Retired news columnist (Military Update); book author (Glory Denied) Coast Guard vet. Directing folks off the bird to you-know-where to fight Trump-led fascism.
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I’ve always respected @Trevornoah so much but this closing speech from the White House correspondents’ dinner is particularly spectacular.
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Tucker Carlson, the host of the most-watched show on prime-time cable news, uses a simple narrative to instill fear in his viewers. To understand how he promotes extremist ideas and conspiracy theories, we analyzed 1,150 episodes. Here’s what we found. nyti.ms/3y8DfBF
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Even in the aftermath of January 6th, the former President continues to make the same false claims that he knows caused violence.
The Republican Party must reject his lies.
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Please stop calling it Fox News.
It’s not a news organization.
You’re repeating Rupert Murdock’s original big lie every time you call it Fox News. He chose that name to force you to call it news when he never intended it to be news.
You can just call it Fox.
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I know, Biden has to get his act together and Democrats have to govern and progressives and moderates need to get along. But meanwhile couldn’t Democrats do more to discredit a GOP that will in 2022 feature candidates you wouldn’t tolerate in your workplace or allow in your home?
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A party with leaders like Kevin McCarthy, that cannot stand up to the insanity from people like Greene, Gaetz, Gosar, etc, is going to have a hard time standing up to countries like China. @GOPLeader
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This guy says Critical Race Theory is the most important issue in the Virginia Election. He also says he has no idea what Critical Race Theory is.
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Senate Judiciary releases 394-page staff report entitled: “Subverting Justice: How the Former President and his Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election.”: judiciary.senate.gov/imo/med… Durbin’s office says these are the key findings
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.@PressSec pulls out the graphs! This one shows how much the debt increased under the Trump administration compared to the Biden admin so far.
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"A year ago, in Pompeo’s words, the Taliban was represented by a 'gentleman,' was 'working diligently to reduce violence,' and was 'sincere in wanting what’s good for the Afghan people.'
"Now he calls the Taliban 'butchers.' " slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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As I and many others have said: Biden wanted to get out very badly, and he got out very badly.
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ER Doctor: I don't blame unvaccinated patients, I blame Fox
"I do blame Fox News and other right-wing media outlets for poisoning the minds of millions of Americans," Dr. Rob Davidson writes. "Wear a mask, get vaccinated and stop watching Fox News."
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The Left's culture war is bad. But it's the Right's culture war--against masks, and now against the vaccine--that is killing Americans. And it's the Right's culture war against the truth about the election, and against basic norms and institutions, that could kill our democracy.