Tag Archives: Idiocracy

DeSantis Boasts About His Balls With New Merch

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor has a pair. That’s the slogan emblazoned on new merchandise — golf balls — that debuted Wednesday as the Legislature made a decisive drive toward passing legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis called for to fortify Florida against those pesky federal vaccine mandates. “Hold the line,” says the box, under the line about the Governor having a …

Read More »

Anti-Vax Televangelist Currently Suing Biden Admin Over Mandates In Critical Condition With Something

First, a reminder from last week: Daystar Television Network, one of the largest Christian television networks in the world and The American Family Association, a nonprofit Christian organization, said in a lawsuit today that a federal vaccine mandate forcing large companies to require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccinated is a ”sin against God’s Holy Word.” AFA and Daystar …

Read More »

Polls Show Getting Flu Shots Now Also Partisan Issue

CNN reports: Take a look at two recent polls that have asked about whether or not people have gotten the flu shot: Axios/Ipsos and Kaiser Family Foundation. By assessing two polls instead of one, we know what we’re seeing is a real phenomenon and not statistical noise. According to the Ipsos data, 68% of Democrats said they have gotten a …

Read More »

Ingraham Melts Down In “Who’s On First?” Moment

The Guardian reports: The Fox News host Laura Ingraham sparked mockery on social media after becoming confused when she believed a guest discussing the Netflix television show You was actually referring to her. Ingraham opened her show on Monday night by slamming what she called a “Team of Incompetents” in the Biden White House, and questioning the capabilities of the …

Read More »

Fox Pitches “Emergency Food Supply Buckets” [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: SKIP BEDELL (TELEVISION PERSONALITY): ​Guys, we’re back. And you know, food obviously is ​really ​important​.​ Especially​ for me, because I like to eat.​ ​So, ​supply chain​s​, we​’​ve seen empty shelves​ in grocery stores​, maybe for the first time ever. This is ​Readywise food. So they make emergency food supply buckets​.​ ​They have a 25​-​year shelf …

Read More »

28% Of GOP Voters: Trump Will Be Reinstated This Year

Mediaite reports: The number of Republicans who believe that former President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” to the presidency this year has actually gone up by a third since last month — even as the end of the year draws closer. Respondents to the poll were asked “How likely or unlikely do you think it is that Donald Trump will …

Read More »

Six FDNY Members Suspended Over Anti-Vax Threat

New York City’s NBC News affiliate reports: Six FDNY members of Ladder 113 have been suspended for allegedly driving their truck to a state senator’s New York City office and threatening his staff over the vaccine mandate for city workers. The on-duty firefighters drove an in-service ladder truck to state Senator Zellnor Myrie’s office in Brooklyn on Friday and questioned …

Read More »

Romney: If We Raise Taxes On Billionaires They’ll Invest In Paintings And Ranches Instead Of Creating New Jobs

Romney weighs in on higher taxes on billionaires: Well, first of all, it’s not a good idea to tell billionaires, don’t come to America, don’t start your business here, to tell the Steve Jobs and the Bill Gates and people like that, this isn’t the place to begin your business, go somewhere else. That’s a bad idea. But, number two, …

Read More »

DOJ: Man Spent COVID Relief On $58K Pokemon Card

The Macon Telegraph reports: A man in Georgia used more than two-thirds of his COVID-19 relief loan to pay for a Pokemon card, according to federal prosecutors. Vinath Oudomsine was charged by criminal information on Tuesday with one count of wire fraud after the government said he lied about how many employees he had and the revenue his business generated …

Read More »

Pence Tweets Pics Of Himself Eating At In-N-Out Burger

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence, who, according to a Friday report from Axios, is running for president in 2024 and “has no plans to defer to his former boss” if former President Donald Trump runs again, is apparently seeking to improve his conservative credentials by visiting a California In-N-Out. It is unclear where in the …

Read More »

Fox News Host: Windmills Aren’t Really Green Energy Since They Can’t Be Recycled, They Don’t Disintegrate

“There’s one other thing that we haven’t mentioned here, that was a part of that, which is when these wind turbines — when the blades end their life, their useful life — when they go into a land fill, they do not disintegrate. “You cannot recycle them. They will be there forever. So, I think that there’s just a misunderstanding …

Read More »

Erickson: Pagan Gods Are Replacing Jesus In America

From right wing commentator Erick Erickson: In my city, a crystal shop opened. It advertises itself as a “metaphysical/spiritual” store. You can get crystals to give you energy or calm you. You can learn to cast spells and explore astrology. You can delve into the magical arts long ago pushed aside by the Christian God. The old gods are coming …

Read More »

“Fraud” Cultists Are Going Door-To-Door In Florida

The Tampa Bay Times reports: A recent Saturday morning found Debbie Horgan, Kevin May, and Paul Jordan on a mission. They drove around Pasco County seeking to ferret out voter fraud that local and state election officials have affirmed doesn’t exist. Each knock presented an opportunity to find someone whose address didn’t match their voter registration — and cast doubt …

Read More »

MO Gov Threatens Criminal Charges Against Paper For Reporting Security Flaw That Exposes Teachers’ SSNs

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: The Social Security numbers of school teachers, administrators and counselors across Missouri were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Post-Dispatch discovered the vulnerability in a web application that allowed the public to search teacher certifications and credentials. The department removed …

Read More »

Anti-Vaxxers Plan “Patriot Shutdown” Of Highways

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Anti-vaccine demonstrators attempting to block highways as part of nationwide protests will face felony charges, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Joe Deters said his office has learned of protesters’ plans to shut down highways across the country on Monday morning in a denouncement of mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “I want to be …

Read More »

Arrest Warrant For Tourist With Fake “Maderna” Card

The New York Daily News reports: Alaho, genius. An Illinois woman accused of using a fake proof of vaccination card upon which “Moderna” is misspelled, now has a warrant out for her arrest after skipping a virtual court date with a judge in Hawaii. Hawaiian station KHON reports that Chloe Mrozak, 24, missed a Wednesday hearing where she would have …

Read More »

DeSantis Taps Anti-Vaxxer As New FL Surgeon General

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a new state surgeon general Tuesday who has written essays questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, the effectiveness of masks and favoring hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by former President Donald Trump to treat the virus. “Florida will completely reject fear,” Dr. Joseph Ladapo, an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Medicine …

Read More »

Rapper Nicki Minaj Doxxes And Threatens Journalists

The Daily Beast reports: Nicki Minaj sicced her fans, the Barbz, on reporters Friday and threatened them herself. The rapper posted the phone numbers of two reporters to her Instagram Story, inviting spam calls and threats. The journalists had been trying to contact her cousin’s friend with the swollen balls, the man she cited in now-infamous tweets as one of …

Read More »

Minaj Claims She’s In Twitter Jail, Twitter Says She Isn’t

The Daily Beast reports: One Nicki Minaj tweet after another is being debunked this week. The pop star said Wednesday that she had been invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to discuss her recent tweets about coronavirus vaccines, but the White House responded that it had just offered her a phone call. After she said she had been locked out of …

Read More »

Cost Of California Recall Election Projected At $300M+

ABC News reports: California’s 2021 recall election is on track to be one of the most expensive to date — and the state has already spent close to $300 million of taxpayer money. Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber told ABC News parts of the process need to change. “This system is over 100 years old. We haven’t revised it …

Read More »