Liddle Mikey's more like a leopard kitten that might nip at your nose. But his idiocy is being felt by Republicans too:
WELP Senate confirms scientist with ties to 'Sharpiegate' as top NOAA official NOAA has had about 60% of its budget compared to a year ago and 80% of its personnel left. I doubt he is going to stand up for NOAA when the White House asks NOAA to come to heel. Now I am 100% certain the initiative I asked to work on will eventually be cut. The countdown has started.
This article, inspired by the Young Republican text meesages, is a worthwhile read. It brings together the far-right / Nazi elements of the current administration and puts the text messages in context.
Putting here as I couldn't think of a better place to put it. https://apnews.com/article/australia-candace-owens-visa-court-8d4ea60738b819c34898275557c2213f Australia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected U.S. conservative commentator Candace Owens ’ bid to overturn an Australian government decision barring her from visiting the country. Three High Court judges unanimously rejected Owens’ challenge to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s decision in 2024 to refuse her a visa on character grounds. Owens had planned to begin a speaking tour in Australia last November and also visit neighboring New Zealand. Burke used his powers under the Migration Act last October to refuse her a visa because she failed the so-called “character test,” court documents said. Burke found there was a risk Owens would “incite discord in the Australian community” and that refusing her a visa was in the national interest. As a political commentator, author and activist, Owens was “known for her controversial and conspiratorial views.”
But WOOOOOOKE! https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ohio-republican-dave-taylor-swastika-flag_n_68f0350ce4b0ab08d318b15f
Wow. That, first off, is clever art if one is making an outrageous statement against the US. That image evoked a STRONG response from me. On the other, if you think that it is funny or embrace it in a nihilistic way…… My god.
Don't worry, if you weren't respectful enough toward Chuckie Kirk dying, you'd be fired. One must have standards after all!
This is an outrageous flag. Utterly disgusting. Obviously, they should have connected the swastika to the second red stripe. Obviously.
They had a knack for graphic design for sure. Lots of Nazi art was pretty kitschy, though (which is a feature not a bug of authoritarian aesthetics, IMHO).
Agreed and this is not just a right wing thing. Social Realism out of the Soviet Union and China shares some of this.
And they hated modernism and "degenerate art". Saw an incredible exhibition at the Neue Galerie a few years ago.
That actually goes against the point, as Hitler was a semi-talented painter but a terrible artist as the things he painted had no design or creativity to them. I mean, the time he was painting was the time Gustav Klimt was painting, and there's no comparison.