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1 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read
One thing is clear: Mark Meadows is a piece of shit.
It was pretty clear in October 2020 that there was a really good chance Trump went to the debate knowing he had tested positive — if you were willing to admit the obvious truth about Trump’s sociopathy.

And yet at the time reporters kept asking if Trump had received a *negative* test before the debate, when it was obvious that the right question was whether he had received a *positive* test:
This reflected a core failing of media coverage of Trump (and Republicans generally): An inability to even imagine worst-case scenarios, much less to recognize that they are *likely* scenarios.

This heuristic has served me well, and I recommend it to others:
Finally, I will remind you that when we found out Trump had likely exposed Biden to COVID, the New York Times spun this as a sign of *Joe Biden’s* untrustworthiness:

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29 Nov
Instead of telling readers the Republican Party is offering financial incentives for deadly vaccine refusal, and instead of noting the disconnect between these policies and the GOP’s long-stated hostility to benefits for those who refuse to work, Axios hypes the GOP’s “messaging” Image
Be Smart: Don’t read Axios.

Why It Matters: Axios’s cheerleading for the GOP kills people.
Seriously, that shit will rot your brain and destroy society. All it has going for it is that it doesn’t take long to read. But that’s like eating a shit sandwich because it isn’t a foot-long.
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23 Oct
What a low bar for celebration. High-fives for (they thought) *not* spreading misinformation and hate. It’s like congratulating your coworker for not stabbing the UPS guy.

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Facebook shutting down its (inadequate) efforts to stop election-related misinformation after Election Day is particularly stupid if you keep in mind that we all should have known since 2016 that Trump would claim victory if he lost.
This isn’t hindsight; here’s one example (of many) from me, in 2017, predicting that Trump would lose in 2020 and declare himself the winner and his supporters would turn violent. And I’m just Some Guy; if I knew this why the fuck didn’t Facebook?

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22 Oct
Honestly I would be pretty fucking angry if I found out Joe Biden *doesn’t* routinely say “Why the fuck isn’t this happening?” or “What the fuck are we doing?” or, most of all, “Fuck them.” Image
holy shit I just noticed “too” Image
Joe Biden’s mom is dead you dicks. Image
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18 Oct
Carole King sold 187 bazillion records to baby boomers is it really that hard to figure out why she might be a useful fundraising ally for Democrats?

More people bought Tapestry than any album by Billy Joel or James Taylor. It’s hard to imagine a political reporter expressing incredulity that either of them could be useful in a fundraising context. I wonder what might be different about Carole King to cause skepticism?
(Also Tapestry is great. Carole King is a national treasure.)
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13 Oct
Since the commission was formed in April, the Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act, let Texas ban abortion, made it harder for workers to organize, blocked an eviction moratorium, and forced asylum seekers to remain in Mexico. All since April.

It is not a good sign that the WH Supreme Court commission has released its “discussion materials” and the section on court expansion opens by repeating — but not correcting — a Republican lie.

A Democratic senate confirmed a Reagan SCOTUS nominee in 1988.
The White House commission *knows* that Republican lie is a lie — it received testimony from @AaronBelkin correcting the lie back in August. Yet they repeated it anyway, without correction. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
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17 Sep
Imagine thinking that posting this reflects well on you.
I basically never read Rubin and back when I did I was critical of her; I have no opinion on whatever evolution she has or hasn't undergone. But if The Nation did this to some National Review writer Politico would publish three pieces about the Left's "Jewish Problem" by Tuesday.
(also, having a few times given reporters quotes blasting their news company and the existence of the article for which they were seeking comment, only to see my quote excluded from the article, it's hilarious to think that putting the quote off the record might've gotten it in.)
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