Idiocracy

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: Democrats on Wednesday slammed a Republican-backed change to the Missouri House dress code for women legislators. Rep. Ann Kelley, R-Lamar (photo), proposed explicitly requiring women legislators to wear jackets on the House floor, saying “it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere.” Lawmakers debate changes to House rules at the beginning of …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden over his border policies and said the new Republican-controlled House will stop funding the Department of Homeland Security when given the chance. “Well, I guess the president of the United States was able to find the southern border on a map,” Roy began. “Took him two years to finally get …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna came to Congress on her first day in office ready to do battle—not just with Democrats, but also with her own party, as she became one of the 20 Republicans to vote against electing Kevin McCarthy speaker. But back home in her conservative Florida district, Luna is waging a very different kind …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas will no longer fight to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public. A judge ruled earlier this year that a state law banning the practice was unconstitutional, and Texas initially filed a notice that it would appeal. But Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw withdrew the appeal to the 5th U.S. …

Mediaite reports: A woman who protested at an elementary school while dressed as a cat told Fox News host Jesse Watters Tuesday she did so to prove one cannot change their species in the same way they cannot change their gender. Because America is so often beyond parody in the year of our Lord 2022, Lindsey Graham appeared on the …

“How about this one? A producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight happened to notice that CVS is now selling sex toys. And they appear to be a relative bargain. “For example, there’s a Tush Cush for $11.97, though the accompanying lotion that goes with it will set you back an additional $11.97. “And if you’ve got the cash, right there in …

“Let’s go through the pros and cons of smoking marijuana. The pros: food tastes tastier, music sounds better and nature is more impressive. “Cons: It kills your sperm, girls don’t dig it, the scene isn’t as cool as people think it is. If you’re an athlete, it affects your conditioning. It stays in your system and it kills your brain. …

Vice News reports: On the QAnon message board the Great Awakening, members concluded that the sudden nature of Kirstie Alley’s death was a clear sign that her death was part of a global plot to silence critics of the COVID vaccines. “I wholly believe the [deep state] has a way of dosing people with poisons that create aggressive cancers,” one …

“These woke high-IQ stupid people are easy to recognize. They hate George Washington, they hate Thomas Jefferson, they hate Dr. Seuss, and they hate Mr. Potato Head. “These woke high-IQ stupid people, they walk around with Ziploc bags of kale that they can eat to give them energy. If you want to eat kale, that’s up to you. I don’t …

Mediaite reports: Anti-Semitism-spouting entertainer/entrepreneur Kanye West surfaced on social media Sunday night to post a bizarre rant about Elon Musk and former President Barack Obama. How we got here: On Thursday, West appeared to reach rock bottom in his descent into anti-Semitism when he performed essentially an extended infomercial for Hitler on Alex Jones’s show. On Sunday, West popped his virtual head up …

Raw Story reports: Failed California gubernatorial candidate and current Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner said on Friday that she didn’t blame anyone for being offended by Kanye West’s overt praise of Adolf Hitler, but she nonetheless wished him well. “I’ve known, obviously, Kanye for a very long time, he’s always been very, very good to me,” she began. “And I …

Mediaite reports: Kanye West has once again been suspended from Twitter for violating the social media platform’s rule against the incitement of violence. West posted an image of the swastika photoshopped inside of the Star of David on Twitter Thursday night, hours after he professed his admiration for the Third Reich and its leader during a bizarre appearance with Alex …

Salon reports: Kanye West praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars conspiracy broadcast. The rapper, who now goes by Ye, appeared on the right-wing conspiracy broadcast alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes, a week after the pair met with former president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “That’s right, you’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, …

“Our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable, and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind, body, and soul. “Social media has weakened us, siphoning our men of their will to fight. To rise in a noble manner, square their jaws, and charge once more into the breach of light …

The Washington Post reports: Complete with what appear to be flames that shoot from the rocket, the statue was commissioned by the cryptocurrency company Elon GOAT Token. The company was delivering it to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin on Saturday, during what it dubbed “Goatsgiving.” Costing a total of $600,000, according to Elon GOAT Token, the Musk sculpture is a nod …

The Huffington Post reports: The Republican Party posted a quote on Twitter Friday about freedom, of all things, that was falsely attributed to George Washington. It was quickly shot down by a CNN reporter. The GOP tweeted on Friday: “Let freedom be free.” It added a quote allegedly from Washington saying: “It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy …

The Daily Beast reports: With his Georgia Senate race hanging in the balance, Republican candidate Herschel Walker had an unfortunate slip of the tongue as he tried to drum up support for his campaign Tuesday night. Flanked by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Walker spoke on Fox News about the significance of his election. “This election is …

The Insider reports: “You will make sure no one dies?” Nevada State Athletic Commission chief Stephen Cloobeck asked UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell at a regulatory meeting Insider attended Wednesday in Las Vegas. “That is priority one, two, three,” Campbell said, counting all the way to ten. “That goes without saying. One of the reasons we tested this was …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas federal judge declared it was unconstitutional to disarm someone who is under a protective order, setting into motion a likely legal fight over who can possess firearms — a move that advocates say could have wide-ranging impacts on gun access across the county. U.S. District Judge David Counts, who was appointed by former President …

Marijuana Moment reports: Congressional lawmakers held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss federal marijuana legalization and state cannabis developments, hearing testimony from a panel of broadly pro-reform advocates. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), who as a former chairman of the House Rules Committee regularly blocked cannabis amendments from advancing to the floor for votes, delivered a series of prohibitionist talking points …