Monday, September 22, 2025

News Round Up

We live in times that make you just want to scream, huh?

Philip DeFranco is once again worth watching in full:



...the video mostly stands for itself.  But one thing I do want to add is that whenever you see Christian nationalist politicians raising their heads, it's always useful to remember all of these guys are playacting.  This has always been true, so I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but I find Pete Hegseth to be a particularly nauseating example of this.  When he talks in the above video (at about 2:11) about fighting a spiritual war, just remind yourself of his past behavior.


I double checked this Tweet, and it all checks out. Go ahead and do your own research. Or check out any one of numerous articles on Pete Hegseth:

Anyway, in other news:
The Daily Show did a great satire on Trump's crackdown on freedom of speech:




I also thought the discussion on PBS newshour was quite good:


On my Twitter feed, I found this

Like so much of what we hear today, it sounds unreal, doesn't it? Like, you think that this couldn't possibly be true, but, go ahead and Google it. It's true. I'm surprised this hasn't gotten highlighted more in mainstream news articles, but it's definitely a real story.
This video does a good job of breaking down how blatantly corrupt the current administration is:


Last thing is this Tweet

which leads to this New York Times article, which is very sad to read. 

I know... it's bad times, isn't it?

Addendum: Freddie Deboer's Things Are Really Bad is worth reading.

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