Things/People I Have Honestly Never Heard Of And Who Are Apparently Destroying Modern Life And/Or Democracy

tell it to the worst people in the world who make her a news cycle every week https://t.co/HN8ZZqHS2p

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2022

This story features basic reporting on a hateful online figure who's become hugely influential on the right while shaping harmful public policy. Trumpers are mad about it b/c they want a safe space to be bigots while driving LGBTQ people out of public life https://t.co/yLZi4T58Hl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2022

Tucker Carlson's "The End of Men" trailer is beyond parody in an unintentionally hilarious way. But the radical message it sends to viewers needs to be taken seriously. https://t.co/mtOmTbEqMJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2022

(Yes, I've heard of Tucker Carlson. But I know as much more about Rupar's daughter than I do about this "testical tanning" crap. About which I must post this, though it's off-theme):

"And that was the last time Gary was allowed at the electric vehicle charging station" pic.twitter.com/jJfsg7K71o

— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 (@senatorshoshana) April 19, 2022

Then again, Rupar is the guy surprised about Michael Dukakis being asked at a Presidential debate about how he'd react to the murder of his wife. I guess it's surprising democracy in America lasted long enough for Rupar to be afraid for its future.

Good insight from @NikkiMcR: “These viewers aren't going to rush out to the nearest testicle tanning salon & have their balls baked. They're going to have an impression there's a crisis in the world around them & they're the ones who need to restore order” https://t.co/mtOmTbEqMJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2022

From what we know about January 6th (or the OKC bombing) this will require a great deal more planning and/or organizing to pull off. I know we're all supposed to fear the flash mob coup, but I really don't think it works that way.  Besides, I'm not sure how much order you are going to restore if you think baking your balls is a rational response to anything.  And yes, that would be these people:

oh okay https://t.co/RAs1UeCReh pic.twitter.com/l8UUkthpeZ

— George Conway🇺🇦 (@gtconway3d) April 19, 2022

Who are not to be confused with people like this:

Wait. https://t.co/9nNHaMeHiy

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 19, 2022

Yeah, you know you want to know:

pic.twitter.com/sMNeYIVugB

— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) April 19, 2022

Which makes me think of this:

So, Scott Adams is going through... something... pic.twitter.com/afVVkv0Jp8

— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) April 18, 2022

Which is either true, or Scott Adams is trolling. And how would you know the difference?

Jovan Pulitzer, who conducted the Maricopa “audit,” was just asked to describe Trump: “A messiah in Judaism is the person who would bring the one true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to the world .. I believe that Donald Trump is a messiah .. he’s a prophecy fulfilled.” pic.twitter.com/LMzDltqJ2Q

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 19, 2022

Not a guy I need to know anything more about.

Just a reminder it’s possible for everybody in a story to be awful

— UncomfortableTanningLightHat (@Popehat) April 19, 2022

Especially when that story is reality.