#650

Billionaire real estate developer Fuckface von Clownstick is currently leading the stupidly packed field of stupid contenders for the Republican candidate for US President.

The reason–despite largely being considered a joke candidate–is that he’s dispensed with the usual Republican code talk and is openly waving a banner of racism/xenophobia/misogyny/homophobia. And there’s nothing bigots love more than displays of flagrant bigotry.

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Sandra Bland is said to have committed suicide while in police custody. Everything about this incident smells–from the obviously edited dashcam footage and Walker County, Texas’ history of racial oppression.

With continuing protests in Ferguson, MO marking the anniversary of Michael Brown’s cold-blooded murder by racist piece of shit with a badge, Darren Wilson–#blacklivesmatter is back in the news.

And if you want a textbook example of how not to respond, when faced with protesters Martin O’Malley–who is seeking the Democratic nomintation for US President–insisted ‘all lives matter.’ Interestingly, O’Malley is the former mayor of Baltimore and the situation leading to Freddie Grey’s death in Baltimore police custody can be traced back to policies enacted and general inaction in the face of escalating racial inequalities during the formers tenure. (Jeb Bush–who is also seeking the Republican nomination–feels strongly that O’Malley shouldn’t apologize since all lives do matter.)

If you’re at all confused about why responding to #blacklivesmatter by insisting all lives matter, someone drew a picture for you.

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Elisha Walker, a transgender woman of color, was killed in North Carolina. Sadly, I’m not sure whether it was her or another transwoman of color who the media violently misgendered. The sick and sad truth is we’ve lost far too many transwomen of color this year. This isn’t okay.

And if you have any doubt how this is happening consider the bigotry that Mike Melgaard’s beautiful troll of people complaining about Target’s decision to remove gender labeling on toys and bedding.