Tuesday, October 19, 2021

HERE'S CHARLIE WARZEL BOTHSIDESING THE JOE ROGAN/SANJAY GUPTA INTERVIEW

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Charlie Warzel used to write for The New York Times . He now has a Substack site called Galaxy Brain , where his latest post has a bothsider...
Monday, October 18, 2021

COLIN POWELL DIDN'T FULLY ABANDON THE GOP UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE

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Matt Lewis of the Daily Beast thinks Colin Powell could have saved us from Donald Trump by running for president. His legacy will have detr...

REPUBLICAN VOTERS MIGHT SIT OUT FUTURE ELECTIONS, THANKS TO TRUMP? IF ONLY.

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It should make me happy that Republicans are freaking out -- and snapping at one another -- over Donald Trump's comments about future el...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

DEMOCRATS DON'T COUNT

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GOP governors who oppose public health are slipping in the polls -- but it's not a problem, according to Politico , because they're ...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

AN EXPERT ON CONSPIRACIES TELLS ME NOT TO WORRY. I'M WORRIED.

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I'm supposed to be reassured by this Rolling Stone interview with conspiracy expert Joseph Uscinski. I'm not reassured, even thoug...
Friday, October 15, 2021

KYRSTEN SINEMA: FIGHTING TOXICITY WITH ... TOXICITY

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Michelle Cottle of The New York Times thinks it might make sense for Kyrsten Sinema to become an independent. Some have suggested that she...

FOX COMMENTERS' RESPONSE TO BILL CLINTON'S HOSPITALIZATION IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'D EXPECT

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I don't consider this a major story, but it's the lead story at FoxNews.com right now: Former President Bill Clinton remained...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

TRUMP HASN'T STARTING INSULTING RIVALS YET

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I've seen this theory of 2024 emerging in the America media, and now a British Twitter friend has sent me a BBC story repeating the the...

SINEMA CLEARLY WANTS TO RUN AGAIN, BUT ON WHICH BALLOT LINE?

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It was only a couple of weeks ago that National Journal 's Josh Kraushaar was touting a poll showing Kyrsten Sinema with higher approva...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

HERE'S ANOTHER "CANCELED" RIGHT-WINGER WHO ISN'T ACTUALLY CANCELED

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Publishers Lunch reports: Conservative news outlet The Daily Wire announced Wednesday that it will launch a publishing imprint, DW Books, s...

BOTHSIDESING MASKS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION SECTION

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I like ProPublica's Alec MacGillis, and I appreciate some of what he's saying about mask-wearing in this New York Times op-ed . BER...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

REPUBLICANS PRACTICE UNPOPULARISM

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Democrats are wondering if the only way they can prevent electoral disaster is "popularism" -- limiting themselves to policy posit...

WHY BIDEN SEEMS STUCK

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I saw this yesterday in a Politico story : In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing...
Monday, October 11, 2021

YOU CAN'T SHAME THEM

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In a naive column about how President Biden can regain his footing, E.J. Dionne writes : Harry Truman-style, Biden should press Republicans ...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

IF YOUR VOTERS THINK THE OTHER PARTY IS THE ANTICHRIST, YOU DON'T NEED "POPULARISM"

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So we're all discussing the work of Democratic data wonk David Shor -- Ezra Klein , Jamelle Bouie , Nate Cohn , and Politico's Ian W...
Saturday, October 09, 2021

IF YOU REPEAT A LIE ENOUGH TIMES, WITH ENOUGH BACKUP, PEOPLE WILL JUST BELIEVE YOU

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Politico's Renusa Rayasam asked a couple of advertising professionals how they'd market President Biden's infrastructure plan. T...
Friday, October 08, 2021

#TrumpIsntAsBrokeAsHeShouldBe

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After reviewing documents provided by the General Services Administration, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform told us this today: ...

YOU'RE SHOCKED THAT TRUMP STILL MATTERS? I'M SHOCKED THAT YOU'RE SHOCKED.

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It's upsetting to think that there's potentially a wide readership for this New Yorker piece by Susan Glasser , or that a person ca...