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Cuccinelli has suggested that states invoke “war powers” to turn back the migrant “invasion” mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/2…
"They can literally just line their National Guard up with, presumably with riot gear like they would if they had a civil disturbance and turn people back at the border. ... You just point them back across the river and let them swim for it."
Cuccinelli also has a long, long record of anti-LGBTQ bigotry: mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/2…
Cuccinelli could potentially affect the lives of numerous LGBTQ individuals in this position. The Human Rights Campaign has documented "the precarious position of transgender immigrants and asylum seekers" and how "the crisis at the border is an LGBTQ issue."
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Any marginal benefit Democratic candidates get from their Fox town halls is immediately swamped by the network's propaganda. mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/2…
The only thing Democratic presidential candidates are accomplishing with these town halls is strengthening Fox News. Why would they want to do that? mediamatters.org/blog/2019/04/0…
This quote from a former Fox senior vice president shows how the network benefits: nytimes.com/2019/06/02/bus…
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Great story from The Daily Beast IDing the guy behind the viral Pelosi "drunk" video -- a publisher of hyperpartisan Facebook pages followed by tens of thousands of people who posted it to make money. thedailybeast.com/we-found-shawn…
I could see the argument to report out the story but conceal the person's identity if, say, the video had been made to share with friends and things got out of hand. This is not that.
Fabrications moving up the chain from low-level internet and social media publishers to more prominent political people and media outlets were a big deal in 2016, and the problem isn't going away.
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Trump's lie that he never called Meghan Markle "nasty" was of course spurred by a Fox & Friends segment on the media "twist[ing]" his words.

Left, Fox & Friends, 8:37 am
Right, Trump, 8:44 am
I can tell this is what happened because his previous tweet quotes a Fox & Friends guest from a segment or two earlier with a similar time lag.

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