Petty Rage Porn Masquerading as News
This activist op-ed weaponizes crude vulgarity and anonymous insults to manufacture peak emotional outrage, using a tacky presidential plaque to fear-monger over conservative policy shifts in environment, health, and foreign policy.
Claims to cherish facts and deplore Trump's 'crude insults' and 'revisionist history.'
The article's primary source material consists of anonymous insults, name-calling, and subjective emotional projections ('What the actual fuck,' 'Damn, his dick really is that tiny').
The contradiction: The outlet condemns political vulgarity while actively serving as a clearinghouse for maximal progressive vulgarity and character assassination, proving contempt is the only currency they accept.
Summary
The article uses the installation of derogatory and self-aggrandizing plaques on a 'Presidential Walk of Fame' outside the West Wing as the emotional hook. This spectacle of 'pettiness' is then used to pivot to four major policy anxieties framed as 'substantive horrors': 1. Pam Bondi directing the FBI to target 'anti-capitalism' and 'radical gender ideology' groups; 2. Trump dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) funding; 3. RFK Jr.'s HHS canceling grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) over 'identity-based language' (racial disparities/pregnant people); and 4. Stephen Miller's 'reverse empire' rhetoric supporting a potential conflict with Venezuela. The purpose is to consolidate all disparate Republican actions—from petty insults to major policy shifts and potential wars—under the banner of one 'narcissistic asshole' deserving of only disgust and immediate removal.
⚡ Key Facts
- The central 'news' event is a set of bronze plaques outside the West Wing authored by Trump, criticizing Obama ('Russia Russia Russia hoax') and Biden ('worst President,' 'corrupt Election').
- The author uses the plaque story to link unrelated policy anxieties: the policing of domestic dissent, the defunding of climate science, institutional critique of the medical establishment (RFK Jr./AAP), and Stephen Miller’s nationalist foreign policy.
- The article relies heavily on rhetorical questions and quotes from critics (James Cameron, Dean Blundell, anonymous commenters) using extreme vulgarity (e.g., comparing Miller's rhetoric to Mein Kampf).
- RFK Jr. is labeled a 'crackpot' for terminating AAP grants, which were aimed at worthy goals but reportedly canceled due to use of 'identity-based language' (i.e., racial disparities and 'pregnant people').
Petty Rage Porn Masquerading as News
The outlet condemns political vulgarity while actively serving as a clearinghouse for maximal progressive vulgarity and character assassination, proving contempt is the only currency they accept.