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Michael Tracey
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Nigel Farage's current ascendancy as leader of the new Brexit Party seems to have some US parallels. After leaving UKIP, he hosted a talk radio show to maintain/cultivate his audience. He went around giving speeches, including in the US. And now he's getting lots of small donors
One of the Brexit Party candidates recruited by Farage, Claire Fox, is a former revolutionary communist! Fascinating demonstration of how Brexit has always had the potential to fundamentally re-order UK politics theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Farage is also still dealing with ridiculous accusations that Russia somehow funded or facilitated Brexit -- another nasty import from the US. And it's hilarious that the main reason he's had to denounce UKIP (his party of 25 years) is due to Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad
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Florida is about to make it a "hate crime" to "demonize Israel." Utterly insane. These numbskulls in the state legislature are really going to criminalize ordinary political speech thecentersquare.com/florida/florid…
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The Young Turks did a really dumb segment suggesting that CNN had maliciously skewed a poll to downplay Bernie and boost Biden. This led to Nate Silver rightfully skewering them. As a past target of Nate’s sassy trolling, it pains me to say this, but I stand with Nate
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