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May 23 16 tweets 10 min read
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You may recall, in May ‘21, Dems & the MSM alleged that “Jim Crow 2.0” had arrived in Georgia over new voting laws.

As votes roll in for this week’s election we’ve learned early voting is up 300% & black early voting is at record highs.

Care to explain, guys?⤵️
The original outrage was led - stumblingly, haltingly - by @JoeBiden, who referred to the measure as “Jim Crow 2.0,” and “Jim Eagle” (an evolved version of Jim Crow, perhaps?)

I can just feel the unity.

Any follow up, Mr. President?
But of course it wasn’t just President Biden pushing this conspiracy among elected Democrats.

Perhaps my favorite comes from @SenBooker, who called the move a step “toward authoritarianism and repression” because we are serious people living in serious times.
And lest we forget about our LatinX comrades, @JacksonLeeTX18 has us covered!
We even had almost-politicians. Perhaps no one was as upset online as Georgia shadow governor @staceyabrams
As ever, this went from Dems’ lips to the media’s ears.

I probably could’ve done an entire thread just on @CNN, who ran a series titled “Voting Rights Under Attack” an entirely unbiased work about one party’s efforts to address election integrity concerns
But their hyperbole may actually have been outdone by @MSNBC, who’s interviews and tweets were indistinguishable from the most unserious Democratic fundraising efforts.
@washingtonpost dedicated their entire editorial team to this issue, it seems.
Oh come on, @MotherJones. Even for you guys this is ridiculous.
@BusinessInsider doing their best Buzzfeed “you won’t believe what happens next!” impression.
@atrupar provides an answer to the timeless riddle: if the votes aren’t actually suppressed, can Dems still get attention by alleging voter suppression?
And you know I couldn’t leave her out. Where left wing conspiracy theories go, @JRubinBlogger is never far behind.
That’s just a taste. To get the full rundown of the ridiculous takes, read the full piece at @FreeBeacon: freebeacon.com/media/oops-med…
It’s a shame Biden wound down the disinfo board because these claims could’ve been prime candidates.
Love my fans
And the game of heads I win, tails you lose continues. Just entirely bad faith.

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May 12
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Biden’s new press secretary @K_JeanPierre made waves this week for old tweets claiming that multiple US elections had been “stolen.”

A review of the rest of Biden’s cabinet found that many of them had done so, too.

Start here⤵️ ImageImage
First, Jean-Pierre takes over the reins from the current press secretary, @jrpsaki, who also pushed the Big Blue Lie that Russia installed President Trump as leader of the free world. ImageImage
But some of Biden’s cabinet members were even more aggressive in pushing the salacious and unsupported allegations of Russiagate.

No one went deeper down the rabbit hole than Energy Secretary @JenGranholm. Just look. ImageImageImageImage
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Checking in on this one, @NYMag
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Apr 27
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The corporate press has gone from reporting on Florida’s parental rights legislation to advocating against it in the blink of an eye.

I break it down for @FreeBeacon, with a few callouts below.⤵️
freebeacon.com/media/watch-th…
Outlet after outlet went from using the bill’s actual name or indicating that critics called it the “don’t say gay” bill to adopting the misleading title without qualifier, parroting the language of progressive advocates.

It only took @CNN a week.
@nytimes, are you lumping yourselves in with the bill’s opponents?

Sure looks that way.
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This is heartbreaking and the least surprising thing in the world. nytimes.com/2022/04/23/hea…
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Apr 14
Okay, some of these are too good.

Quick 🧵 of the wackiest @elonmusk potentially buying Twitter takes vs. what those folks had to say when Twitter booted President Trump. ⤵️
From Twitter is a private company “to which the 1st Amendment doesn’t apply” to “this is what oligarchy looks like” in the twinkling of an eye.
Live by the tweets, die by the tweets, @mmpadellan.
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Mar 23
I’ve got some professional news, and I figured what better way to share it than with a 🧵.

In the coming weeks I’ll be joining the @FreeBeacon as a staff writer focused on the media.
I’ll be writing about many of the same topics I have been as a freelancer for the last couple of years: media bias, the stories the media won’t cover (and why) and what it all means, plus focusing on political and media hypocrisy.
And, yes, the 🧵threads🧵 will continue, don’t worry. Plus thinking through creative ways to reach a wider audience - on and off Twitter - with them.
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