The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco

Advertisers have fled, reportedly erasing 72 percent of X’s value. But Musk didn’t buy Twitter to make money. The true goal, as Tan says, was to replace an existing institution with a parallel version. But the word “parallel,” like “moderate,” Continue reading The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco

Baltimore Sun’s New Right-Wing Owner Kicks Things Off by Insulting Everyone on Staff

It’s clear what Smith’s aim is with his purchase of Maryland’s largest daily newspaper. His TV empire’s local Baltimore station has been keen on a series of coverage blaming the city’s Black, Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, for a flurry of Continue reading Baltimore Sun’s New Right-Wing Owner Kicks Things Off by Insulting Everyone on Staff

The Campus Gaza Controversies Are Another Right-Wing Distraction

The weeks since October 7 have exacted an extraordinary and terrible toll. Anguished voices and pleas for mercy ring out around the landscape. Buildings shake. Youths tremble. Chaos reigns. “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence Continue reading The Campus Gaza Controversies Are Another Right-Wing Distraction

The Shady, Right-Wing Firm Helping No Labels Get on the Ballot

Multiple people reported that signature collectors would approach them outside supermarkets and ask them to sign a petition to allow beer and wine sales in grocery stores. Immediately after, people were then asked to sign a petition supporting the marriage Continue reading The Shady, Right-Wing Firm Helping No Labels Get on the Ballot

Speaker Mike Johnson’s Right-Wing Ties Keep Getting Stranger and Scarier

Santos did, however, lie about his professional, academic, and athletic background. He has falsely claimed that his grandparents were Holocaust survivors, his mother died in the 9/11 attacks, and four of his employees were killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting. Continue reading Speaker Mike Johnson’s Right-Wing Ties Keep Getting Stranger and Scarier

Christopher Rufo’s Shockingly Open Appeal: I’ll Fund Right-Wing “Culture War” Projects

A conservative activist has unveiled a fellowship that aims to help “conservative journalists, activists, and opinion leaders” foment a culture war. Christopher Rufo, an ally of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has become a leading figure in conservative education policy. He Continue reading Christopher Rufo’s Shockingly Open Appeal: I’ll Fund Right-Wing “Culture War” Projects

The Shadowy Right-Wing Think Tank Pushing Transphobia

“They have been legitimate pioneers in this field, doing yeoman’s work to normalize deranged anti-trans rhetoric across all of conservative politics,” the pseudonymous Substacker and elections analyst Ettingermentum wrote in August. Its actual electoral track record, however, is less than Continue reading The Shadowy Right-Wing Think Tank Pushing Transphobia

Queer Arizona State University Professor Injured by Right-Wing Activists

The right-wing group Turning Point USA has found itself at the center of a hate crime investigation after two local members of the group allegedly assaulted a queer professor at Arizona State University on Wednesday. Two members identified of the Continue reading Queer Arizona State University Professor Injured by Right-Wing Activists

The Right-Wing Funder Behind Harvard Billboards Targeting Pro-Palestine Students

A prominent conservative donor is behind the controversial Harvard Square billboard that doxxed students who signed a letter critical of Israel’s role in its war with Palestine. The billboard truck, which appeared on campus on Wednesday and emblazoned the names Continue reading The Right-Wing Funder Behind Harvard Billboards Targeting Pro-Palestine Students

A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time

The judge pointed to two areas where the Supreme Court has shifted things towards a history-and-tradition test in recent years: the 2019 case American Legion v. American Humanist Association, which involved the Establishment Clause, and New York State Rifle & Continue reading A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time