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14 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Here's another good one from WaPo. Note the hed, then a graf restating the hed, followed immediately by quotes from...a Republican calling Biden's agenda "socialism" and another quote from Mitch McConnell's press secretary. How on earth is this informative in any way?
This is one way Republicans launder bullshit talking points about socialism into the mainstream. I get journalists think it's not their job to analyze, only to report the quotes, but at some point how do you not get appalled at being played like this.
Takes 'em another four grafs to get to a Democrat talking about the story as the hed framed it. There is absolutely zero reason to have quoted those Republicans closer to the top. Or at all.

washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
Anyway, great day for takes. Everyone take tomorrow off, it's the Sabbath.

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Kyrsten Sinema sounds like one of those people who makes you want to run headfirst into a wall after five minutes of conversation.

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Like, there's no principle at work here. There's nothing sacred about reconciliation, it's just a kludge to keep the Senate from 100% gridlock. She's being obstinate and contrarian just for the sake of it.
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