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7 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This "Donald Trump was grossly corrupt so we need to invent new arbitrary ad hoc standards to declare that prominent Democrats are also corrupt" genre of quasi-journalism needs to die in a fire
This is a laughably incoherent and unworkable standard. Countless books every year are published based on contingent fame, who gives a shit
Taken at face value, the "but for election outcomes" standard would mean that it was corrupt and unethical to publish *Mary* Trump's book. I don't think anybody actually believes this
Trump giving his relatives jobs they weren't qualified for was damaging to the public interest. His sons getting vanity book contracts is not. It's really not complicated unless you have a critical affliction of Both Sidesism

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