Musk is trying to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which would regulate any "e-wallet" he starts. How does he trick his fans into hating an agency that protects them from scams? He tells them it has girl cooties. And they fall for it!
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"Let the scams roll": Musk exploits misogyny to lure his fans into attacking their economic security
How to trick MAGA men into turning on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Tell them a woman founded it
Why read past headlines: Details, receipts. The "anti-trans" order led to canceling sexual assault prevention in the military. Title IX rules to prevent sexual assault are gone. It also put "women" on the list of banned words for medical research.
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"'Women' is a banned word": Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women
Under the guise of "protecting women," the military, schools, and labs are forced to take women's safety away
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It was a good theory: That calling Elon "President Musk" would get under Trump's famously thin skin, causing division. But it's not working. I have a theory why — and it helps explain why Republicans in Congress are okay with giving up power, too.
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Trump's fragile ego doesn't seem bothered by the "President Elon" meme — here's why
It's also why Republicans in Congress are letting Musk take over
Despite Trump claiming Head Start funds were unfrozen, it looks like the real president — Elon Musk — was illegally blocking them anyway. Musk claims to be a pro-natalist. This move exposes the lie. LIke all "natalists," he's just a misogynist.
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Elon Musk's war on Head Start exposes how "pro-natalists" are just anti-woman
“You do not want to give money to women," declared one leader of the "make more babies" movement
The federal spending halt reveals something important about the MAGA goons who run Trump's White House. They hate most Americans. They believe the country must be destroyed to be rebuilt in their image — which even most GOP voters won't like.
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"Trump is trying to collapse our economy": The "war on woke" is revealed as a war on all Americans
The Christian nationalists behind the federal spending "pause" want to punish everyone, not just "blue" America
Elon Musk's salute is a standard-issue far-right trolling tactic. I call it fascist peekaboo, and explain how it works here. But it's not working so well this time. I explain how progressives and the press are getting smarter on how to respond.
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Elon Musk's salute fell flat — why far-right trolling isn't working this time around
"People can officially stop listening to you," AOC said to defenders of Musk's provocation
Zuckerberg's MAGA makeover confirms it: The war on "woke" is cover for a war on workers. It is pathetic how billionaires like Zuckerberg and Musk resent the fleets of middle-class desk workers that made them wealthy.
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The tech billionaire war on "woke" is really a war on workers
Mark Zuckerberg wants "masculine energy" and "aggression" at the office — sounds like a toxic workplace
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Jimmy Carter's funeral is today. I thought I'd look at an important part of his legacy. His anti-racism galvanized white evangelicals and revealed their ugly views decades before MAGA.
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Evangelicals loved Jimmy Carter — until his anti-racism turned them against him
The religious right began with white supremacy — which is why their love of Trump was predictable