The Deplorables of the Week
A round-up of the worst of the worst
Let’s catch up on the news before today’s main event, shall we?
Via ProPublica: “Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal.”
Via NBC: “Ron DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban into law in Florida.”
And, of course, there was the arrest of the sh*tposter behind the Pentagon document dump. Via the NYT:
Jack Teixeira, the air national guardsman who was arrested by federal investigators on Thursday for his role in the leak of a cache of classified U.S. intelligence documents, assumed the role of a leader.
He guided a group of 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers, as they bonded over guns, racist memes, video games and international politics.
ICYMI: I talked about the Pentagon leak, the status of the war in Ukraine, and DJT’s praise of autocratic thugs with General Mark Hertling on yesterday’s Bulwark podcast.
You can listen to the whole conversation here.
(Coming up on today’s pod: a preview of Murdoch’s Media Trial of the Century with Puck’s Dylan Byers.)
Happy Friday!
The Deplorables of the Week
Back by popular demand with the usual caveat: This list is hardly comprehensive, because it does not include such evergreen deplorables as DJT, Kevin McCarthy, Elon Musk, Lauren Boebert, or anyone from Fox News. Their time in the barrel will come.
This week’s list, in no particular order: