Try to relax; today’s meme is all about discomfort. And there’s no one feeling more of it than Republicans, who were hit yesterday with the rhetorical stylings of their erstwhile hero Cliven Bundy-Nevada rancher, defier of laws, and racial philosopher. The Republican Party’s chief spokesperson, for instance, can’t figure out why anyone would associate Bundy […]
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Daily Meme: The Fall of Cliven Bundy
It’s media discovery day here at the Daily Meme. What’s being discovered? The story of the day is of course Nevada rancher and public property thief Cliven Bundy, who, to the surprise of pretty much nobody, turns out to be a stone-cold racist. When a guy holding a press conference starts a sentence with, “I […]
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Daily Meme: The Court’s Faux Colorblindness
“A blinkered view of race in America won out in the Supreme Court on Tuesday when six justices agreed, for various reasons, to allow Michigan voters to ban race-conscious admissions policies in higher education … ” So starts the New York Times‘s righteous take-down of today’s Supreme Court ruling in Schuette v. BAMN, in which […]
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Daily Meme: Voting Machinations
We’re all about voting and elections today, starting with this Fox News poll showing a wide-open race for the 2016 GOP nomination. Chris Christie leads with 15 percent, followed by Jeb Bush and Rand Paul with 14 percent each, going all the way down to Bobby Jindal with room to move at 2 percent. Looks […]
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Daily Meme: The Passion of Kathleen Sebelius
Let’s just say that this has not been Kathleen Sebelius’s year. As secretary of Health and Human Services, she absorbed much of the blame for the botched rollout of the Obamacare website. Even after the White House exceeded its health insurance signup goal–the chance for a victory lap if there ever was one–Sebelius announced last […]
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Daily Meme: Boston, One Year Later
Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. Three people died in the attack, while over 270 were injured, many of them gruesomely; leg amputations abounded amongst the victims of the attack, given the angle of the bomb. The city of Boston marked the day with a memorial service and flag-raising ceremony over […]
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Daily Meme: A Brief History of the Hate Crime
Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City killing three people. The shooter, Frazier Glenn Miller, a 73-year-old former Klu Klux Klan Grand Dragon, had a history of violence, and once headed a movement called “White Southland.” A sample of what he was peddling? Miller sent his supporters (“Aryan […]
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Daily Meme: Who’s Afraid of Stephen Colbert?
Yesterday, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert, the flag-waving, eagle-loving faux-conservative comedian, will replace David Letterman as the next host of the Late Show. Although Colbert made his name on Comedy Central by impersonating a right-wing pundit, he’ll play it straight when he gets to the big time. Some people are questioning whether plain ol’ Stephen […]
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Daily Meme: FutureSex Scandals/LoveSounds for Hillary
Our theme today is the future, where everyone is looking. To start, House conservatives are thinking that their future might involve a Speaker other than John Boehner. National Journal reports that a group of 40 to 50 Republicans are plotting to oust Boehner right after the November, or at least put the fear of the […]
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Daily Meme: Yep, He’s Toast
There’s nothing so satisfying as a good dose of political schadenfreude, which is being served up on a platter this week by Louisiana Representative Vance McAllister. Grainy images of McAllister locked in a passionate embrace with Melissa Hixon Peacock, a married aide, last December are making the rounds online. Peacock’s husband, Heath, is fueling the […]
