Trump Has Genius Plan To End Russia/Ukraine War, It Is Give Putin Everything He Wants And F*ck…
32m By Evan HurstRon DeSantis said something kinda funny about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin recently:…Republicans Busy Doing Nothing Quickly About Their Trump 2024 Problem
57m By Stephen RobinsonDonald Trump is running for president again. He's officially launched his 2024 campaign, and he's even started campaigning, which is an important next step in the process. But what if Trump wasn't running at all? This is the apparent magical thinking that's…In Need Of More Murders, Florida Shoots For No-Permit Gun Carry Bill
1h By Doktor ZoomThe great state of Florida is fixing to introduce a bill that would allow folks to carry concealed firearms pretty much anywhere without a permit or training, just like the Founders wanted but didn't actually say. The so-called "constitutional carry" bill…Jim Jordan: Ingrates Chased Away All Good Cops By Demanding They Not Kill Us
3h By Stephen RobinsonThe savage beating Tyre Nichols received, which eventually killed him, was so objectively awful, not even Republicans could defend the cops responsible. That’s arguably only because it was on video, but nonetheless, Republicans mostly agree that this vicious…Tucker And Pals So Mad Nobody Will Admit Black Cops Who Murdered Tyre Nichols Were Black Cops Who…
3h By Evan HurstAmerica's white rightwing bastards are having a real moment with the murder of Tyre Nichols. It's like they've finally found a police murder where they really truly feel rage toward the murderers, and they're mad because they feel like the rest of us aren't…David DePape's 'Bizarre' Rant Largely Indistinguishable From Regular Conservative Rants
4h By Robyn PennacchiaOn Friday, following the release of the police body cam footage of David DePape bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with a hammer, DePape contacted — from jail — a local Fox TV outlet to tell his side of the story. Sort of. He explained that "people" were out here…Unpacking Sienna Miller’s Eclectic 'Boardroom-Boho' Look. Tabs, Tues, Jan. 31, 2023
7:00am By Stephen RobinsonThe Memphis Police Department reportedly disciplined a sixth officer involved in the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols. Preston Hemphill, who's white, was "relieved from duty" but not arrested like his five colleagues, who are Black. Although he allegedly tased…Time To Refresh Yourself On Trump, Stormy Daniels And The Case Of The Porn Peener Payoffs!
Mon 4:07pm By Evan HurstDon't adjust your TV sets or kick the side of your Internets to make sure you've got the right date. The headline in the New York Times indeed says that the Manhattan district attorney is beginning to make its case to a grand jury TODAY that Donald Trump is…BREAKING: Kari Lake Still Not Governor
Mon 3:20pm By Liz DyeIt is almost February of 2023, and yet the 2022 gubernatorial election rages on in Arizona. This weekend, Republican Kari Lake hosted a rally for the faithful at which she took a call from Donald Trump on stage. That should help boost her profile, not to…Weirdo President Biden Doing Infrastructure Speech About Actual Infrastructure
Mon 2:45pm By Evan HurstIt's like he doesn't even know the true meaning of Infrastructure Week. Anyway, he is in Baltimore! Watch him talk!…Minnesota Enshrines Reproductive Rights Into The Law
Mon 2:21pm By Robyn PennacchiaThis weekend, the Minnesota Senate voted 34 to 33 to pass a truly great bill enshrining reproductive rights in the state's law — and not just the right to have an abortion, either — making it the first state in the post-Dobbs era to secure access to…NEWS ALERT: Megyn Kelly Being Asshole Again
Mon 1:06pm By Evan HurstInsecure white conservatives like to whine that the first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, has a doctorate degree and is therefore allowed to be referred to as "doctor." We don't know why, but it upsets them. We guess they don't understand that when people make jokes…New Mexico Bill Would End Life Without Parole For Children, Which Is Somehow A Thing
Mon 12:40pm By Robyn PennacchiaDemocratic New Mexico legislators are looking to pass a bill that would bar sentencing children to life without parole and which would allow offenders under the age of 18, in most cases, to be eligible for parole after 15 years. A similar bill was introduced…WonkTV: In Which No One Freaks Out Over Right-Wing Freakouts
Mon 11:55am By Robyn PennacchiaLast week, an essay by former "Last Week Tonight "writer Jeff Maurer titled "OMG Stop Freaking Out!" Is A Bad Response To Right Wing Freakouts went semi-viral among the sort of people who think Bill Clinton's public attack on a random Black woman making an…Kevin Can F**k Himself
Mon 11:35am By Michael MoraLike most legacy sequels produced decades after the original, the second McCarthyism is proving quite the disappointment. During his interview Sunday on CBS's "Face The Nation," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fumbled and stumbled more than the San Francisco…Trump Says Windmills Destroying Airplanes Now, So That's A Real Bummer
Mon 10:48am By Evan HurstDonald Trump picked this weekend, while the country's eyes were focused entirely elsewhere, to finally waddle out the gates of Mar-a-Lago and do something resembling campaigning for president. Had you forgotten he had, with much fanfare, announced he was…Are Cops Just Too Broke, Stressed Out To Avoid Killing Black People?
Mon 10:11am By Stephen RobinsonTyre Nichols’s savage killing is the predictable outcome of modern law enforcement. So, naturally, most Americans struggle to find an alternate explanation that blames anything but the system itself. Friday, on his HBO vent fest, Bill Maher suggested we're…Let's Look At What Police Actually Do, By The Numbers
Mon 9:45am By Robyn PennacchiaWe got a lot of video footage from police body cameras last Friday. In one of these videos, five officers brutally beat a man to death. For what reason? We still don't actually know. In another, a man took a hammer and, in full view of two police officers,…Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Always Looking Out For Struggling Constituents, Like Kyrsten Sinema
Mon 9:20am By Stephen RobinsonWe shared a good laugh a couple months ago over how loyal Sinema Party member Kyrsten Sinema, an actual sitting senator, was selling her used stilettos and pink bikinis on Facebook Marketplace. There's no evidence, though, that Sinema's an unfortunate victim…Police Diversity Won't Stop Police Brutality
Mon 8:55am By Stephen RobinsonIt was not a shocking development that the five Memphis police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death were also Black. Richard Pryor commented on this phenomenon back in 1971:…Seniors Don't Cook Their Own Meals Anymore, They Do This Instead! Tabs, Mon., Jan. 30, 2023
Mon 7:00am By Rebecca SchoenkopfI ain't clicking that shit but OF COURSE public "equally concerned about Biden and Trump's classified documents," OF COURSE IT IS. Or at least that's what Chuck Todd says so could be entirely full of shit, nobodycould ever possibly know because nobody clicking…Wonkette Weekend Chat: We Have To Talk About Tyre Nichols
Sun 2:30pm By Robyn PennacchiaWe wish we didn't have to discuss Tyre Nichols. We wish he was still alive, but he's not. It's been almost three years since George Floyd's murder, and the police killings continue while the police budgets grow.…Utah Gov. Bans Life-Saving Care For Trans Youth Upon Advice Of Non-Existent 'Experts'
Sun 12:40pm By Robyn PennacchiaUtah Governor Spencer Cox signed a couple of terrible bills on Saturday. The first will create a massive school voucher system, and the second is so truly crappy that no one is even talking about that.Because the second bill Cox signed will outlaw life-saving…Wonkette Movie Night: Bringing Up Baby
Sat 8:00pm By Robyn PennacchiaAvailable for free on the Internet Archives. On HBO Max and for $2.99 in the usual places. Enjoy!Demons Serenaded Me With Rihanna Jams During Brief Trip To Hell, Pastor Claims
Sat 4:15pm By Robyn PennacchiaWay, way back in 2016, Christian Pastor Gerald A. Johnson thought he was having a heart attack. It's not clear if he actually did have one or not, but either way, he felt his spirit leave his body. He thought he was going to heaven because of all the good…The Problem With Police Reform Is That Police Already Know It's Bad To Beat People To Death
Sat 3:45pm By Robyn PennacchiaOn Friday morning, the City of Memphis released the footage of four police officers beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to death after pulling him over for "reckless driving" (which has not yet actually been substantiated).I haven't seen the footage. I can't. I…Loser Ronna Romney McDaniel Fends Off Bigger Losers, Wins
Sat 2:15pm By Gary LegumThis week brought the spectacle of the Republican National Committee winter meetings, which is sort of like CPAC but with fewer anonymous M4M ads trolling for Republican cock on Craigslist. If CPAC is the Weimar Germany of Republican party functions, the…Republicans Bravely Stand By Homophobic Paul Pelosi Narrative, Video Footage Be Damned
Sat 12:00pm By Robyn PennacchiaOn Friday, The San Francisco Superior Court released the body cam footage and 911 audio from the violent attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul in their home in October of last year. Shockingly (to some), the video does not show Paul Pelosi and attacker David…Wonkette's Top Ten Stories Of The Week Are The Real George Santos
Sat 10:35am By Robyn PennacchiaGood morning!Your present this week is that you get to join the Church of Scientology! Or ... not. Either way, here is a Scientology orientation video for you and your body thetans.…Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Sazerac!
Fri 4:20pm By Matthew HooperGreetings, Wonketeers! I’m Hooper, your bartender. I lucked into a really nice bottle this week. It’s not easy to get Sazerac Rye here in Ohio, so I leapt at the chance to scoop this one up. Now that I have it, I thought I’d share the classic New Orleans…
- Visit Wonkette at wonkette.com
- Bookmark and Share
Welcome to Politomix -- the political news wire where left, right and center mix.
Politomix aggregates the day's political news on the web and your mobile device.