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Roussette · 10/12/2021 17:21

That's a good start, yes.

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lionheart · 10/12/2021 17:40

A start.

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lionheart · 10/12/2021 21:58

I have Empire of Pain on my reading list.

www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-astounding-list-of-artists-helped-persuade-the-met-to-remove-the-sackler-name

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/12/2021 21:02

My feeling is that if a number of Republican-oriented publications can be cited as having doubts about a Democrat politician, that might not be as reliable evidence of the actualité as one might want to have before making a judgement.

Peggy Noonan worked for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. The WSJ (a Murdoch paper) is conservative-leaning and was and possibly still is pro-Trump.

Ms Harris seems to have had a reasonable career to date, considerably better than that of Trump... But there is an assumption being made there that whereas he was able to be President with no political experience whatsoever, she would be incapable of it if (spits over shoulder) Biden were to fall ill, in spite of having a fair bit of political experience.

"Ms. Harris has never seemed especially earnest" the opinion piece asserts. Hmmm. To whom? Those who wish to portray her as frivolous and incompetent, perhaps.

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lionheart · 11/12/2021 21:26

It's predictable and unfortunately some of it will stick (as with HRC).

jelani cobb (New Yorker)

'Meghan Markle is pretty much the template for how some outlets cover Kamala Harris.'

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/12/2021 21:33

Megan Markle? Oh, yes, the actor. I'd suggest probably not as important, really.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/12/2021 21:34

Meghan. I expect the h matters to her.

AcrossthePond55 · 12/12/2021 01:20

@lionheart

It's predictable and unfortunately some of it will stick (as with HRC).

jelani cobb (New Yorker)

'Meghan Markle is pretty much the template for how some outlets cover Kamala Harris.'

MM the 'template' for coverage for Kamala? I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

MM is a B list celebrity (despite her title), Kamala is Vice President. The only thing they have in common is that they are both mixed race females. I don't see that they're being covered similarly in the media at all.

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lionheart · 12/12/2021 12:46

The other M Murdoch perhaps provides some answers although I have also seen comparisons made with the treatment of Michelle Obama.

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lionheart · 12/12/2021 13:38

Let's have sunsets to go with 'earthen vessels'.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/11/radicalized-christian-nationalism-growing-threat-american-democracy

'During an anti-abortion speech on the House flo'or last week, Cawthorn proclaimed that having an abortion is like snatching a half-developed photograph of a sunset out of someone’s hand and ripping it to shreds. (You could almost see his brain working as he spoke: a photo develops … an embryo develops … wow, I am very smart!)'

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lionheart · 12/12/2021 15:49

www.axios.com/trump-hunt-disloyal-republicans-28e98f47-1b33-492c-bb66-b6da606b55f9.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter

'Donald Trump and his associates are systematically reshaping the Republican Party, working to install hand-picked loyalists across federal and state governments and destroy those he feels have been disloyal, sources close to the former president tell Axios.

Why it matters: If most or all of Trump’s candidates win, he will go into the 2024 election cycle with far more people willing to do his bidding who run the elections in key states.'

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AcrossthePond55 · 12/12/2021 18:52

I just love our Governor.

"Newsom said he will work with his staff, the Legislature and California Attorney General Rob Bonta to craft a bill that would let citizens sue anyone who “manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts” in California. They could seek damages of at least $10,000 per violation plus costs and attorney’s fees, Newsom said."

www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article256524466.html

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 12/12/2021 19:01

Atta Newsom.

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lionheart · 12/12/2021 23:26
Smile
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lionheart · 13/12/2021 15:00

Nostalgia.

Big Bird may be innocent but who can vouch for Elmo?
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lionheart · 13/12/2021 19:55

news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-warns-people-might-073023665.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

'“Are we going to give in to all these lies and this disinformation and this organized effort to undermine our rule of law and our institutions, or are we going to stand up to it?”'

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AcrossthePond55 · 14/12/2021 14:18

www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/fox-news-hosts-texted-meadows-jan-6-saying-trump-needed-n1285921

One of the most surprising things to me in all these text messages is that Don Jr did not text his own father directly but went through Meadows. Who does that?

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lionheart · 14/12/2021 20:14

Maybe he's not on the 'list'. Smile

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 14/12/2021 21:36

Michael D'Antonio shares that theory with you:

www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-deviant/

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