She ain’t the only one.
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Her “Y’all have a good day, now” was more clipped than usual.
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That’s exactly why I’m not surprised. Rick Perry figured it out, though, once he was appointed. (Though to be fair, I don’t know how many months/years it took him. It should be the kind of thing that you’d find out on day 1, but it’s also the kind of thing you should already know, so…) But yeah, I’ve been thinking about Perry a lot lately, and the Republican desire to destroy portions of the federal government while having absolutely no idea what they actually do, and G.K. Chesterton’s fence analogy for conservatism, and how the Republican party isn’t remotely conservative.
In between the eugenics, the Joni Ernst-style sociopathy (her “everyone dies” quip was hiding what she actually meant, which was, “I don’t care that people will die”), and the apocalyptic Christians who are actively seeking to bring about the end of the world, there’s just no getting around it - they truly are a death cult.
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https://www.salon.com/2025/06/23/why-karoline-leavitt-is-so-annoying/
In the grand tradition of professional anti-feminists dating back to Phyllis Schlafly, Leavitt has found that the key to success is attacking the progressivism that allows her to have a career at all. Worse, she treats progressives as a well of outrage she can draw from, whenever the MAGA masses need evidence that Trump is triggering the liberals.
I don’t want to dissuade anyone from making fun of Leavitt. First, it’s fun, which needs no justification. More importantly, the mockery is working, especially as a long-term strategy. Yes, Trump voters get the sugar high of knowing they’ve angered some feminists. But in reading the comments sections of various social media posts where people were fighting about Leavitt, it became clear that conservative women find her embarrassing. Their defenses of her were weak and mealy-mouthed, mostly lame assertions that she’s a good Christian — which is hard to square with all the lying. These debates, especially if witnessed by younger women who haven’t fully made up their minds about their political identities, help to instill a sense that being a handmaiden of patriarchy is cringeworthy. No one wants to be like Karoline Leavitt, old before her time, and spending all her time around cranky, Fox News-addled senior citizens. She may make a certain kind of man happy, but to women, the ultimate message is clear: Being MAGA robs you of your youth, beauty and talent, and replaces them with a lifetime of service to the worst men.
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TIL, thanks!
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If true, now expect Trump to take credit for this ceasefire after having bombed Iran while it was working on a ceasefire with Israel.
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Now I’m worried. She’s my belle-wether.
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The Nobel prize is coming…
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The Ig Nobel Prize.
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With US military leadership being well aware of intelligence pointing away from the need to strike Iran, they can’t be too happy. Yet, I’m still waiting for them to be angry enough to address immediate actual concerns on US soil.
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No, that’s still far too good for him. The Ig Nobel Prize is for actual scientists. The closest he could hope to get to the Ig Nobel is if someone studied T****.
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Scientists could say that Trump’s existence can only be explained by a failed experiment involving the creation of a crazed warthog/human hybrid.
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It’s like he’s quoting a poem.
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“Donnie’s Inferno”
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That’s what it turned into, but originally it was just taking the piss and they had an ironic Ig Noble Peace Prize that went to people who were responsible for, well… the opposite. Trump would be not just a prime candidate, he’d be a shoo-in. (Trump being Trump, he’d probably turn it into a “Nobel Prize” in his head and be very pleased with it, however.)
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