Yesterday the GOP declared that violently storming the US Capitol to overturn an election is “legitimate political discourse.” Currently, on the WaPo app, it takes 7 scrolls to get to a story that mentions that. 
Ah, there we go. That lede is buried in the story on Liz Cheney.
Thank goodness, however, that we get to see Thiessen, one of the most mendacious public figures out there, attacking those who track racist hate groups and McArdle telling us to stop being so outraged…the DAY AFTER the GOP officially condoned political violence.
Recall this howler, straight out of the bowels of the 20th century fascist imagination, just a few months ago. Such “opinions” are more suited to The Federalist than WaPo.
One of the reasons we know what we know about the radical right groups who were key players in the Jan 6 violence is BECAUSE groups like the ADL (and many others) have for years employed researchers who document and analyze the bile that Thiessen wants us to ignore.
I subscribe to the WaPo because they employ a lot of great journalists and opinion writers. I especially appreciate their “Made by History” project. My criticism is offered with a wish for them to do better on the “dying democracy” beat they claim to be foregrounding.
Update: This is now the first page on the WaPo app. This is how it’s done.
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