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Clara Jeffery

29 Jul, 6 tweets, 3 min read

@kdrum

1/ I'm on vacation, but we've published a bunch of great pieces on the rise of extremism that should be considered on unison.

First @kdrum with a "lets look at the numbers" analysis of the Fox News effect. (cc @brianstelter) motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

@aeconwright

2/ Next, @aeconwright compares the critical race theory moral panic (largely created and pushed by Fox News) to the brutal fight to quash abolitionist writings: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

@isabelaalhadeff

3/ And don't miss @isabelaalhadeff on how the CRT panic is coming for Black teachers, specifically: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

@smencimer

4/ @smencimer has a masterful profile of Ammon Bundy, who's built an app to send 60,000 followers into land dispute battles. Keep your eye on this truly worrisome situation: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

@dfriedman33

5/ @dfriedman33 figured out who the Jan 6 operations leader for the Oath Keepers is: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

6/ "in unison." two years without a new set of glasses is really beginning to show 🤓

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