D'Anne Witkowski
A Baby: Gift from God or Punishment From Hell? That Depends on You, Slut.
In the assault on reproductive freedom in the United States, there’s one thing I can’t really wrap my brain around. According to the people who claim to be “pro-life,” being a mother is a gift from God; the most esteemed role [...]
Double, Double Toil And Trouble: Radical Right Claims Words Are Black Magic Mind Control
Words. What are they? Are they simply a collection of letters arranged in a particular way to symbolize places, things, ideas, feelings, people and the like so that people can communicate with one another?Or are they DARK MAGIC overtaking our minds [...]
Right-Wing Extremists: Sound the Alarms! Teachers Indoctrinating Kids with 'Kindness'
Right-wing radicals love to rail against “identity politics” while at the same time asserting that the United States is a white, Christian nation. As if being white or Christian or a white Christian is not an identity. To them, identity [...]
The Latest Fad In Radical Right Harassment Campaigns? Children’s Hospitals, Of Course.
I don’t know about you, but when I want to blow off some steam and air some grievances, there’s just no more perfect target than a children’s hospital. Whether it's the staff, the administration, the families, or even the children [...]
Ain’t No Party Like a Republican Party, Because a Republican Party Is Awful
I feel like I’m trapped in a decades long episode of "The Twilight Zone" where I am the only one who can see the monster on the wing of the airplane, and that monster is the Republican Party.It’s hard to overstate how extreme Republicans [...]
Trump Happy To Let Supporters Die Defending His Right To Do Crimes
I woke up this morning thinking about disgraced former president Donald Trump and how relieved I was that he wasn’t on Twitter any more so that I was not constantly bombarded by what is surely him at his most unhinged. As he’s been having [...]
Forget Dog Whistles, Republicans Communicate Their Hate Using Bullhorns and Air Raid Sirens
Are you tired of being told how bad things are? Are you sick of being bombarded with terrible news all of the time? Do you wish that you could read about something positive for a change?Then you might want to skip this column. Just saying.Man, where [...]
Michigan Voters To Choose Between Democrats, Radically Unhinged Transphobes In November
I am writing this on Primary Election Eve. By the time you’re reading this, races across the country will be decided, for better or worse.In Michigan, we have a clown car of right-wing Republican candidates for governor. And this is AFTER half [...]
Marco Rubio Celebrates Wedding Anniversary By Telling Wife She Is a 'Stupid Waste of Time'
A bill to protect marriage equality passed in the U.S. House recently and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is raring to get it passed in the Senate. Which would be nice! (And which would also be more likely if senators would stop getting [...]
Ted Cruz Thinks Only People Like Him Should Be The Bosses of Marriage Equality
In another episode of “Elections Matter,” the U.S. House of Representatives, which has a Democratic majority, voted to protect the marriages of LGBTQ+ people should the Supreme Court overturn Obergefell, the 2015 case that saw marriage [...]
People With Uteruses Can't Get Abortions. But Brett Kavanaugh Can't Eat a $20 Sundae in Peace, Either!
I am sure by now you have heard the devastating news about Brett Kavanaugh, credibly-accused sexual assaulter/Supreme Court Justice/man who likes beer.It’s hard for me to even write this. But you need to hear it. On July 6, Kavanaugh was dining [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Rolls Out Red Carpet, White Hoods for Fascism
Well, this sucks.Even when you know something terrible is coming, you’re never quite prepared for the moment it happens. And yet here we are: The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Pregnant people no longer have the right [...]