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Cairo, Illinois is where Grant became Grant and Obama became Obama. On this week's Mother Jones podcast, you can listen to @BarackObama tell the story of the small, troubled river city at the heart of this piece: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Podcast link here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ben…
(We also dug up the original audio of the 1972 US Commission on Civil Rights hearing in Cairo, which makes for a fascinating listen today.)
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A lot of weird stuff in politics these days but the Club for Growth and Ted Cruz championing Segundo Barrio is definitely up there: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
I tried to unpack the backstory behind the eminent domain attacks on O'Rourke. It's sort of the formative episode of his political career: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
A quick study on building buzz, O'Rourke brought an El Paso Times reporter along with him when he went door-to-door to make the case for the plan:
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I mean it seems pretty obvious this was malicious? statesman.com/news/unapprove…
maybe Trump has made us more susceptible to the idea that people very sincerely text each other suggesting "let's conspire to commit crimes"
in any event, think the actual story is whether the person doing the rat-fucking was there on their own initiative
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each of this is like a little rabbit hole in its own right, given that they all pertain in some way to his performance as a members of the house representatives
one alleged anecdote, for instance, involved him appearing to be drunk in a meeting with *the speaker of the house of representatives*; the allegations of infidelity involved a lobbyist and a subordinate
those might not get you indicted, but they arguably have a more tangible bearing on job performance than dipping into the campaign account for golf balls
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@Amy_Siskind My advice is always to stop watching cable news. All cable news. Cable news is how we got to Trump.

I do recommend @60Minutes and @frontlinepbs.
@Amy_Siskind @60Minutes @frontlinepbs Oh, but do watch @PartsUnknownCNN!

IMO, it was the best show for understanding different cultures, both here and abroad. Watch the ones on Puerto Rico, West Virginia, or @BarackObama in Vietnam.

BTW, President Obama didn't watch cable news, either. aol.com/2010/02/04/pre…
@Amy_Siskind @60Minutes @frontlinepbs @PartsUnknownCNN @BarackObama I listen to these podcasts every day. If you use @amazonecho, you can even set them as your news brief.

1) 'The Daily' w/ @mikiebarb
2) 'The Big Idea' w/ @jameshohmann
3) 'Up First' from @npr

Also recommended @realTrumpcast @SlateGist

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EPISODE 1 | "How Republicans Really Think"
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.@BarackObama at University of Illinois kicks off midterm campaign for Democrats and America’s future: Democracy should have no permanent ruling class. Citizens determine our course & our character. This moment is different. Consequences of sitting on the sidelines are dire. VOTE
Obama: Trump’s the symptom not the cause. Each time we pull ourselves closer to our ideals, of inalienable rights & responsibilities, the status quo pushes back. Sometimes the backlash is genuine. More often it’s manufactured by those who use fear to keep their power & privilege.
Obama schools students on the roots of today’s divisions & inequality: The politics of fear—pitting one group against another—is an old playbook. In a healthy democracy, it doesn’t work. When there’s a vacuum—we don’t vote, take our basic rights for granted, demagogues take hold.
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#Obama #Africa #WhiteGenocide #LandTheft

Mainstream media in the USA is silent and complaisant.
RACIST Obama finds white genocide agenda "inspiring"

For 20 years by his own accord he was mentored & spiritually led by Muslim Brotherhood Activist Jeremiah Wright [famous for his invocations of damning white people to hell] with frequent comments of "God Damn America!"
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When I was going to 5th grade, I heard my 4th grade teacher tell my new one to “Watch out for this kid.” That following school year, I sensed a target on my back, all because of what my old teacher told my new one. At 9 yrs old, I felt like I was guilty before I’d done anything.
No matter what good I did that 5th grade year, I could tell that my teacher still always viewed me as “the troublemaker.” I was never given the chance to prove myself as a good student—again, because my 4th grade teacher told my story for me, instead of letting me tell it.
Thankfully, I cared more about what my mom thought of me, and of how I viewed myself, than about how I appeared to my 4th & 5th grade teachers. I wasn’t the perfect student, but even then, I knew I was no “troublemaker,” or one to “watch out for.” #KnowYourWorth
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Democrats, I am going to try to warn you again about the Wolf PAC. If you’ve ever heard the expression “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” you know that this can be dangerous. The Wolf PAC = Young Turks (on youtube). #NoConCon
Young Turks are posing as progressive Democrats and there are many indications that they are not what they seem to be. Here’s an article that says they helped Trump get elected:
huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-…
The Young Turks claim to be the Breitbart of the left, but honest:
Wolf PAC claims to be nonpartisan. This is confusing. But not really.
motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
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