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Michael Tracey
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Don't agree with Justin Amash's analysis on impeachment, but respect his independence and willingness to defend his views in public, including a 2+ hour town hall yesterday in Grand Rapids. More elected officials should have that mindset, whether or not you agree on the substance
Trump supporter wearing a MAGA hat asked Amash why he suddenly became a Democrat. Amash replied that he was elected in the "Tea Party" wave, has the most fiscally conservative record in Congress, and GOP has stopped caring about spending. All true, impeachment question aside
GOP's total fraudulence on the issue of spending, deficit, and debt -- which they screamed about nonstop every single day throughout Obama's presidency, in complete bad faith -- is a gigantic and under-remarked-upon deception. Amash is correct to point that out
Paul Ryan ran as the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 2012 and his primary criticism of Obama/Biden related to spending, deficit, and debt. Then he became Speaker of the House under a unified GOP government and ballooned spending, deficit, and debt. Fraud of epic proportions
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Michael Tracey
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According to Ironic Cool Kid Left-ish Twitter, the adult journalist who randomly decided to propagate demonstrably false, defamatory claims about my employment history is funny and good -- whereas if I object to this, I’m having a “meltdown.” You people are incoherent morons
I despise the conformist, faux-subversive, group-thinking mentality of these sorry little people, and have zero desire for their validation. If they hate me for whatever reason, good
I find it incredible that so many people have decided it's perfectly cool and good for a *journalist at a prominent media outlet* -- not some random Twitter troll -- to blatantly fabricate defamatory claims and outright make up facts. They're depraved, social-signaling minions
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Michael Tracey
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I normally ignore this troll, but he's outright lying. Fabricating facts. I wasn't fired from TYT. I've never gotten paid by Fox News. Check with both of them. I'm sure he'll pass it off as "Joking," but this person works for @Gizmodo, an ostensible journalism outfit. @thetomzone
I know the Extremely Online Ironic Style is super cool and subversive, but outright fabricating facts -- demonstrably lying -- would seem to cross a line. You know, if you're supposed to be a journalist or whatever. I guess my conception of journalism could be outdated, however
I get criticized all day, every day. I'm fine with that. Comes with the territory. But journalists simply making up facts to publicly smear me is different. I always thought journalists were not supposed to fabricate facts. Weird. I don't care how Funny and Ironic Online you are.
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Michael Tracey
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Cool guest. I heard she has some big ethical problems though. You know, the whole fairy tale she concocted about going to the FBI and becoming a big player in the Mueller investigation, and the explosive evidence of collusion she claimed she possessed. Other than that, cool guest
I guess Sam Seder's esteemed producer @MattLech is unaware that Greenwald has ruthlessly attacked @emptywheel for her deranged and unethical behavior. Here are some examples. My favorite is the video where he openly mocks her. Enjoy!
Hey @MattLech. If @SamSeder wants to have me on again, I'll gladly do it. But I would only come in-studio, so he can't petulantly shout over me like he did last time due to the discrepancy in our volume levels (oldest trick in the book for ambush radio "interviews")
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I’m just going to use this an open thread for random comments about CNN’s town hall marathon tonight.

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Here we go with Klobuchar.

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Where does she stand on:
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