RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/October 2022

October 2022
GOP candidate for Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach [https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/28/kansas-attorney-general-election-kris-kobach-ad-tiger-woods-dui-arrest-video-chris-mann/69601161007/ released an ad advocating for greater use of the death penalty. The kicker? The ad used a clip of Tiger Woods' DUI arrest as an example of a "cop killer" who deserved capital punishment]. Delusional man-child buys massive megaphone. Claims to be helping humanity. How long before he calls someone a pædo. Clip: Trump says the best way to find the SCOTUS leaker is by throwing reporters in jail to get raped until they give up the leaker's identity. The Federalist outlines the GOP's vision for the USA: "discard outdated and irrelevant notions about 'small government'"... "a dramatic expansion of the criminal code"... "reverse the travesty of no-fault divorce"... "stop universities from spreading poisonous ideologies"... "outlaw completely the barbaric practice of killing the unborn"... "doctors who perform so-called 'gender-affirming' interventions should be thrown in prison". World Net Daily claims that female pilots are threatening US commercial air safety because they are trained at "affirmative-action, feel-good girlie flight schools". Michelle Malkin's latest scoop: Parents are furious over 'furries' infesting schools, and the mainstream media is denying it! Trump posts on social media to call American Jews ungrateful and tells them to "get their act together" by appreciating his support of Israel "before it is too late!" [https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/14/oklahoma-teacher-urging-children-to-call-boy-fag-remains-in-class/ An Oklahoma school district defends itself after a teacher encouraged other students to call an 11 year-old boy a "fag". Administrators suspended the boy but took no action against the teacher. The district says it has taken "appropriate action".] Tulsi Gabbard declares she's no longer a Democrat in an unhinged rant accusing the party of "cowardly wokeness" and being anti-white. Kanye asks the Jewish Question. UPDATE: Even the walking PR disaster Elon Musk has expressed his "concerns" with Kanye over his antisemitic remarks. A concerned Texas mother warns local news about the dangers of Hocus Pocus 2: "Do not watch this film. Everybody thinks it’s fake and innocent, but they could be casting any type of spell that they want to, anything could be coming through that TV screen into your home... A worst case scenario is: you unleash hell on your kids and in your home. The whole movie is based on witches harvesting children for blood sacrifices." Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni had to publicly apologize to Kenya after his son—a senior military officer—went on a Twitter rant threatening to invade them. The New York Post stupidly misreads an American College of Cardiology report to claim that white rice is just as unhealthy as sugary candy. The report notably doesn't even mention rice or candy at all. Nice journalism!