Tweet Of The Day - Breaking Glass

Congrats on Steve Bannon for finally breaking the glass storefront window for white nationalists everywhere!

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 16, 2016

Kristallnacht...  Anyone?

Your Alt-Right Crime Blotter (UPDATED)

News report:

"Two Iowa police officers were shot and killed on Wednesday while sitting in their patrol cars in what police called unprovoked ambushes, and a 46-year-old suspect who investigators believe acted alone was captured hours later, officials said.

The suspect, Scott Michael Greene, was taken into custody in the killings in the Iowa capital Des Moines and its affluent suburb Urbandale, police said. Police said it was unclear what provoked the attacks.

Greene, who has not yet been charged, had a recent run-in with local police after waving a Confederate battle flag, a racially charged symbol, in the crowd while the national anthem was played at the start of a high school football game, Urbandale Police Chief Ross McCarty said."

If anyone thinks this type of white supremacist acting out will subside after November 8 when the alt-right's Trumpenführer is defeated, think again.

UPDATE:  Another sign that the alt-right is at the boiling point: a black church in Mississippi is burned by bigots who painted "Vote Trump" on it.

UPDATE II:  It seems that Des Moines Police Department spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek jumped to a conclusion before the apprehension of the very white Mr. Greene.  Notice the dog whistle:

“There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now,” Parizek said, visibly shaken. “We’re very well aware of the society that we’re living in right now ... and that there are some not so positive views of law enforcement that a segment of our population holds.”  (our emphasis)

"... a segment of the population..."  We know what you mean =cough= blacks =cough=, Sergeant. We're guessing the shooter, Greene, and Sgt. Parizek might be supporting the same neo- fascist white nationalist authoritarian for President.  Irony is, unfortunately, a bitch.

Here's a photo of Greene with the Confederate flag in the background center:

Today's Cartoon Twofer - Wahhh!

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(Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune)


(David Horsey, Los Angeles Times)

We've Got Your Response To Alt-Right Trolls

Here's your cudgel, courtesy of Brian Earp.  It's scientifically proven and applies to any social media platform.

The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds https://t.co/b0mfVCci6R pic.twitter.com/s1dyAmop5o

— Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp) October 22, 2016

BONUS:  Also applies to neo- fascist loser Donald "Rump" Trump. Sad!

The Cruel And Unusual Trump

[Ed. note: We often hear that progressives recycle the same manner of arguments against neo- fascist pig Donald "Rump" Trump over and over (bo-ring!):  that he's a sexist, racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, know- nothing, tax evading, lying, cheating (in more ways than one) sociopath -- and that's the short list.  We're no doubt guilty of that on this blog.  While we know most of you who visit here share in our revulsion of this orange sh*tgibbon, there's a large segment of the population that will always put party above country and vote for this monster (let's call them "deplorables"). There's also a segment that is unsure or wavering or that plans to throw away their vote on a third party. Our hope is that if any of you who come here know someone in the latter category, please talk to them and make sure they understand what's at stake, and that their vote is either for Rump or Secretary Clinton.  Staying home or voting third party is a vote for Rump.  We all need to do our part to save this country from a catastrophe. Thirty- nine days until the election.]

Here's some food for thought this morning:

-- Keep in mind, this was written before the "fat- shaming," misogynist example of Rump's treatment of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado during and after last Monday's presidential debate (nor does it include a recent statement by former Miss Australia that Rump "fat shamed" her as well, or this).  There are enough examples of Rump's cruelty to make any normal person gag, and Conor Friedersdorf has compiled a few.  Here's his conclusion:

People disagree about the ideal traits to have in a leader. But almost no one wants a president who has proven himself an addict to being cruel, mean-spirited, and spiteful. For decades, Trump has been deliberately cruel to others, often in the most public ways. 

He behaves this way flagrantly, showing no sign of shame or reflection. 

What kind of person still acts that way at 70? A bad person. 

It is that simple. 

Giving a cruel man power and expecting that he won’t use it to inflict cruelty is madness. To vote for Trump, knowing all of this, is to knowingly empower cruelty. 

Better to recoil in disgust.

-- Rump also got the Steven Colbert treatment on his "fat- shaming" (view the clip here).  Raw Story has some highlights:

Trump explained to his supporters that he’d gone easy on Clinton during Monday’s debate because he didn’t want to embarrass her. 

“Yes, and it’s true — he did nothing to embarrass her,” Colbert said, pausing ever-so-slightly before the last word. “Trump is always acting like such a gentleman. He holds doors for women, gives them the seat on the bus, does no debate preparation. You might call it the addled ramblings of a delusional demagogue, Trump calls it chivalry.” 

Clinton reminded voters that Trump had called a former Miss Universe fat when he owned the beauty pageant, and the Republican doubled down on his insults — which Colbert said might hurt him with the “small special interest group of Americans who gain weight.” 

He suggested Trump’s new campaign slogan could be: “Seriously ladies, you could lose a few pounds.” 

“That kind of brutal honesty takes courage, because Trump weighs 236 pounds, which at his height is technically obese,” Colbert said.

-- Rump does have his deplorable followers, though, who certainly aren't offended by his cruelty:

Not since Southern segregationist George Wallace’s failed presidential bids in 1968 and 1972 have white nationalists been so motivated to participate in a presidential election. 

Andrew Anglin, editor of the Daily Stormer website and an emerging leader of a new generation of millennial extremists, said he had “zero interest” in the 2012 general election and viewed presidential politics as “pointless.” That is, until he heard Trump. 

“Trump had me at ‘build a wall,’” Anglin said. “Virtually every alt-right Nazi I know is volunteering for the Trump campaign.”   (our emphasis)

Thirty- nine days.

Alt-Right's Trump Angst Parodied

Here's a hilarious parody of the "alt- right's" supposed angst over neo- fascist colon polyp Donald "Rump" Trump's flip- flop- flips on his racist immigration "plans," with many "alt- right" figures name checked by the "Fuhrer" (Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Matt Boyle, Steve Bannon, Drudge, and Rump's former caddie and current campaign aide (!) meme troll Dan Scavino):



Yes, you save him a donut, Chris "Krispykreme" Christie!

Just remember, though, as Rump spokesdolt Katrina "The Other Disaster" Pierson put it,

"He hasn't changed his position on immigration.  He's changed the words that he is saying."

And that's not a parody.

Today's Cartoon Trifecta - Trump's Alt-Right Fan Club

Editorial cartoonists, if not their false- equivalence, Trump- normalizing "journalist" brethren, are taking on the symbiotic relationship between the white supremacist, anti- Semitic "alt- right" and neo- fascist spokesmodel Donald "Rump" Trump:

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(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)


(Darrin Bell, via gocomics.com)


(Stuart Carlson, via gocomics.com)