Was watching random YouTube videos, this weekend. One of them featured Noem's appearance on a news segment trying to defend here statements in her book. Dunno if it was the lighting or if whoever her makeup artist was, they decided to stop working for a puppy-killer, or what, but she did not look good. Said to my wife, "the 'porn actress' style of makeup that seems to be popular among MAGA women probably doesn't work for anyone over 50, let alone Noem." Wife responded that she had noticed how so many MAGA personalities seemed to favor that look.
I mean, it's a look that really doesn't look good on anyone, but caking the makeup on and the harsh contouring and water-ballet blush, shadow and lipstick just is not a good look for a fifty-something in ungenerous studio lighting.
@ferricoxide
Noem and others are doing makeup in the #StormyDaniels style to appeal to Trump while claiming they’re so #Christian but kill dogs and deny rights to people not like them and proudly displaying their #xenophobia . I don’t know if #irony is the right word for this. I’m just lost for words to describe the cognitive decline of American politics.
My goodness, an article in The Times (contrary to the 30+ before this) that has attempted to be a little calmer about the new Scottish Legislation as some of the hysteria has subsided. Linked so you can read it. Meanwhile the commenters still like to hate.
So the xenophobic idiots* decided to come all the way up to the north to protest against immigration, hopefully they're going to get some broken bones before going back home.
They're the 1143 group which is actually a bunch of neonazis (1143 is the date of foundation of Portugal). This in a country where we are a mix of multiple European (Celts, Romans, Iberians, Goths) and North African peoples, and more if I go further back than the Phoenicians.
These six workers who perished were not "poisoning the blood of our country," they were replenishing it. This is a moment of clarity when we need to reject the national disease of #xenophobia and restore our faith in the #UnitedStates as a beacon for the best people. They may have been born all over the continent, but when these men plunged into our waters on Tuesday, they died as Americans.
"Republicans who are pushing for more restrictive immigration policy ahead of a pivotal election year continue to lean on an old strategy in their appeal to voters: broadly framing immigrant men as dangerous next to imagery of young White women victims."
“Bigotry has rotted the Michigan Republican Party from top to bottom – they can’t look at a basketball team without going into a conspiracy-fueled frenzy.”
Politician decried "illegal invaders" at the Detroit airport. They were college basketball players arriving for the Sweet 16.
Malcolm Nance looks at how quickly the slimy fingers of conspiracy-theory propagandists got ahold of the Moscow terrorist attack story and now the Baltimore bridge destruction, and turned them into bizarre sagas involving Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Ukraine, and gay Jews.
"With six people missing and presumed dead after a container ship toppled an interstate bridge and shut down Baltimore harbor, far-right grifters and opportunists seized on the accident to advance various racist, xenophobic, and conspiratorial agendas, as TPM’s Nicole Lafond notes."
"Some Twitter conspiracy theorists began suggesting something nefarious overnight, with many latching onto the baseless and far-fetched notion that Israel was behind the attack, in retaliation for the passage of a United Nations ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Others argued Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies in the U.S. had something to do with the crash."
"The right’s smorgasbord of vaguely explicatory gabble is obviously intended to try to turn the horrific bridge collapse to partisan advantage. Republicans oppose diversity inclusion programs; they oppose anything associated with Biden; they oppose covid public health measures; and they oppose most all immigration. So they try to link the bridge collapse to these partisan talking points…."
Mother Jones on the right's meltdown re: the Baltimore bridge:
The culprits they're blaming are "the border," COVID-19 "lockdowns," cyber-attacks, "DEI" (in right-wing parlance it just means "hiring nonwhites for literally any jobs"), and President Biden's infrastructure bill, which GOP Rep. Nancy Mace blamed with a straight face for investing in climate change initiatives and not enough on...bridge repair.
Today In Labor History March 26, 1910: Congress amended the Immigration Act of 1907 to specifically bar entrance of “paupers, anarchists, criminals and the diseased.” The amendment was specifically designed to limit entry of Eastern and Southern European immigrants, many of whom were becoming radicalized by the deplorable working and living conditions in late 19th and early 20th century America. The law came in the midst of a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria, whipped up by government and media-generated pro-eugenics propaganda. The original law included the following statement of “undesirables” to be prohibited entry into the United States: “All idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons, and persons who have been insane within five years previous; persons who have had two or more attacks of insanity at any time previously; paupers; persons likely to become a public charge; professional beggars; persons afflicted with tuberculosis or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease.”
"We face here in America an important election, probably the most important one in our lifetimes, no matter what age you are. We face clear choices this cycle about who we are as a nation, as people, and as what we want the nations’s future to be."
“'Why do you use words like ‘vermin’ and ‘poisoning of the blood"?' Howard Kurtz, the media critic and interviewer, asked on Fox News. 'The press, as you know, immediately reacts to that by saying, "Well, that’s the kind of language that Hitler and Mussolini used."' 'Because our country is being poisoned,' Mr. Trump responded."
Chanting “Education is a right, not just for the rich and white,” hundreds of Concordia University students marched down Sherbrooke St. Wednesday afternoon before joining their peers at McGill in the latest protest against tuition hikes targeting anglophone universities in Quebec.
Does it surprise anyone? The graphic reminds of the useless wet wipes recent contribution to what they refer to as democracy in England. He was just as despicable then.
Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, were detained late on Monday night on allegations of sexual aggression. The warrant was issued by Westminster magistrates court.
Actually the real reason is that Reform needs them back in the UK to campaign for them although Sunak hopes to persuade them to come over all #Tory for the next election. Not a lotta people knoe that.
Today marks the beginning of Ramadan for Muslims. Our Muslim friends have had a rough go in America because of Xenophobia. So please give them some love.
I spent time learning more about their journey by meeting with some folks at a Mosque in our neighborhood. I brought them oranges and told them they had a friend.
Tice says he will be ‘surprised’ if Reform UK does not get more Tory MPs joining – UK politics live
As that gem of a toad, Lee Anderson 'defects’ (the man is full of them), why should we not be surprised. I am sure that many will be considering their allegiance - after all they only joined the Tory party for a bit of righteous xenophobia, misogyny, asset stripping, larcenty and country smashing.