December 11, 2021

Brilliant Froomkin: What does the Republican Party stand for besides 'let's go Brandon'?

...I think voters should know what they’re voting for, not just what they’re voting against. And if Republicans themselves won’t tell the voters about their agenda, then it’s incumbent on political journalists to do it for them.

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The debate that’s currently raging about whether corporate media coverage of Biden is overly negative takes on even greater significance when you consider how the entire Republican strategy in the coming years will be to throw brickbats at him from behind a tree.

Biden’s shortcomings are certainly newsworthy. But paying a little more attention to who’s behind the tree, and what their intentions really are, is essential journalism.

Voting Republican, in this day and age, is not a simple protest vote. It’s a vote that carries unprecedented consequences. Political reporters should be telling voters about those consequences, and then asking if that’s what they really want.


The rest is TOTALLY worth a read:
https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1469703176894959620?s=20
https://presswatchers.org/2021/12/what-does-the-republican-party-stand-for-besides-lets-go-brandon/

December 11, 2021

OMG - Mayfield KY

https://twitter.com/bclemms/status/1469662822795816968?s=20

December 11, 2021

Rep. Eric Swalwell ftw today.

Attorney-client privilege doesn’t cover — and hear me out — overthrowing the government.

@JennaEllisEsq
· 19h
Wondering how @politico thinks it’s responsible or ethical journalism to publish attorney-client privileged documents.

They admit they are the first to publish in their entirety the two Ellis memos, which both have the banner “ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED.”

Trump hatred persists.

https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1469678480963080192?s=20

December 11, 2021

One More Time - "But Her Emails"

December 10, 2021

TFG Is Having Another Bad Day "He hasn't merely lost, he really most sincerely lost"

We have a decision in Trump's appeal of the trial court's refusal to grant him a preliminary injunction to keep the White House records out of the hands of the select committee.

I'm reading it now.

Spoiler: He didn't break his losing streak.

1/

When you're trying to get a preliminary injunction, and the court leads with this, you know you're in trouble.

Trump had to meet each of these elements: Screenshot #1.

Here's what the court said: Screenshot #2

He needed to show all 4.
He showed 0.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21151604/12-9-21-dc-circuit-opinion-trump-v-thompson.pdf
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1469058153656373248?s=20
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1469059250726916097?s=20
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1469064071215341572?s=20
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1469069027037224964?s=20

December 10, 2021

Taking care of the critical race theory once and for all. And all we needed is a painting.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227160946750118&set=pcb.10227160991351233

December 10, 2021

A GOP XMAS CAROL

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December 10, 2021

Newsmax -December Cover For Putin Lovers

https://www.newsweek.com/newsmax-vladimir-putin-magazine-cover-vlad-great-1657192

December 10, 2021

Oops, wrong photo...

December 9, 2021

Robert Reich: "This Should NOT Be a Hard Choice"

It’s the filibuster or voting rights.
The filibuster or abortion rights.
The filibuster or a living wage.
The filibuster or democracy.

https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1469013477243166720?s=20