“While protesters in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and other states claim to speak for ordinary citizens, many are also supported by street-fighting rightwing groups like the Proud Boys, conservative armed militia groups, religious fundamentalists, anti-vaccination groups and other elements of the radical right.” The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions. You gotta fight, for your right, to perish…

+ These pictures show crowds protesting against coronavirus lockdowns at state capitols. And that Ohio protest photo looked like a zombie movie? Zombie movie directors think so, too.

+ How effin crazy are these crazy self-sabotaging m-effers? NYT: Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target. “Anti-vaccinators, members of the conspiracy group QAnon and right-wing pundits have instead seized on the video as evidence that one of the world’s richest men planned to use a pandemic to wrest control of the global health system.” (I blamed Gates for Word, PowerPoint, IE6, and Clippy, but when he started trying to save the world, I forgave him…)

+ And you’ll never guess who’s fanning the flames of insanity. Hint: It’s in All Caps.