Right-wingers online are calling for a boycott of the gym franchise Planet Fitness over its policy that permits members to use the locker room that best aligns with “their sincere, self-reported gender identity.” The backlash started after gymgoer Patricia Silva posted a photo from a Planet Fitness locker room in Alaska, explaining in the caption …
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Mired in conflicting claims over ‘tainted’ blood, right-wingers can’t decide if they trust the Red Cross anymore
Right-wingers critical of the COVID-19 vaccine have found a new target: the Red Cross. But a series of conflicting claims online has led to mass confusion over whether the Red Cross’ blood supply is “tainted” by COVID vaccines. According to audio published by conservative commentator Steven Crowder, a Red Cross official revealed that in situations …
GOP senator feuds with Texas AG over foreign ad bill, riling right-wingers: ‘Why don’t you move to Ukraine?’
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is coming under fire from fellow conservatives amid a feud with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over his support of a foreign aid package recently passed by the Senate. Paxton on Tuesday criticized Cornyn for staying “up all night to defend other countries borders, but not America” after the Republican lawmaker …
A high schooler shared his SAT score, Cornell rejection—and right-wingers claimed he didn’t get in because he was white
Right-wing influencers blamed a student’s rejection from Cornell University on the fact that he is white. But the 17-year-old who made the now-viral video never mentioned race as a factor and asked for the video to be removed after it went viral. “Bro got rejected bc he’s White,” influencer Josh Lekach said in a since-deleted …
Steven Crowder, right-wingers pivot to white privilege argument after Nashville shooter manifesto doesn’t discuss gender
In March 2023, a trans man shot and killed six people at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. In the wake of the shooting, police obtained a manifesto of the shooter, which was kept unreleased as authorities investigated. Because of the gender identity of the shooter, a number of conservatives used the incident to push claims …
Peter Thiel’s Sad Conservative Dating App Is Failing To Attract Lovelorn Right-Wingers And Is Plagued By Bad Reviews
Getty Image After its launch was immediately dragged on social media thanks in no small part to choosing the same name as a white supremacist website, Peter Thiel’s The Right Stuff dating app is already losing users by the droves just 12 weeks after its launch. The app, which features Kayleigh McEnany’s sister as the …
A Bunch Of Right-Wingers Fell For An Obviously Fake Trump Statement Announcing His Return To Twitter
Getty Image The two biggest questions following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter seem to be: 1) How do you delete Twitter? 2) Will Donald Trump be returning to Twitter? You can find the answer to the first question here; as for the second, Musk fired the executive who played a key role in …
‘A delicate game of letting right-wingers back on’: Elon Musk’s texts reveal his rich friends’ thoughts on how he should ‘liberate’ Twitter
“Are you going to liberate Twitter from the censorship happy mob?” Joe Rogan wrote. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey opined, “A new platform is needed. It can’t be a company. This is why I left.” These and other texts to and from Elon Musk reveal bits of what was happening behind the scenes as the eccentric billionaire sought …
Accused Capitol rioter, militia member believed cops who briefed armed right-wingers before Jan. 6 would keep him out of jail
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced the arrests of five members of a former Republican congressional candidate’s militia. The arrests are associated with the Capitol riot. According to prosecutors, one of the men charged told an acquaintance that he’d never get arrested because of their cozy relationship with the cops. “Flagler county sherrifs [sic] is on …
After falling to discredit 10-year-old rape victim who needed an abortion, right-wingers blame ‘illegal immigrant’
After President Joe Biden cited reports of a 10-year-old child denied an abortion in Ohio when signing an executive order to protect access to abortions and reproductive care, right-wing politicians and various media outlets called the story false. This morning, a man confessed to raping the child multiple times and was arraigned in Columbus, Ohio. …
Rightwingers Are Hopping Mad That Fox News Aired A Segment That Was Empathetic Towards A Trans Teen And His Supportive Family
Getty Image Fox News is very busy right now trying their best to ignore the Jan. 6 hearings, despite them being a ratings boon. (Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s Truth Social is going so far as to boot anyone who mentions them.) They desperately need counterprogramming. Perhaps that’s why they wound up airing a segment on a …
Russia Thanks Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Josh Hawley And More Rightwingers For Their Support In A New Lincoln Project Parody
Russia’s invasion into Ukraine has enraged everyone — well, almost everyone. While many GOP leaders have condemned the move, which has seen heavy pushback by Ukrainians, some failed to get the memo. Among them are Tucker Carlson, who has spent recent Fox News shows decrying the “corrupt” nation that Vladimir Putin has ordered invaded. Even …