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in light of shocking DOJ action re: Roger Stone case today, I’m bumping my column from last year; dailykos.com/story/2019/5/2…
when is the DC press going to be brutally honest abt today’s radical GOP?
I’m sorry but “suspicious” doesn’t come anywhere close to explaining Trump’s dangerous, anti-democratic ways; washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
they’re burning down the house, folks—break the glass!!
reminder: DC press kinda lost its mind when Bill Clinton and Lorretta Lynch exchanged greetings on a tarmac
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1. Hi! My weekly promotional note that I've launched a new media newsletter, Press Run. It's where all my writing/essays now appear exclusively. the newsletter is emailed out 3x a week. Subscribing is free and easy, here: pressrun.substack.com
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Eric Boehlert
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my latest— Trump makes endless empty gestures.

the press shouldn't treat them as news. pressrun.substack.com/p/good-grief-w…
Trump dropped a couple lines in speeches abt supporting idea of planting trillion new trees in 10 yrs

administration has signaled it will do *nothing* to help that cause, yet NYT ran front-page piece painting picture of a Trump being open to persuasion.

why???
instead of news stories abt how Trump is a narcissistic liar, we get stories about how he's reading books about climate change (i can't make that up, folks)
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1. a thread on the dangers of media normalizing Trump by taking seriously his gibberish policy pronouncements

recent A1 NYT article touted fact Trump has been promoting an environmental push to plant more trees! Wow, he's open minded, right? pressrun.substack.com/p/good-grief-w…
2. Except the Trump administration has done absolutely nothing to support the climate change project and most likely never will. But NYT treats the *possibility* as front-page news.

Very bad idea bc Trump lies abt everything, including policy.
3. By showcasing his rhetorical embrace of environmental initiative, the Times gives completely false impression that that he can be persuaded by logic and common sense. And NYT article plays into the idea that Trump has any idea what his policies actually are, or even cares.
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(Thread) Trump and the International Criminal Syndicate

First, some background on RICO.

Prosecutors were finding it hard to bring down mobs partly because bosses had ways to insulate themselves.
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