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I had a great conversation with @Chris_arnade about the dignity of the American underclass, science versus religion, and why some prominent Republicans (such as @HawleyMO) like his book so much patreon.com/posts/chris-ar…
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I got fancy new podcasting equipment for your listening pleasure, I hope you’re thankful!
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Michael Tracey
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Senate Intel report found "no evidence that vote tallies were altered or that voter registry files were deleted or modified" yet the big headline was that Russia "hacked all 50 states" -- weird
Some headlines used the phrasing that Russia "targeted" all 50 states. Of course "targeting" is an amorphous weasel word. Some of this "targeting" included simple, routine "scanning" of public-facing websites, which states only noticed after the Feds issued a panicked warning
NYT and others blared the headline, "All 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016," but this state says "they have seen no evidence of scanning or attack attempts related to state-wide election infrastructure in 2016." Did anyone even bother to read the report?
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Michael Tracey
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House Democrat anonymously tells the Washington Post that Mueller's testimony "was a painful reminder that age catches up to all of us" -- Dems were aware of rumors about his diminished "acuity" and "cognitive issues" washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Reminder of how many current top US political figures are septuagenarians:

Mueller: 75 in two weeks
Trump: 73
Biden: 76
Bernie: 77
Pelosi: 79
McConnell: 77
Could be worse. The incumbent president of Tunisia died in office this week at age 92 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beji_Caid…
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Michael Tracey
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This was such weaselly phrasing. "Foreign assistance" is deliberately vague because it could encompass almost anything, including non-governmental, non-financial "assistance" provided by people who happen to be foreigners: which is not illegal in the US
Considering this was one of the few exchanges from the Mueller testimony that Dems have cheered, let's just parse it for a moment. What "foreign assistance" is Schiff referring to? Presumably 1) The 2016 Trump Tower meeting and 2) WikiLeaks
1) The Trump Tower meeting was facilitated by music publicist Rob Goldstone, who has stated many times (including to Mueller) that he was not acting on behalf of any foreign government, and was simply using "puffery" to entice Don Jr. into accepting a meeting with his client
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