Republicans. Nobody likes the guy. He's already lost the governor's race in 2018 by five points to a Democrat in Kansas, and now he's running for Senate in a campaign he kicked off by misspelling his own name. The Republican establishment is afraid he'll win the primary and go on to lose the general against state Senator Barbara Bollier.
The GOP's internal polling is dire: Donald Trump is only narrowly leading Joe Biden in a state where he beat Hillary Clinton by 20 points. Worse, 30 percent of primary voters said they would support Bollier over Kobach because even they know Kobach's a racist creep. Kobach is radioactive among moderate Republicans in the Kansas City suburbs — the Lincoln Project-friendly demo who Trump and his stooges have alienated almost completely.
Mitch McConnell, who'd like to remain Senate majority leader, wants to block Kobach. Republican Rep. Roger Marshall is the establishment's favored candidate. He's terrible but he doesn't make a big scene about it like Kobach. Marshall has consistently voted in line with Trump, but the president won't endorse him. He apparently only intervenes in primaries when his pettiness sufficiently motivates him.
<div id="6fda1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5223c8890f1ae62d4a8d016b658f05d3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1286787391785701376" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Running Against RINOs: @KrisKobach1787 says Mitch McConnell is interfering in the Kansas Senate race by giving $4M+… https://t.co/bbssE0fuPZ</div> — Lou Dobbs (@Lou Dobbs)<a href="https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/statuses/1286787391785701376">1595628996.0</a></blockquote></div><p>This weekend, during a trip on Air Force One, Texas Senator Ted Cruz just happened to let drop that Marshall had supported John Kasich in the 2016 primary. (So, he was the one!) Now Trump definitely isn't going to support the superior candidate, because the president's a small, pathetic man. <br></p><p>Plumbing magnate Bob Hamilton is also in the primary race and describes himself in ads as a "crazy, Trump-supporting, American-loving, flag-waving conservative." You'll notice that his support for Trump comes before his love of America, which is how the president likes it.</p><p>Kobach told Lou Dobbs recently that McConnell and the GOP establishment are “interfering" with the race by supporting Marshall with money and endorsements. He doesn't seem to understand how Senate races work. It's also unclear how he thinks he can win statewide on a “RINOs Suck" platform. </p><blockquote><strong>KOBACH:</strong> Mitch McConnell has come in to interfere in the race and lift up the RINO opponent that I have to propel him across the finish line ahead of me. We've seen this so many times where McConnell interferes whenever a conservative is leading in the polls. I think he should let Kansas Republicans decide for themselves and then put that money behind the winner instead of attacking a conservative. He's hurting the Republican cause, not just in Kansas but nationally.</blockquote><p>McConnell isn't a RINO. His primary ideology is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAKBrGVKr0Y" target="_blank">“winning,"</a> so if he's trying to block Kobach, it's because he knows he's a loser. </p><div id="5ec24" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0946a3e2e0d84459911a860d4897224a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1289324222481752066" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@KrisKobach1787 on #Kansas Senate race:
The GOP establishment & @SenateMajLdr #McConnell want a 'yes man' on the… https://t.co/SDOIp9RBMd</div> — War Room: Pandemic ☣️ (@War Room: Pandemic ☣️)<a href="https://twitter.com/WarRoomPandemic/statuses/1289324222481752066">1596233823.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Last week, Kobach argued that McConnell just wants a “yes man," which is technically true, but Kobach is running as Trump's “yes man," so his moral foundation is shaky here.</p><blockquote><strong>KOBACH: </strong>This isn't the first time [McConnell and the establishment] have tried to take out a conservative. Remember back in 2014, Chris McDaniel was going up against Thad Cochran in Mississippi. They came in. They dumped a ton of bricks on McDaniel, took him out.</blockquote><p>Horrors! The Senate majority leader wanted to protect a longtime incumbent from a primary challenge. </p><blockquote><strong>KOBACH: </strong>Kelli Ward was about to beat John McCain ... Mitch McConnell comes in. They bring in the bombers and they drop a ton of bombs on Kelli Ward to take her out.</blockquote><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/kelli-ward-just-kidding-about-stopping-mark-kelly-dead-in-his-tracks" target="_blank">Kelli Ward</a> is a flake who probably would've lost the general election. Stop making us defend Moscow Mitch. </p><p>Kobach is almost rational, compared to local crackpot Newt Gingrich, who <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/chuck-schumers-attempt-steal-kansas-senate-seat-opinion-1522064" target="_blank">wrote an op-ed</a> for <em>Newsweek</em> where he accused Chuck Schumer of trying to “steal" a Senate seat:</p><blockquote>While Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) is retiring after four terms, this would normally be a safe Republican seat.</blockquote><p>Then the murders began. Or rather Democrats contested the seat as if this is a representative democracy.</p><blockquote>The Democrats are running State Sen. Barbara Bollier, a Republican-turned-Democrat. She would normally be expected to run a good race, get 45 percent or less and stay in Kansas.</blockquote><p>Fair enough, Mr. Speaker, but what if Democrats don't cosplay the Washington Generals this time out?</p><blockquote>However, Schumer and the Washington Democrats have come up with a clever scheme to change history, break the Republicans' biggest winning streak and <strong>steal</strong> the Kansas seat to help take over a majority in the U.S. Senate.<br><br>[ ... ]<br><br>The Democrats have invented Sunflower State PAC, which has already spent $2.5 million propping up Kobach and attacking Congressman Roger Marshall. The PAC will spend another $2.2 million against Marshall before the August 4 primary.</blockquote><p>Schumer isn't “stealing" a Senate seat. This isn't like what the Supreme Court did to Al Gore or what McConnell did to Merrick Garland. He's just trying to win. We're as surprised as everyone else, but he's playing by <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/gop-pac-runs-ad-promoting-progressive-dynamic-black-lady-senate-candidate-thanks" target="_blank">the same rules as Republicans.</a> They should start getting used to that. </p><p>Send some cash to Barbara Bollier <a href="https://bollierforkansas.com" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>[<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/kansas-republican-senate-race-trump-involved/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a> / <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/chuck-schumers-attempt-steal-kansas-senate-seat-opinion-1522064" target="_blank">Newsweek</a>]<br></p><p><em>Stephen Robinson on </em><em><a href="https://twitter.com/SER1897" target="_blank">Twitter.</a></em></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/33mKzZe" target="_blank">Do your Amazon shopping through this link, because reasons</a>.</p><p><strong>Yr Wonkette is 100 percent ad free and entirely supported entirely by reader donations. That's you! Please click the clickie, if you are able!</strong></p><p></p><form name="donation" method="post" class="donation-form"><p class="subheadline">How often would you like to donate?</p><div class="form-row row--plan"><label class="plan-type__label"><input type="radio" name="plan_type" value="once" class="plan-type" required="" checked> Just once
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Media/Entertainment
Tucker Carlson Worries About 'Greasy' Barack Obama, Who's Just So Partisan
Somebody's worried about the election.
July 31, 2020 04:19 PM
On "The Tucker Carlson Smile-Time Caucasian Anxiety Jamboree" last night, Tucker Carlson used the occasion of John Lewis's funeral to warn Americans that the radical Left — or the "professional Left," because what's the point of being a commie if it's not profitable — is on a quest to totally seize power and destroy America. In other words, it was exactly like every other unhinged Tucker Carlson rant about how evil leftists are about to seize absolute power and destroy America.
But this time, you see, it was different, because just as we all loved seeing Barack Obama talking like a real president when he eulogized John Lewis yesterday, Tucker Carlson got to take a trip down memory lane too! Except his nostalgia for the Obama years meant he got the chance to once again call the former president "one of the sleaziest and most dishonest figures in the history of American politics," because — egad! — Obama said that the murder of George Floyd was a bad thing.
Guess we're not the only ones who miss Obama.
<p>Carlson's attack on Obama was part of yet another tirade about how The Left is the greatest threat to America today. We have to say, though, Carlson's paranoid tendencies seemed even more dire than usual, possibly because he sees Donald Trump's presidency about to be flushed and he's working to prepare his viewers to reject the loss, since there's no way Trump can lose in a fair fight. So he explained yet again that protests over police brutality have nothing to do with Black lives mattering; they're just a smokescreen for the plot against America:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br></p><blockquote>None of what you are watching is about civil rights. Violence and race baiting are the enemies of civil rights. What you're watching instead is a power grab that's been coordinated by the most ruthless and cynical figures in American politics.<br><br> They don't want you to know what they're doing, they're not honorable enough to state their intentions. They're not like you at all. </blockquote><p>Ah, there's the Radio Rwanda talk we know and loathe! Get your machetes sharpened!</p><p>Carlson goes on farting out similar gaslighting, describing how the Left is full of professional liars and manipulators who "accuse you of the crimes they themselves have committed" and seek to win arguments not by the sweet light of reason, but by domination: </p><blockquote> Arguing with them is pointless because they're nihilists, they don't believe in the existence of truth or the fixed meaning of words. They care only about power.</blockquote><p>Says the man who has never made a good faith argument in his Fox News career, and who has been known to use <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/tucker-carlson-tammy-duckworth" target="_blank">deceptive editing</a> now and again. Also, nihilists? Fuck me! </p><p>Speaking of manipulative and cynical, Carlson then confessed that it's "painful to say this, it hurts to admit there are people in our country who are like this, but there are, and they have more power than ever." But he <em>has </em>to. Even though it just tears him up to say it, he has little other choice than to tell you the Truth: Barack Obama is a cynical monster who'd use a funeral just to make cheap political points, which of course is why Carlson cynically slammed Obama's eulogy to make his own cheap political points.</p><blockquote>"Barack Obama showed up at Congressman John Lewis's funeral today. [<em>Yep, the former president just "showed up" and delivered the eulogy. Who let him in, one wonders — Dok</em>] Obama claimed he was there to eulogize his own friend but that's not true and that's not what he did. Instead Obama gave a divisive and deeply dishonest campaign speech in church.</blockquote><p>Carlson then played an extensive, seconds-long clip of Obama calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering — see, he even said "partisan!" — and getting rid of the filibuster to do it if need be. Well! Carlson was aghast! And how dare Barack Obama try to sound Black, which he clearly isn't, since he's actually from the foreign land of Hawaii. </p><blockquote>It's hard to believe that clip is real, but it is, down to the cloying fake accent, Mr. Hawaii guy. But take three steps back — imagine if some greasy politician showed up at your loved one's funeral and started throwing around stupid partisan talking points about Senate procedure. Can you imagine that? You would be shocked if that happened. You'd probably walk out. </blockquote><p>Yeah, how crazy it was to talk about expanding voting rights at the funeral of a guy whose fight for voting rights lasted more than 55 years, and who got his skull cracked while marching for voting rights in Selma, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The nerve of that crazy Obama. Carlson continued: </p><blockquote>Desecrating a funeral with campaign slogans? What kind of person would do that? But Democrats in the audience didn't seem offended, they didn't blink, they cheered. It all seemed normal to them and why wouldn't it? Political power is their religion. It's not out of place in a church, it's what they worship. People who will politicize a funeral will do anything and they're trying to.</blockquote><p>See? Democrats are completely abnormal. They're not like you. They're not like you at all. And while the delusional power-hungry mob in Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church may have thought they heard Barack Obama talking about perfecting the ideals of America by making sure all Americans can participate and shape that democracy, Carlson knew it was all a sham, about seizing power through the sleaziest means possible: citizens speaking up and voting. The horror.</p><p>Mind you, John Lewis was even more horrifyingly partisan than even Obama, because before his death, he'd arranged to have the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfq4hkT1UYAybSRdkhrxqAwvrIwLp5gnLhLTPQQjdczuBQGYmP-1vWIKNmasEy1D3dRMNENPVnYs1O-dJlHh4nTRi08NzDkY4ZIi4xpMW-AW9v1ZvDAfVn-GO3KzTkdes6leSy71fXaWa8W_bdhScrdAZ1sNAyIwHRrH8MwqbGFe9_3MAvnqtyQ8AnGkpTIXWCrPLqCBxhOduZbBm66wA-X-5RWz27jsfLovtbM10UUQSaOSs5tWUs69pcOccVNbL8KnMiecn5hrYQDQ94PRHlcrTc-3MkNYnB6Zsoj8c" target="_blank">run an op-ed</a> the day of his funeral, in which Lewis implores us to "redeem the soul of our nation" through political action. What sort of monster would use his own funeral to make a political statement? Only someone who worships power — <em>from beyond the grave.</em> </p><p>Disgusted by Obama's horrifying desecration of a funeral with hyper-partisan political slogans (<em>"this country is a constant work in progress"</em> and <em>"a more perfect union"</em>), Carlson went on to explain, in the calmest, most nonpartisan way possible, what that funeral was really all about:</p><blockquote>Democrats are working systematically to dismantle the core institutions of American life. Beginning with the family and with faith. They're subverting the core system in our government, the justice system. </blockquote><p>Probably through appointing an attorney general who's a yes-man for the president and then going after his political enemies while helping out his cronies. </p><blockquote>They're nullifying laws, burning police stations, attacking courthouses, working to eliminate the legal equality of American citizens, the foundation of it all. </blockquote><p>Hello, Tucker, have you met Stephen Miller, the greatest twister of laws ever? Or his boss, who thinks he can change laws without Congress? But yeah, a police precinct did get torched during rioting in Minneapolis, so that's far worse than the wholesale elimination of a functional federal government during a pandemic. </p><p>Also, thank goodness Carlson warned us about cynical manipulators who "accuse you of the crimes they themselves have committed," because look at this shit:</p><blockquote>They've systematically repurposed federal law enforcement agencies as political weapons. They have imprisoned their political opponents. Their leaders have called for making all these changes permanent by packing the Supreme Court, packing the United States Senate, packing the electorate itself by importing tens of millions of new voters.</blockquote><p>Oh, thank goodness, we finally got the Brown Hordes of Mexicans Who Have Too Many Babies in there. Wouldn't want to forget them. </p><p>Mind you, Carlson knows his viewers will understand that the politicized federal law enforcement agency he's talking about is the supposedly liberal FBI, not the actual head-busting soldiercops in Portland. The "imprisoned political enemies" are felons like Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort, who were prosecuted by Donald Trump's own Justice Department — not demonstrators scooped up off the streets by unidentified federal agents, and certainly not brown children stolen from their parents and put in cages. And oh dear, the court packing, which has nothing to do with cramming Federalist Society judges onto the federal courts, or Mitch McConnell refusing to let Merrick Garland have a hearing. </p><p>In conclusion, fuck Tucker Carlson, the greasiest political hack ever, and as a palate cleanser, let's once more enjoy John Lewis dancing like nobody's watching.</p>
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Senate Republicans have released the HEALS Act, which is their half-assed, supply side version of a stimulus bill. It reduces unemployment benefits while protecting businesses from pesky liability if they kill their employees. Everyone's a winner. If by "everyone," you mean rich people. I will restrain myself from the obvious “More like HEELS Act" joke. You're welcome. (Forbes)
The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and President Klan Robe has been moved to Cleveland. I hear the city rocks. (Politico)
Eleven Miami Marlins players and two coaches tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball has postponed at least three games. My dad thinks they should just call this season off and wait until it's safe, and my dad loves baseball. Teenage SER never thought I'd say this but I think we should listen to my dad. (CNN)
Real President Biden pays his respects to the late John Lewis.
WATCH: @JoeBiden & @DrBiden pay their respects in the U.S. Capitol rotunda as Rep. John Lewis lies in state. Full… https://t.co/VkqXjCbgXN— CSPAN (@CSPAN)1595887529.0
Six months since COVID-19 hit Washington and the state is doing all it can to avoid becoming the next Florida. (Seattle Times)
Portland's mighty Wall of Moms are gonna SUE the Department of Homeland Security for unleashing jackbooted thugs on the city. Don't mess with the moms. (OregonLive)
How risky is working in a restaurant right now? As Cordelia Chase might say, on a scale of 1 to 10? Pretty damn. (Eater)
Atlanta Mayor (and maybe future Vice President) Keisha Lance Bottoms continues to stand her ground against Trump stooge Governor Brian Kemp. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Susan Collins has "serious concerns" — yeah, she said it — about Trump's Federal Reserve Board nominee Judy Shelton. She joins Mitt Romney in opposing Shelton's nomination. Shelton thinks the Fed has too much power and has called for a return to the gold standard. (Washington Post)
Col. Douglas Macgregor is Trump's pick for the next ambassador to Germany. This total wackadoo is a frequent Fox News guest, which is probably how the president "met" him. He's spread George Soros conspiracy theories and believes Democrats are trying to replace white people with Latinos to "transform the United States." He seems nice. (Media Matters)
No need to leave your Zoom Thanksgiving dinner early to stand in Black Friday lines. Target and Walmart have both announced they'll be closed on Thanksgiving this year that wasn't. (New York Times)
TV networks pledged to become more diverse! But they made the same pledge in 1999, and not much happened aside from Ross having a Black girlfriend for a few episodes of “Friends." (LA Times)
Colin Kaepernick and Dr. Anthony Fauci will receive the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award. You almost feel sorry for whoever has to tell Donald Trump. (The Hill)
Here's Dr. Fauci discussing AIDS in 1984. He's always done the good work.
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