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The Racial Element of Trump’s Attacks on His Prosecutors by Jill Lawrence
Why it matters that he calls them “racist” and “animal.”

Who says out loud that they want more immigrants from Norway and fewer from Haitee? The same person who’s been saying that stuff out loud since 2015 and the same person who millions of Americans nonetheless voted for more than once and the same person who has numerous defenders who are more than willing to go to the wall for him no matter what he says or does.

But don’t you dare do so much as imply that there’s a hint of racism in any of this. None of these people are racist, they all have black/Jewish best friends and they love Israel for extra insurance just in case the best friends aren’t enough.

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After Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter, Elon Musk ‘Shadow Bans’ All Of Taibbi’s Tweets, Including The Twitter Files by Mike MasnickMike Masnick

The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. Quick(ish) recap: On Thursday, Musk’s original hand-picked Twitter Files scribe, Matt Taibbi, went on Mehdi Hasan’s show (which Taibbi explicitly demanded from Hasan, after Hasan asked about Taibbi’s opinions on Musk blocking accounts for Modi in India). The interview did not […]

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Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It by Mike MasnickMike Masnick

So here’s the deal. If you think the Twitter Files are still something legit or telling or powerful, watch this 30 minute interview that Mehdi Hasan did with Matt Taibbi (at Taibbi’s own demand): Hasan came prepared with facts. Lots of them. Many of which debunked the core foundation on which Taibbi and his many […]

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After Nashville, Action on Assault-Style Weapons? by Jill Lawrence
Mass shootings are happening with a frequency that numbs, but Republicans are working to loosen, not tighten, gun restrictions.

I don’t know why anyone continues to put forth the hope expressed in the headline of this piece. We’re not getting anything close to this until what is currently the Republican party loses everything, at every level, repeatedly, for at least two decades.