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Jan 17,, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Missing from this article (1) this is a very honest question: what percentage of schools in US were still closed by fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021? I have not seen good data, on this, but I assume vast majority were back in person by spring 2021, if not earlier ...
(2) There are certainly no mass closing now, and no push for it (3) School closings were correlated with conditions on the ground, including demand from parents & staff shortages: it was not just a political decision (as @maggieNYT @NateSilver538 @jonathanchait imply) ...
Cannot stress this enough: from first day of school closings in March 2020 it was evident to everyone that this was a huge cost on children & parents. This concept of Democrats running around country closing schools for political reasons completely strawman, devoid of reality ...
In short: show me actual data on school closings, show how they correlate with conditions on the ground, and, if you want to blame Democratic leaders, don't quote random Twitter replies, quote Democratic leaders. Otherwise, you are just pumping out more pro-Republican propaganda.

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Basically every article about Biden's declining popular is absolute bullshit as mainstream media tries to find excuses that include something that Biden could have plausibly had control over.
Biden's popularity sucks because even though he presided over historic, job, market, wage, purchase growth, mainstream media has told all of US economy sucks with runaway inflation (actually transitory inflation due to *shockingly* rapid economic growth out of recession) ...
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Jan 17,
This web of replies between @nealkwatra & @maggieNYT is amazing. Attached image for easier reading of key thread. Image
Lots of mainstream media have been posting jot-takes blasting Democrats for "wanting to close schools" without noting that schools are almost all open, have been open for over a year, Democrats don't want to close schools, closures that did happen correlated with issues on ground
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People who run the Republican Party are super antisemitic.
Many of the comments in this thread basically say Republicans are not antisemitic then go on to spew more antisemitism. It is this simple: American Jews are loyal to America, and accusations or insinuations of any other loyalty is built on antisemitism.
Fact that Trump has Jewish grandchildren, and there are some Jews left in his party, makes the hardcore antisemitism way more disturbing. These people assume they can promote hate, and even terror attacks, against Jews but due to their wealth & power it will not affect them ...
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Dec 5, 2021
I am a skeptical Biden voter who thinks he is doing a *way better* job than I thought he would. I am not a representative voter, but there are probably 10's of millions in US who agree with this, and it is super weird they are never asked their thoughts by mainstream media.
No matter what Trump did to US, the mainstream media would seek out loyal Trump voters to publish their views. No matter what Biden does for US, the mainstream media seeks out loyal Trump voters to publish their views.
Biden helped spearhead critical recovery act then monumental infrastructure bill, with 3rd major piece of legislation close. I am stoked Biden pulled out military out of Afghanistan, and was able to coordinate a massive airlift when the Afghan military collapsed.
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Nov 25, 2021
.@WSJ & @nytimes telling Biden that they don't make the economic news, they just report it: BS. Mainstream media has scrupulously avoided record: job & wage growth, markets, low unemployment filing. Instead they make the economy all about inflation for general public, but ...
Mainstream media does not accurately report on inflation, avoiding obvious transitory impact of pandemic production slowdowns & subsequent soaring demand, record amounts of goods actually being consumed, global nature of it all, or how Biden's work is paying off here ...
Mainstream Media was happy to make economy all about the markets when we actually had empty shelves, mass unemployment, huge lines at soup kitchens under Trump. They *choose* what looks good under Republicans & *choose what looks bad under Democrats. They create the narrative.
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Nov 21, 2021
Getting a lot of Republican troll accounts pushing some version of: Rittenhouse situation show how far left Democrats have moved, while Republicans have held same principled position. Worth talking about how far right Republicans have moved on: guns, race, justice.
Republican position of any (white) person should be able to walk anywhere with any weapon without any licensing or regulation is *very recent* and way to right of general population. Democratic position has remained basically unchanged in decades.
Trump very clear on Republican position regarding the law & courts: they only back them when a ruling fits them but they will denounce them when it doesn't. Meanwhile Democratic leaders went out of their way to demonstrate their respect for the law, even w/ this terrible showcase
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