The BBC reports a startling new development:

Jameela Jamil has announced she is “queer” after receiving criticism for being cast in a new LGBT-interest show.

US broadcaster HBO announced on Tuesday that the actress and model would be a judge on its new unscripted voguing contest Legendary.

The news prompted an online backlash from people who said The Good Place star was not representative of the black LGBT community.

That prompted her to issue a statement addressing her sexuality.

But this identity “queer” is not at all a label of convenience for when people think you’re just another boring cis straight woman who as a cis straight woman is obviously not marginalized or oppressed in any way.

Opening with

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This is bad. This is very bad.

https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/1225382190659272704 https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/1225382915959402496

Barr is Barr. Barr is a wholly owned enforcer for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is now free to steal the next election eleven ways from Sunday and no one will be able to stop him.… Read the rest

Remember this guy?

Hi Jon, on a similar topic, given the content of his tweets, would you consider unfollowing glinner? It would mean a lot to a lot of people I'm sure.

— Steve (@moneenlux) February 5, 2020

This “hi would you unfollow this person?” guy? I decided to take a look at his tweets to see if he says that kind of thing a lot.

That kind of thing, maybe not, but that thing itself, yes. Downright weirdly a lot.

I'm a nobody but I'm asking you to consider unfollowing Graham Lenihan.@GoldsboroBooks@ByrnesBooks @WordsIreland @LambertPuppet @AnPostIBAS @booksirelandmag @GalleyBeggars @PhilipPullman @WELBooks

— Steve (@moneenlux) February 3, 2020

I'm a nobody but am asking if you'd consider unfollowing Graham

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Meanwhile, in the entirely unimportant world of foreign policy…

Lana Marks is a successful fashion designer and member of U.S. President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Though she has no prior diplomatic experience, Marks is also Trump’s ambassador to South Africa, and last month she forced out her second in command, the veteran career foreign service officer David Young. According to multiple current and former officials familiar with the matter, the issue arose following Marks’s attempts to elevate her son to a senior role in the embassy, an apparent violation of State Department rules.

That’s great, isn’t it? Wholly unqualified rando kicks out experienced foreign service officer apparently because he didn’t applaud her corrupt effort to give … Read the rest

Last June…

pic.twitter.com/JDS4zUXXJG

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2019

Not a real cover of TIME and not a real cover story in TIME. As TIME pointed out.

The animation you shared is a manipulated version of the Oct. 22, 2018, cover of TIME. Here's the real one pic.twitter.com/P0WF2nSeNH

— TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2019

He pretends these things are “jokes,” can’t you pussies take a joke, yadda yadda, but they’re not really. If he could steal the whole thing and keep it for all eternity he would. He’s both a megalomaniac and a childish clumsy fool, and the fool part isn’t making him one bit less dangerous.… Read the rest

Meanwhile Evil Junior is contributing his mite.

Donald Trump Jr. posted a picture on Instagram calling Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) a “pussy” after the former GOP presidential candidate announced that he would be voting to convict President Trump on one of two impeachment charges. The picture featured Romney wearing high-waisted jeans, and was captioned: “Mom Jeans, Because you’re a pussy.”

And what could be more disgusting and contemptible than to be a woman?

It’s always useful to know what they think of us. Depressing, but useful.

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Editing to add: see Skeletor’s comment. Some of these are unsourced. I have to run so can’t Google them right now.

Editing to add 2, next morning. Skeletor is right. A passage from John K. Wilson’s book on Limbaugh has details – someone going by the name “Cobra” put the James Earl Ray one on Wikiquotes and it spread via Rachel Maddow and others. And now by me.

The Surly Southern Liberal has a collection of some of Limbaugh’s more poisonous assertions.

Top 10 Racist Rush Limbaugh Quotes

1. “I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m

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There’s also the revolting cynicism of David Brooks’s saying hey why didn’t “Trump opponents” – i.e. Representatives who think he should not be committing crimes – just concentrate on fixing the potholes instead of doing their constitutional duty to prevent the president from abusing his power to extort political favors from vulnerable allies. Gee, I don’t know, maybe it’s because they really do actually think that a president should not be abusing his power to extort political favors from vulnerable allies. I kind of hope they do, if you want to know the truth.

I kind of think Brooks ought to.

Why did the Times hire him, again? I never can remember.

https://twitter.com/eriktarloff/status/1225202528591085568 https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1225193024713564160… Read the rest

David Brooks. Again. He tries my patience.

Instead of spending the past 3 years on Mueller and impeachment suppose Trump opponents had spent the time on an infrastructure bill or early childhood education? More good would have been done.

— David Brooks (@nytdavidbrooks) February 5, 2020

Suppose Mitch McConnell hadn’t blocked every single bill the Democratic House sent to the Senate?

Plus…

This was *8* days ago. pic.twitter.com/9vAtMzIF24

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) February 5, 2020

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This is how one inspires women in leadership?? Really?

Delighted 2 share @rachel_brian illustration post regarding the LGBT community. Be curious, respectful, listen & learn. Ask questions like- 'What pronouns do you use?' & provide resources like the 'Gender Unicorn' 2 help people understand their gender expression #LGBTHM2020 pic.twitter.com/Na9nd9ApyC

— Inspiring Women in Leadership (@IWiLScot_) February 4, 2020

It says “the LGBT community” but the ugly cluttered poster is all about the T. And what does inspiring women in leadership have to do with gender unicorns and being told to “embrace discomfort”? Like, what, women don’t get enough opportunities to embrace discomfort just in trying to navigate the world, now they have to put up with people ostensibly concerned with … Read the rest

Yes I too understand why people ask this: it’s because they’re intrusive controlling impertinent creeps.

I understand why people ask this, but 1, I follow lots of people I disagree with and I think it's important to do that so as not to be in an echo chamber, plus I'm a journalist who writes often about people I disagree with. 2, I've done my time in the glinner trenches. https://t.co/OFtYg7PbnM

— jon ronson (@jonronson) February 5, 2020

Boom, 20+ years of friendship thrown overboard.

20+ years of friendship, defended him from the mob countless times, shouted down an anti-Semite at one of his readings, and this is the best he can do. Jon, just unfollow so I don’t have to

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Originally a comment by Artymorty on Needs.

Here’s a personal anecdote about an encounter I had with Canadian pro-sex-work feminists:

A couple years ago when I ran an event venue I booked a women’s storytelling group and the theme of this particular gathering was something like “What makes you happy?” It was billed as an evening for amateur women speakers to share stories of finding empowerment in doing things for themselves — doing what makes them happy instead of doing things for the sake of others’ feelings. Quickly sold out; 200+ capacity; about a half a dozen speakers. Sounds great! I happened to be filling in as a bartender in the Hall that night so I was able to … Read the rest

Mike Burns at Media Matters on Limbaugh being loathsome way back in 2011:

Rush Limbaugh has a long and ugly history of race baiting. Yesterday was no exception. Limbaugh said that First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event because she has exhibited “uppity-ism.” Today, however, Limbaugh acted as if nothing controversial had happened.

Mm, yeah, what could possibly be controversial about that.

What Limbaugh said:

NASCAR people, as are most people in this country, are mature, tolerant people who fully understand when they’re being insulted and condescended to. And they remember being called bitter clingers. They know that in their hearts the Obamas don’t like them. We’ve taken notice of this as has, by the way, Chris

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