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August 1, 2020
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July 30, 2020 / 5:39 PM / 2 days ago
White House opposes requirement for passengers to wear masks on planes, trains
David Shepardson
3 Min Read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline, train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House Office of Management and Budget called the provision in a U.S. House of Representatives spending bill requiring the masks “overly restrictive.” It added that “such decisions should be left to states, local governments, transportation systems, and public health leaders.”
Airlines, Amtrak and most public transit systems and U.S. airports require all passengers and workers to wear facial coverings.
Representative David Price, a Democrat who chairs the appropriations panel overseeing transportation issues, proposed an amendment this month to require the masks.
The House is set to vote on the bill Friday.
more...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/white-house-opposes-requirement-for-passengers-to-wear-masks-on-planes-trains-idUSKCN24V3NC
White House opposes requirement for passengers to wear masks on planes, trains
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July 30, 2020 / 5:39 PM / 2 days ago
White House opposes requirement for passengers to wear masks on planes, trains
David Shepardson
3 Min Read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline, train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House Office of Management and Budget called the provision in a U.S. House of Representatives spending bill requiring the masks “overly restrictive.” It added that “such decisions should be left to states, local governments, transportation systems, and public health leaders.”
Airlines, Amtrak and most public transit systems and U.S. airports require all passengers and workers to wear facial coverings.
Representative David Price, a Democrat who chairs the appropriations panel overseeing transportation issues, proposed an amendment this month to require the masks.
“President Trump’s flagrant disregard for basic public health measures is bad enough, but threatening to derail federal funding for major transportation and housing programs due to a common-sense provision to require masks on planes, trains, and buses is baffling,” Price said Thursday.
The House is set to vote on the bill Friday.
more...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/white-house-opposes-requirement-for-passengers-to-wear-masks-on-planes-trains-idUSKCN24V3NC
August 1, 2020
LeBron James on kneeling: 'I hope we made Kaep proud'
NBA star LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, along with players from the Los Angeles Clippers, Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans, knelt during the national anthem on Thursday as the league reopened its coronavirus-delayed season on courts that read "Black Lives Matter."
“I hope we made Kaep proud,” James said after the game, referring to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1289060150041608192
During the 2016 season, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was the first NFL player to begin kneeling before games during "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest racial inequality and police brutality. He was widely criticized by conservatives, including President Trump.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told The New York Times he will not be enforcing a longstanding rule within the league that requires players to stand during the anthem.
“I respect our teams’ unified act of peaceful protest for social justice and under these unique circumstances will not enforce our longstanding rule requiring standing during the playing of our national anthem,” Silver said.
LeBron James on kneeling: 'I hope we made Kaep proud'
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/509977-lebron-james-on-kneeling-i-hope-we-made-kaep-proudLeBron James on kneeling: 'I hope we made Kaep proud'
NBA star LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, along with players from the Los Angeles Clippers, Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans, knelt during the national anthem on Thursday as the league reopened its coronavirus-delayed season on courts that read "Black Lives Matter."
“I hope we made Kaep proud,” James said after the game, referring to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1289060150041608192
During the 2016 season, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was the first NFL player to begin kneeling before games during "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest racial inequality and police brutality. He was widely criticized by conservatives, including President Trump.
“Kaep was someone who stood up when times weren’t comfortable,” James said. “When people didn’t understand. ... It had absolutely nothing to do about the flag — he explained that and people never listened; I did. We just thank him for sacrificing everything that he did.”
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told The New York Times he will not be enforcing a longstanding rule within the league that requires players to stand during the anthem.
“I respect our teams’ unified act of peaceful protest for social justice and under these unique circumstances will not enforce our longstanding rule requiring standing during the playing of our national anthem,” Silver said.
August 1, 2020
Posted on Fri, Jul 31st, 2020 by Darragh Roche
Pelosi Raises Record-Breaking $39.5 Million for Democrats as Election Approaches
Nancy Pelosi had a record-breaking funding haul for the Democrats in the second quarter of 2020. The numbers are significant with less than 100 days to go before the election.
The Speaker of the House raised $39.5 million in Q2, with $29.3 million going directly to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which works to get Democrats elected.
Pelosi has been a highly successful fundraiser for the party this year, raising $162.9 million to the end of June, 2020. Democrats are adding to their war chest as they attempt to keep the House.
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Jorge Aguilar, Executive Director of Nancy Pelosi for Congress explained the importance of the second quarter numbers and took a swipe at President Donald Trump.
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https://www.politicususa.com/2020/07/31/pelosi-raises-record-breaking-39-5-million-for-democrats-as-election-approaches.html
Pelosi Raises Record-Breaking $39.5 Million for Democrats as Election Approaches
Posted on Fri, Jul 31st, 2020 by Darragh Roche
Pelosi Raises Record-Breaking $39.5 Million for Democrats as Election Approaches
Nancy Pelosi had a record-breaking funding haul for the Democrats in the second quarter of 2020. The numbers are significant with less than 100 days to go before the election.
The Speaker of the House raised $39.5 million in Q2, with $29.3 million going directly to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which works to get Democrats elected.
Pelosi has been a highly successful fundraiser for the party this year, raising $162.9 million to the end of June, 2020. Democrats are adding to their war chest as they attempt to keep the House.
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Jorge Aguilar, Executive Director of Nancy Pelosi for Congress explained the importance of the second quarter numbers and took a swipe at President Donald Trump.
“Speaker Pelosi’s outstanding fundraising haul is a direct reflection of the grassroots excitement to Hold the House, take back the Senate and elect Joe Biden as President of the United States,” Aguilar said in a statement seen by PoliticusUSA.
“From mishandling the coronavirus crisis to trying to destroy the Americans’ health care – the people are witnessing the colossal failure the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans have been.”
“Our country has had enough,” he said.
“From mishandling the coronavirus crisis to trying to destroy the Americans’ health care – the people are witnessing the colossal failure the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans have been.”
“Our country has had enough,” he said.
more...
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/07/31/pelosi-raises-record-breaking-39-5-million-for-democrats-as-election-approaches.html
July 31, 2020
Trump responds to Obama’s eulogy: I did much more for minorities than he did
Published 22 mins ago
on July 31, 2020
By Sky Palma
In the wake of former President Barack Obama’s widely-revered eulogy at the funeral for the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, President Trump was asked by a reporter this Friday about his thoughts on Obama’s record when it comes to minorities.
“Well, he did a bad job for minorities,” Trump said. “I did much more for minorities than he did.”
Trump went on to say that he did a much better job than Obama “by far” for “African Americans, for Asian Americans, for women, for any group you look at — far better than Obama did.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1289266400834588687
Trump responds to Obama's eulogy: I did much more for minorities than he did
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trump-responds-to-obamas-eulogy-i-did-much-more-for-minorities-than-he-did/Trump responds to Obama’s eulogy: I did much more for minorities than he did
Published 22 mins ago
on July 31, 2020
By Sky Palma
In the wake of former President Barack Obama’s widely-revered eulogy at the funeral for the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, President Trump was asked by a reporter this Friday about his thoughts on Obama’s record when it comes to minorities.
“Well, he did a bad job for minorities,” Trump said. “I did much more for minorities than he did.”
Trump went on to say that he did a much better job than Obama “by far” for “African Americans, for Asian Americans, for women, for any group you look at — far better than Obama did.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1289266400834588687
July 31, 2020
What they're saying: Redfield told the House's select coronavirus committee that he did not remember the exact date that he was informed about the change — and that the CDC was not "directly involved in the final decision."
CDC director says he was not involved in decision to change coronavirus data reporting
So who made this decision? Inquiring minds...
https://www.axios.com/cdc-coronavirus-data-change-redfield-testimony-ebb22c5f-d32d-44bd-b7c2-d9e9b05a7f4b.html
1 hour ago - Politics & Policy
CDC director says he was not involved in decision to change coronavirus data reporting
Orion Rummler
CDC Director Robert Redfield testified Friday that he was not involved in the Trump administration's decision to bypass his agency and instead have hospitals send coronavirus data to the Health and Human Services Department.
Why it matters: According to the COVID Tracking Project, data on coronavirus hospitalizations has been "unstable since July 15" — five days after the change.
The HHS "public data hub created under the new system is updated erratically and is rife with inconsistencies and errors," which could create and complicate public health issues as cases and deaths surge nationwide, NPR reports.
An HHS spokesperson told NPR that the agency has worked quickly to fix errors and the agency is "pleased with the progress we have made during this transition and the actionable data it is providing," although some states and hospitals have had "difficulty."
An HHS spokesperson told NPR that the agency has worked quickly to fix errors and the agency is "pleased with the progress we have made during this transition and the actionable data it is providing," although some states and hospitals have had "difficulty."
What they're saying: Redfield told the House's select coronavirus committee that he did not remember the exact date that he was informed about the change — and that the CDC was not "directly involved in the final decision."
"But what I can say, is that CDC then and now continues to have access to all data, does all data analytics, so there's no restriction of any of the data and that data we continue to forward-face the American public," he testified.
Redfield said that he had not discussed the change with Vice President Pence or HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
Redfield said that he had not discussed the change with Vice President Pence or HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
July 31, 2020
What It Felt Like To Have A President Again
July 31, 2020 / John Pavlovitz
I almost forgot what that felt like.
To have a human being, the most powerful human being on the planet, stand before the nation and display their humanity when we so needed to see it.
To be in the middle of a swirling maelstrom of unanswered questions and unthinkable of pain, and have a president assure the people that all was not lost and that disaster was not a foregone conclusion.
Until fairly recently, we’d gotten used to presidents rising to these terrible occasions; men who despite their flaws and failings and political affiliations, were capable of becoming better versions of themselves in order to be a symbolic anchor for all the people in the swirling storms of shared tragedy.
At the funeral for Rep John Lewis, Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, reminded us what true leaders are supposed to do.
more...
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/07/31/what-it-felt-like-to-have-a-president-again/
What It Felt Like To Have A President Again
What It Felt Like To Have A President Again
July 31, 2020 / John Pavlovitz
I almost forgot what that felt like.
To have a human being, the most powerful human being on the planet, stand before the nation and display their humanity when we so needed to see it.
To be in the middle of a swirling maelstrom of unanswered questions and unthinkable of pain, and have a president assure the people that all was not lost and that disaster was not a foregone conclusion.
Until fairly recently, we’d gotten used to presidents rising to these terrible occasions; men who despite their flaws and failings and political affiliations, were capable of becoming better versions of themselves in order to be a symbolic anchor for all the people in the swirling storms of shared tragedy.
At the funeral for Rep John Lewis, Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, reminded us what true leaders are supposed to do.
They are supposed to step into moments of great shaking and steady us, not willingly contribute to the shaking.
They are supposed to approach our collective wounds with a salve of decency, not press the jagged salt of malice into those painful places.
They are supposed to enter in times of national grieving and alleviate the despair, not intentionally compound it
They are supposed to take the glaring spotlight pointed at them and direct it to someone else, to something else; to our better angels and higher callings, to our many commonalities and to the nation we could be if we lean into them.
They are supposed to show us that the world is bigger than one person.
They are supposed to approach our collective wounds with a salve of decency, not press the jagged salt of malice into those painful places.
They are supposed to enter in times of national grieving and alleviate the despair, not intentionally compound it
They are supposed to take the glaring spotlight pointed at them and direct it to someone else, to something else; to our better angels and higher callings, to our many commonalities and to the nation we could be if we lean into them.
They are supposed to show us that the world is bigger than one person.
more...
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/07/31/what-it-felt-like-to-have-a-president-again/
July 31, 2020
The Rude Pundit
Proudly lowering the level of political discourse
7/30/2020
Barack Obama Reminds Us That We Are a Nation
There is a tone that Barack Obama has whenever he's talking about something where you know he's thinking, "This is so damn obvious that I can't believe I have to say it out loud." It's a mixture of incredulity that people (generally Republicans and Fox "news" viewers) could be so fuckin' stupid and disappointment that he has to say something that's been said a million times before. But it's also got an air of optimism behind it, that maybe it needs to be said over and over and this is just the burden we all bear. Yeah, that's it. That's the tone, and, goddamn, I've missed it.
Former President Obama's eulogy at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis, one of the titans of the civil rights movement, was blissfully political. It was refreshingly confrontational. And it was in the spirit of Lewis's entire life, as Obama well-knew. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Lewis had asked Obama to bring the fire to his funeral, especially since it was held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King had been pastor until his murder in 1968. What a better place and what a better time for Obama the fighter to finally, fully re-emerge. We missed you, man, and, holy shit, we need you.
The moment that had the tone was when he tied the current political and social reality to the past we try to believe we're better than. "Bull Connor may be gone," Obama said. "But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans. George Wallace may be gone. But we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators."
If there is one thing that Obama must recognize now is how easy it is to take away the promise of progress, to move backwards on the very things that you believe must move forward. Obama has had to watch for the last three-and-a-half years as Donald Trump and the GOP savages dismantled everything that had been accomplished over the Obama's two terms: deal, agreements, policies, the fucking pandemic response team. What remains - the Affordable Care Act - has powerfully changed millions of lives for the better, and it is the white whale that conservative pricks want to harpoon for no reason other than it gives people hope that government can be a genuine force for good. That must be undermined because if Americans believe that, then they are going to want their government to do more than protect the assets and property of the very wealthy.
On the same day that Trump frighteningly suggested that the presidential election be delayed because of deranged lies about nonexistent mass voter fraud, Obama was passionately advocating for making elections more free and more fair. "We may no longer have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here, there are those in power are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting — by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision," and here his voice rose in genuinely righteous indignation, "even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots so people don’t get sick." Right there was where that tone was at its clearest. It was as if he was rhetorically asking, "Isn't it clear that you have to be evil to do this shit? This is about keeping people healthy and alive and engaged in our democracy. If you don't want that, you don't believe in this country."
And, of course, the evil motherfuckers don't.
more...
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2020/07/barack-obama-reminds-us-that-we-are.html
The Rude Pundit: Barack Obama Reminds Us That We Are a Nation
The Rude Pundit
Proudly lowering the level of political discourse
7/30/2020
Barack Obama Reminds Us That We Are a Nation
There is a tone that Barack Obama has whenever he's talking about something where you know he's thinking, "This is so damn obvious that I can't believe I have to say it out loud." It's a mixture of incredulity that people (generally Republicans and Fox "news" viewers) could be so fuckin' stupid and disappointment that he has to say something that's been said a million times before. But it's also got an air of optimism behind it, that maybe it needs to be said over and over and this is just the burden we all bear. Yeah, that's it. That's the tone, and, goddamn, I've missed it.
Former President Obama's eulogy at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis, one of the titans of the civil rights movement, was blissfully political. It was refreshingly confrontational. And it was in the spirit of Lewis's entire life, as Obama well-knew. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Lewis had asked Obama to bring the fire to his funeral, especially since it was held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King had been pastor until his murder in 1968. What a better place and what a better time for Obama the fighter to finally, fully re-emerge. We missed you, man, and, holy shit, we need you.
The moment that had the tone was when he tied the current political and social reality to the past we try to believe we're better than. "Bull Connor may be gone," Obama said. "But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans. George Wallace may be gone. But we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators."
If there is one thing that Obama must recognize now is how easy it is to take away the promise of progress, to move backwards on the very things that you believe must move forward. Obama has had to watch for the last three-and-a-half years as Donald Trump and the GOP savages dismantled everything that had been accomplished over the Obama's two terms: deal, agreements, policies, the fucking pandemic response team. What remains - the Affordable Care Act - has powerfully changed millions of lives for the better, and it is the white whale that conservative pricks want to harpoon for no reason other than it gives people hope that government can be a genuine force for good. That must be undermined because if Americans believe that, then they are going to want their government to do more than protect the assets and property of the very wealthy.
On the same day that Trump frighteningly suggested that the presidential election be delayed because of deranged lies about nonexistent mass voter fraud, Obama was passionately advocating for making elections more free and more fair. "We may no longer have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here, there are those in power are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting — by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision," and here his voice rose in genuinely righteous indignation, "even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots so people don’t get sick." Right there was where that tone was at its clearest. It was as if he was rhetorically asking, "Isn't it clear that you have to be evil to do this shit? This is about keeping people healthy and alive and engaged in our democracy. If you don't want that, you don't believe in this country."
And, of course, the evil motherfuckers don't.
more...
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2020/07/barack-obama-reminds-us-that-we-are.html
July 31, 2020
State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020
Democratic state party groups in traditional and emerging swing states are seeing a huge cash influx from donors looking to beat Trump.
By ELENA SCHNEIDER, DAVID SIDERS and ZACH MONTELLARO
07/30/2020 07:51 PM EDT
Once ignored, underfunded and often written off, Democratic state party organizations are harvesting record-setting cash heading into the 2020 election, reasserting their roles inside the Democratic infrastructure after suffering for years in competition with super PACs and campaigns.
Across 15 possible battleground states, nearly every Democratic state party group is hitting higher quarterly fundraising totals or holding more cash on hand in their federal accounts than they did at this point during the 2016 presidential campaign, and a majority of them did both, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission filings and in interviews with party officials. Many of these state parties — responsible for field operations and coordinating a ticket-wide campaign — are seeing three, four or five times the amount of cash they did before.
Those surges are happening in traditional swing states like Pennsylvania and Florida as well as emerging targets for Democrats like Texas and Arizona. The Arizona Democratic Party raised $4.6 million in the second quarter, a more than 300 percent increase over its haul at this point in 2016, while Texas is sitting on five times more cash than it had at this point in 2016. North Carolina banked more than doubled its 2016 totals, from $2.5 million to just under $6 million, and racked up its strong online fundraising numbers in June since late 2018. Wisconsin, a stand out among the states, brought in a record-breaking $10 million last quarter.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/dems-pour-record-cash-into-battleground-state-parties-389082
State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020
State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020
Democratic state party groups in traditional and emerging swing states are seeing a huge cash influx from donors looking to beat Trump.
By ELENA SCHNEIDER, DAVID SIDERS and ZACH MONTELLARO
07/30/2020 07:51 PM EDT
Once ignored, underfunded and often written off, Democratic state party organizations are harvesting record-setting cash heading into the 2020 election, reasserting their roles inside the Democratic infrastructure after suffering for years in competition with super PACs and campaigns.
Across 15 possible battleground states, nearly every Democratic state party group is hitting higher quarterly fundraising totals or holding more cash on hand in their federal accounts than they did at this point during the 2016 presidential campaign, and a majority of them did both, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission filings and in interviews with party officials. Many of these state parties — responsible for field operations and coordinating a ticket-wide campaign — are seeing three, four or five times the amount of cash they did before.
Those surges are happening in traditional swing states like Pennsylvania and Florida as well as emerging targets for Democrats like Texas and Arizona. The Arizona Democratic Party raised $4.6 million in the second quarter, a more than 300 percent increase over its haul at this point in 2016, while Texas is sitting on five times more cash than it had at this point in 2016. North Carolina banked more than doubled its 2016 totals, from $2.5 million to just under $6 million, and racked up its strong online fundraising numbers in June since late 2018. Wisconsin, a stand out among the states, brought in a record-breaking $10 million last quarter.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/dems-pour-record-cash-into-battleground-state-parties-389082
July 31, 2020
Trump Has Made GOP Complicit In White Supremacism
July 31, 2020 at 7:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Trump Has Made GOP Complicit In White Supremacism
https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/31/trump-has-made-gop-complicit-in-white-supremacism/Trump Has Made GOP Complicit In White Supremacism
July 31, 2020 at 7:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Michael Gerson: “In Trump’s approach to politics, all is flexible, all is negotiable, except the driving instinct of us vs. them. And it is not just a coincidence that the us is overwhelmingly White. Trump’s most consistent, defining goal has been the preservation of white supremacy against growing diversity. As we now see fully, he holds out the promise of a suburban, segregated promised land.”
“Those who dismiss this criticism as ‘playing the race card’ must ignore Trump’s constant employment of the racism card. Those who dismiss these concerns as ‘identity politics’ must somehow overlook the White identity politics that drives his public appeal. Trump’s approach is apostasy from the American ideal. It is the kind of thing that can lead to the breaking of nations.”
“Those who dismiss this criticism as ‘playing the race card’ must ignore Trump’s constant employment of the racism card. Those who dismiss these concerns as ‘identity politics’ must somehow overlook the White identity politics that drives his public appeal. Trump’s approach is apostasy from the American ideal. It is the kind of thing that can lead to the breaking of nations.”
July 31, 2020
Trump Is the Election Crisis He’s Warning About
July 31, 2020 at 7:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Trump Is the Election Crisis He's Warning About
https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/31/trump-is-the-election-crisis-hes-warning-about/Trump Is the Election Crisis He’s Warning About
July 31, 2020 at 7:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Susan Glasser: “So, sorry, we cannot just ignore it when the President threatens to cancel an election. This is the kind of statement that should haunt your dreams. It is wannabe-dictator talk. It is dangerous even if it is not attached to any actions. And those who think that some actions will not follow have not been paying attention.”
“My alarm stems from having covered Russia when Vladimir Putin was dismantling the fragile, flawed democratic institutions that the country had established after the fall of the Soviet Union. It stems from reading history. It stems from having watched the past four years in America, where, day by day, the unthinkable has happened and been justified, rationalized, and explained away.”
“My alarm stems from having covered Russia when Vladimir Putin was dismantling the fragile, flawed democratic institutions that the country had established after the fall of the Soviet Union. It stems from reading history. It stems from having watched the past four years in America, where, day by day, the unthinkable has happened and been justified, rationalized, and explained away.”
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