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Democratic Donors: Stop Setting Your Money on Fire (and why @amandalitman of @runforsomething is one of my heroines) link.medium.com/7PiN0Yb8lnb
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From @Sulliview's new column on the Washington Post getting its first woman editor, Sally Buzbee, this part struck me. It's the same question I have. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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Well put
While Democrats are debating the best way to make sure Republicans can be heard in the Senate, Republicans in the states are passing legislation meant to silence Democratic voters across the country. nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opini…
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I’m honestly still kinda stunned NYT, along w/ WP, ABC News, tried to do this after 500,000 died on Trump’s watch; pressrun.media/p/good-grief-…
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We're closer than ever to getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control – but with new variants of the virus potentially prolonging this pandemic, we can't let up now. @BillCassidy and I are urging @CDCgov to closely watch these new strains: centralmaine.com/2021/03/09/…
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U.S. vaccination update:
First vaccine:
23% of adults
59% of 65+
69% of 75+
Let’s get the job all the way done.
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The media plays a crucial role in battling vaccine misinformation. What not to do? play "Whack-a-Mole by debunking every obscure rumor." Smart, from @sulliview washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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I want to thank all of the Senators who worked so hard to reach a compromise and voted to pass the American Rescue Plan.
It wasn’t easy — but it was so desperately needed.
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“Note this NYT flawed headline for an investigation into the Republican commitment to pass sweeping laws TO suppress the vote: "Stolen-Election Myth Fuels G.O.P. Push to Change Voting Laws."
It's not a myth, it's a lie. Big Foot is a myth. The Loch Ness Monster is a myth”
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The GOP is the counter-majoritarian party. And counter-factual, as with its claims of voter fraud, which in turn feed the Big Lie, a cause that cannot live unless honest journalism dies. The party's conflict with the press is structural. To freedom from fact it is now committed.
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Doesn't mean they are going to change — they probably won't — but at long last it's becoming a mainstream view within journalism itself that the Sunday shows are broken because they've become platforms for disinformation. nytimes.com/2021/02/11/magaz… At least we know they know.
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In which @jayrosen_nyu puts his finger on the basic problem with the commission idea
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.@MittRomney: “Like you, I hear many calls for unity. It is apparent that calling for unity while at the same time appeasing the big lie of a stolen election is a fraud. It is the lie that caused the division. It is in the service of that lie that a mob invaded the Capitol” Jan 6
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my latest—why did this take 4 years?
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Yes. Journalism ideally should bear some similarity normal human interaction. presswatchers.org/2021/01/wh…
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One way to clear it up? Suspend trial to depose McCarthy and Tuberville under oath and get facts. Ask Secret Service to produce for review comms back to White House re VP Pence safety during siege. What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
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Big NYT headline right now:
"House Managers Rest Their Case Against Trump, but Most Republicans Are Not Swayed"
This implies most Republicans can be "swayed."
A better choice would be, "but most Republicans appear immovable."
Everyone covering the trial knows this is true:
News accounts keep claiming Dems have "failed to persuade" GOP senators to break with Trump. This framing is all wrong. It implies most Republicans have principled objections to the case against Trump. Everyone covering this trial knows that's nonsense:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Too many stories about how Trump will be acquitted. That's politics.
Not enough stories about how he's clearly guilty. That's the truth.
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We’ve seen the images and heard the sounds so often since Jan 6. But instead of waning, their visceral power defies the laws of the Internet age and grows more intense. ... My column on the stunning 13-minute video that kicked off the impeachment trial washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…