The Death of the Grand Old Party

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Romana]

Having never even heard of the Washington Examiner... how was I supposed to know?

After a few of those WTFs I took to looking up every new site on Media Bias Fact Check or similar. If the arrow points too far to either side I just nope out of there.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

They consider the BBC "LEFT-CENTER BIAS" LOL.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Having never even heard of the Washington Examiner... how was I supposed to know?

It used to be owned by the Moonies. I don't know who's in charge of their stupidity now.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

After a few of those WTFs I took to looking up every new site on Media Bias Fact Check or similar. If the arrow points too far to either side I just nope out of there.

I generally don't even look at links I don't recognize. Turns out I was right about OAN and Newsmax without even reading one of their propaganda pieces.

I prefer my own propaganda, thank you.

 

[Soen Eber]

It used to be owned by the Moonies. I don't know who's in charge of their stupidity now.

Wasn't it The Washington Times?

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Wasn't it The Washington Times?

I'll be honest, I don't keep track.

The Washington Examiner is an American conservative news website and weekly magazine based in Washington, D.C. It is owned by MediaDC, a subsidiary of Clarity Media Group, which is owned by Philip Anschutz.[

The Washington Times is an American conservative[3] daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughout the District of Columbia and in parts of Maryland and Virginia. A weekly tabloid edition aimed at a national audience is also published.[4]

The Washington Times was founded on May 17, 1982, by Unification movement leader Sun Myung Moon and owned until 2010 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Moon. It is currently owned by Operations Holdings, which is a part of the Unification movement.[5][6]

 

[Free]

There is only Trump now.

 

[Free]

Chip Roy - possibly the most "republican" name ever.

 

[danielravennest]

Survey shows Republicans represent the past. Democrats represent the Future.

A recent PRRI survey shows religious identfication by age groups and political party. As you would expect, Republicans align like a group older than the 65+ group. Democrats align between the 18-29 and 30-49 groups. So one represents the past, the other the future.

You can also see that Evangelicals have shrunk the most by age group, and unaffiliated have grown the most. In other words, religion is becoming less important with each generation.

 

[Rose Karuna]

Survey shows Republicans represent the past. Democrats represent the Future.

A recent PRRI survey shows religious identfication by age groups and political party. As you would expect, Republicans align like a group older than the 65+ group. Democrats align between the 18-29 and 30-49 groups. So one represents the past, the other the future.

You can also see that Evangelicals have shrunk the most by age group, and unaffiliated have grown the most. In other words, religion is becoming less important with each generation.

This is exactly why conservatives are doubling down on their racial and religious right pandering and then doing everything they can to prevent everyone else from voting. They are terrified of the changes that are inevitable.

 

[Romana]

They love their Bible references, don't they?

 

[Free]

 

[Romana]

The Federalist Society Remains Rife With Insurrectionists. Its Leaders Don’t Care.

A group so complicit in the Jan. 6 insurrection should not occupy a place of respect in the legal community.

slate.com

 

[danielravennest]

Many of you are aware of this trend, but I found this nice chart that displays it:

The problem for republicans, of course, is that the share of the population that is rural has been declining for decades

 

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[Beebo Brink]

The problem for republicans, of course, is that the share of the population that is rural has been declining for decades

And now that the Delta variant is burning its way through the rural area, especially the rural South, the death of the party is almost literal.

 

[Romana]

 

[Free]

These guys are real mor...geniuses. Yeah, that's it.

McCarthy sells ‘moron’ campaign T-shirts to protest mask mandates

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is fundraising by selling T-shirts emblazoned with the word “moron” to protest mask mandates while swiping at Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal…

thehill.com

In late July, Pelosi called McCarthy "such a moron" for opposing the return of a mask mandate in the House, which was put in place due a rise in infections from the delta variant of the coronavirus.

"Nancy Pelosi JUST CALLED Kevin McCarthy a 'moron' for opposing the mask mandate. You're a top patriot and HE NEEDS YOU to get this t-shirt to oppose HER & the Radical Socialist Left," the Republican Party's fundraising website WinRed reads.

The T-shirts define "moron" as: "A term coined by Nancy Pelosi referring to freedom-loving Americans who oppose Mask mandates."

I'm sure they'll wear them proudly.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

What an ultramaroon.