Crash Course: Why Kayleigh McEnany wants more “Christian babies”

Plus, Will Smith's missed step and #BoycottDisney Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJr1BP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpiPkU4RGIbPwz3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Why Kayleigh McEnany wants more “Christian babies” Kathryn Joyce reports on the clear signal to Christian nationalist former Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany with her latest comments about "[Christian babies](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJr1BP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMzAva2F5bGVpZ2gtbWNlbmFueS13YW50cy1tb3JlLWNocmlzdGlhbi1iYWJpZXMtaXRzLWFuLW92ZXJ0LWNhbGwtb3V0LXRvLXBhcmFub2lhL1cDc3BjQgpiPkU4RGIbPwz3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)." All that rhetoric might seem par for the course for a Republican operative, Joyce writes, "but in McEnany's case, it also appears to be sincere." Fans of the "Great Replacement" theory surely heard McEnany's call to action for Christians to "be bold." "You know, the [antidote] to darkness is light. And the [antidote] to a really grim future is filling the world with a lot of Christians," McEnany said on a recent podcast. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images #BoycottDisney: How Disney's new CEO has managed to anger both sides of the culture war Florida's most iconic corporation finds itself embroiled in the midst of the latest right-wing culture war — all because Disney's new CEO sought to avoid politics. [As Jon Skolnik reports](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJr1BP0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMzAvYm95Y290dGRpc25leS1ob3ctZGlzbmV5cy1uZXctY2VvLWhhcy1tYW5hZ2VkLXRvLWFuZ2VyLWJvdGgtc2lkZXMtb2YtdGhlLWN1bHR1cmUvVwNzcGNCCmI-RThEYhs_DPdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), Disney CEO Dave Chapek's initial refusal to publicly denounce a newly signed law allowing parents to sue schools for "inappropriate" discussions of sexual orientation has led to employee walkouts. Chapek then angered conservatives like Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who tarred Disney as a "woke" corporation "lining their pockets with their relationship [with] the Communist Party of China." - Jon Stewart's [all-white panel goes off the rails](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJr1BP0RhaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjkvam9uLXN0ZXdhcnRzLWFsbC1wYW5lbC1nb2VzLW9mZi10aGUtcmFpbHMtLWFuZC1nZXRzLWludGVyZXN0aW5nL1cDc3BjQgpiPkU4RGIbPwz3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) — and gets interesting - Joe Manchin is still blocking Joe Biden's climate agenda. 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ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Will Smith and the function of a slap: He missed a step in the tango of toxic masculinity While the ladies of ["The View" think Will Smith "needs therapy,"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJr1BP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjkvd2lsbC1zbWl0aC10aGUtdmlldy10aGVyYXB5LW9zY2FyL1cDc3BjQgpiPkU4RGIbPwz3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) Jacques Berlinerblau, who teaches comedy writing at Georgetown, dissects what The Slap heard 'round the world means for comedy and comedians. "The entire episode also cast light on a disturbing global trend." From Myanmar to India to North Korea and France, Berlinerblau identifies a pattern of audiences forcibly repositioning comedic lines. So what does this portend for future investments in comedic products? Berlinerblau says Smith's slap was, inadvertently, a warning signal. 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