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@GregTSargent
Aug 30, 2019 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
When Trump blasts Fox News for failing to "work for us," what's key is the *open and unabashed* assertion that he is entitled to a 24/7 propaganda outlet working on his behalf.

The open flaunting of Trump's corruption is a key feature of it.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
We should view Trump's demand that Fox News function as his personal propaganda network, along with his nonstop lying and attacks on legitimate news organizations, as its own form of insidious corruption:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
"All politicians shade the truth. But most hew to an underlying belief that gaslighting voters too shamelessly treats them with deep contempt; that at some point, factual reality has to matter; and that this is necessary for democracy to function."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

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Greg Sargent Profile picture
Jul 5
NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.

"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"

Video/story here:
newrepublic.com/article/183443…
Mark Robinson yelled that "some folks need killing" as a "matter of necessity" during an extended diatribe in Lake Church in southeast North Carolina, in which he attacked a wide range of unnamed enemies.

Transcript/analysis below, video in link.

newrepublic.com/article/183443…


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Interestingly, the Pastor at Lake Church confirmed to me in an email that he and Robinson expected that the "some folks need killing" line might be "scrutinized."

Then the Pastor defended the comments.

newrepublic.com/article/183443…

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Greg Sargent Profile picture
Jun 26
It's amazing that some corporate leaders are willing to support Trump for tax cuts and deregulation while shrugging about what Trump's threats to wreck democracy and the rule of law would do to the business climate. 1/

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/183147…
WH chief of staff Jeff Zients tells me he and other admin officials are making an expansive case to CEOs that a good business climate depends on stability and the rule of law. He talked to me about the case he made to the Business Roundtable recently. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/183147…


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Former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault has been privately arguing to executives that stability and the rule of law matter.

Notable: Chenault tells me some execs say they don't think 1/6 can happen again!

Astonishing head-in-the-sand stuff. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/183147…

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Jun 22
Awful: Trump just revealed that he will attack Biden over "migrant killings" at the debate later this month. It really is time to treat the Trump-MAGA use of these horrific murders to smear millions of undocumented immigrants as a big story. 1/

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/182993…
It's hard to overstate how ubiquitous the highlighting of "migrant crime" has become in right wing info spaces. Trump brings it up at rallies. MAGA lawmakers put it on T-shirts. Fox News puts mug shots on screens and highlights crimes in chyrons. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/182993…

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Right now Trump/MAGA personalities are all hyping the horrific killing of a young Maryland mom. Fox reported that the alleged killer is a "gotaway," which is supposed to indict Biden. But this actually undermines their case, as I try to explain here. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/182993…

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Jun 19
Don't overlook this: Fox News and MAGA are pushing some truly vile smears about Biden's new policy on undocumented spouses of US citizens.

Fox/MAGA are linking it to the awful murder of a young Maryland woman, allegedly by a migrant. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/182859…
There's a key tell in the Fox/MAGA attacks on Biden's policy: They all try to change the subject back to *the border.* Yet this policy is all about immigrants who have lived here for a decade or more.

I've collected some of these attacks below. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/182859…

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This is ugly stuff. Fox/MAGA personalities are linking Biden's policy to a horrific murder. RNC says the killing was done by a "BIDEN ILLEGAL." Fox is juxtaposing the new policy with footage of hordes swarming the border and even migrant mug shots. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/182859…
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Jun 17
On the pod, @paulkrugman is terrific on how dangerous it is that voters are forgetting the horrors of Trump's last year in office.

"Everything that should have been a disqualifying personality flaw in 2020 has gotten far worse," Krugman says.

Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/182784…
.@paulkrugman is also good on the "Trump crime wave" of 2020 and the absurdity of his lies about Biden crime.

Great line:

"We have enough data...to say that the Trump crime wave in New York is completely gone."

We covered tons of ground in today's chat:
newrepublic.com/article/182784…
.@paulkrugman and I also dig into inflation, and the deep perversity and shifting standards of voters not holding Trump accountable for the disasters of 2020 while blaming Biden for the hangover problems that came after (cc @mattyglesias).

Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/182784…
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Jun 14
An important development: Trump's criminality is becoming a genuine wedge issue against Republicans.

Don't be fooled by GOP's outward shows of unity behind Dear Leader. The cracks in the facade are very clear.

Here's some evidence. 1/

(Link to piece)
newrepublic.com/article/182728…
People overlooked this. But when Rep Mike Simpson, a very senior GOPer, told @playbookdc that he opposes defunding Jack Smith, he also directly undermined the entire Trump/GOP argument that the prosecutions are the illegitimate work of the Deep State. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/182728…
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This is a big deal. A top GOPer essentially admitted Jack Smith is operating within his legit institutional role. As Jamie Raskin told me:

"Mike Simpson just destroyed MAGA-world’s argument that Trump’s prosecution...is fraudulent or in bad faith." 3/

newrepublic.com/article/182728…
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