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“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross, and the New York Times Opinion section will say we are all overreacting.”
Longer-form: deepnarrative.io
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Eric Blair
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Could not agree more and Anita MF Dunn knows exactly what to do there and how it can go wrong (2009, Fox) and she appears to have learned all the wrong lessons from it
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Eric Blair
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tbf it was the Fourth so nearly everyone was on vacation. Still. We need a public editor there if it's going to the be the Paper of Record <tm> never to be criticized by liberals
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Eric Blair
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yes and it's 2024 right now and not 2000 and that look is rare today for a reason
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Eric Blair
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And then the NYT response was to silently edit the headline. Feels like it was a real mask-off day for the NYT editorial staff and executives.
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Eric Blair
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Happy Fourth of July. Progressive, left, and liberal values are American values. We are for freedom and pluralism. Every person is equal before the law, and everyone should get a fair shot at life. Our values will win. Let's find a local org, join, and fight. 🇺🇸
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Eric Blair
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That’s from her WaPo bio. Her path is very reminiscent of Haberman’s, or Patrick Healy’s: Republican source-building, bounce around; back to bothsides Politics reporting. For shame, WaPo execs and editors. You want this; you select for it.
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Eric Blair
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Cannot say this enough. And no one faced consequences and now one of John Roberts’ Fed Aoc comrades runs the FBI!
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Twitter's Bobby Big Wheel
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The Comey Letter was sent because he was worried someone from the NYC FBI Office ("Trumpland") was going to leak the investigation anyway!
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Eric Blair
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Yep No NE-England-tilted Senate or much gerrymandering either.
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Eric Blair
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Media… matters?! Media ownership and bias and structure matters?! someone tell Democratic leaders this ASAP!
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Jill Twiss
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I simultaneously feel like Biden should probably not be the Democratic nominee and also that parts of the media seem weirdly gleeful about it in a way that completely ignores the consequences of electing Trump again
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Eric Blair
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My lord
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Eric Blair
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Thank you for pointing it out. Appreciate it. 💪
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Eric Blair
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That’s from her WaPo bio. Her path is very reminiscent of Haberman’s, or Patrick Healy’s: Republican source-building, bounce around; back to bothsides Politics reporting. For shame, WaPo execs and editors. You want this; you select for it.
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Eric Blair
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What an utterly typical path she has in our broken political journalism world. Story about RBG’s trainer, a slew of stories requiring a Republican source network: taking side of Fox, McCain (R) and Schwartznegger (R). Then back to SCOTUS… which she treats as if there are no stakes. 2/3
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Eric Blair
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You’re right! Apologies. I’m still stinging from Baquet praising Healy’s theater critic stint as preparing him for Politics “drama.” I’ll delete and reposr
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Eric Blair
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That’s from her WaPo bio. Her path is very reminiscent of Haberman’s, or Patrick Healy’s: Republican source-building, fluff, back to bothsides Politics reporting. For shame, WaPo execs and editors. You want this; you select for it.
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Eric Blair
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h/t @airbagmoments.bsky.social
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Eric Blair
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So the top elected official class of the US… isn’t skipping Gen X after all??
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Eric Blair
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Ann Marimow is one of the worst political journalists in America today. The most important beat since the Civil War dropped in her lap, and she’s taking the side of Jefferson Davis.
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Eric Blair
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How did this go today?
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Eric Blair
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I focused on the amendments.
The commerce clause too (NFIB v Sebelius).
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Eric Blair
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Ha this is great! I was making a list yesterday too of parts of the Constitution the Roberts Taney II Court had rewritten.
@ryanlcooper.com and I on the same wavelength.
Happy Fourth! Go, fight, let’s win in Nov.
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Keith
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It is so funny everyone is indexing on the Stephanopoulos interview.
The Earl Ingram interview from today drops tomorrow morning. And Ingram was just this morning, pre-interview dropping "tough talk" that Biden prob doesn't have what it takes. civicmedia.us/shows/earl-i...
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Eric Blair
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This is why I am focusing on the need for Court reform. That one is very clear!
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Eric Blair
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It’s the origin story of NYT v. Sullivan in fact
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Eric Blair
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AIPAC poll?
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Eric Blair
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Biden digital team >>> rest of Biden media/comms strategists (Start posting on Bluesky too, Megan Coyne!)
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Eric Blair
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No nationwide injuction, just applicable to parties in the case. But lots of arguments here that are ripe for a Trump judge nationwide injunction. Interesting that this Trump-appointed judge declined to do that.
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Eric Blair
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Article III just rewrote Article II is part of the problem. And yes!
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Eric Blair
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The corrupt SCOTUS just took away your noncompete ban.
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Eric Blair
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Sure but they intend that to not matter. By that time, unless we stop them, the Court will have already imposed fascism. They're doing everything they can to break Congress and put power in the president and the courts
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Eric Blair
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The Roberts Court already rewrote the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 14th, and 24th Amendments, and no one imposed consequences. So they might as well rewrite Article II, right?
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Eric Blair
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This is true and Harlan Crow and Charles Koch are smart enough to know they don’t really need more justices on SCOTUS. They have what they need. What they now aim for is a full authoritarian coup. That’s why billionaires put $100M into Project 2025. We are already in the crisis.
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Eric Blair
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I admit to being an insufferable dork
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Eric Blair
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And I'm correct af check out the thread
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Eric Blair
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Ok, sorry: that was too snarky. I really do think the main critique is about media structure and not about this particular issue; it's about what the NYT does NOT cover or does not say, as much as what it does.
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Eric Blair
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It completely does answer your question, and if you don't understand my structural critique and think instead it's only about this single issue, then you won't understand why our media is broken. (The Wire is a good popular start to distinguish structural from specific critique)
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Eric Blair
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right, if that is true (and it probably is) you're saying that the NYT is a conservative-biased paper, for audience reasons. So that's fine, but most of the country does not know that
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PeoriaBummer
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“When they don't take a side, that's a choice.” That, for me, is the whole lesson. They can call on Biden to resign, sure. But then they’re admitting that the whole neutrality thing was bullshit all along.
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Eric Blair
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they didn't lead with sources like this in other cases. Their choice of what to lead with and how to cover it is a huge source of bias, and they deny that's true
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Eric Blair
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Whatever you think about Biden, look at the New York Times. They are unabashedly cheerleading for him to drop out. We should never again think of the Times as a liberal or even a neutral paper. The NYT takes sides when they want to. When they don't take a side, that's a choice.
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Eric Blair
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"All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war"
That interest today is Christian theocratic oligarchy
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Eric Blair
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and a lot of bad shit has happened in America in the past 8 years.
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Eric Blair
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We know Netanyahu funneled money to Hamas through Qatar. Also, a Qatari oligarch helped Musk buy Twitter. And Musk and Kushner spent the World Cup Finals in the box of the Qatari Prime Minister. The US gov't better be ready to stop foreign interference in the Nov elections.
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Eric Blair
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According to this today in JPost, Netanyahu was offered money from #Qatar for several years. The Qatari docs allegedly say $50 million was transferred.
No evidence provided from Netanyahu side.
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Ned Resnikoff
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These guys are traitors to the republic just like their heroes Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee
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Eric Blair
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The most important thing that happened in America over the past 8 years is the corrupt Court declaring the end of the American Republic — that the next Republican president will be a king.
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Eric Blair
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Yes. Big. Who was the McKinsey client here - or if not disclosed, who are the major clients for McKinsey in the automotive/gov't space, and what do they want?
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