A week later, we need to face some uncomfortable facts about #BlackoutTuesday. We did more than just hinder the Black Lives Matter movement from spreading vital information. The social media slacktivism completely distorted the original message. #BlackoutTuesday was a complete distortion of the original message. For starters, it wasn’t supposed to be a blackout. It…
Donald Trump unleashed (another) bewildering tweet on Tuesday morning. He praised rising oil prices and low gas prices. I’m beginning to think the president doesn’t understand how energy markets work. Donald Trump might fancy himself “A Very Stable Genius,” but I’m worried that he’s clueless about instability in financial markets. More to the point, I’m…
Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh said during his nationally syndicated radio show on Monday that “worried” Democrats were using the coronavirus in an attempt to stop President Donald Trump‘s campaign rallies. A caller identified as Ann said, “Well, I can tell you from the rally I went to in Minnesota that was the case. It was…
Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that busing to achieve school integration would lead to his children being raised in a “racial jungle.” Biden, who has recently come under fire for praising segregationists, appears to have made the comments during a Senate committee hearing in 1977 while debating a busing measure. At the time, Biden…
