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(1/13) When we roll our eyes at MAGA, I think we're often asking the wrong question. Instead of asking: 'How can they believe this nonsense,' or 'how can they follow and support the worst human being ever,' I think we should ignore what they say they believe, and even put…

via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/30/opi…

It’s so vital that some
news orgs are laying out the stakes in this election. This is far more valuable than the poll and gaffe patrols that pass for so much political coverage.

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“The gospel is not an American gospel. It is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Wonder who actually has ears to let them hear.

Finally found this vinyl gem by my all time favorite band…on Robert Smith’s birthday. 🖤🎂

I’m well-acquainted with Anne Lamott’s wonderful writing…but Alexandra Jacob who?

A brilliant response by Timothy Snyder to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusation of Nazis in Ukraine. As a leading scholar on the subject of nationalism, Snyder makes three points:
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“We’re in trouble. I don’t know what to do about it”

GOP pollster Frank Luntz shared never-before-seen focus group footage with OutFront. It devolved into a shouting match

As Ukraine aid heads toward passage, it's worth watching Johnson's press conference from earlier this week. And I mean watch, not just read. Because he truly sounds like he's been terrified by the intelligence briefings he's received.
c-span.org/video/?535006-…

In states with abortion bans, “They are so scared of a pregnant patient, that the emergency medicine staff won’t even look. They just want these people gone”

I feel every inch of this column from ⁦Ezra Klein. For me FB is my “shame closet” where I’m a slacker responding to people. I just avoid it because it’s such a time-suck of people I really like but rarely talk to, all in one place. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opi…

US senator calls for war with Iran

The majority of Republicans support Trump, who make up roughly 25% of the electorate. #FactsMatter

The US House Rules Committee takes up the following bills next week ('messaging bills' that will not become law)

'Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act'
'Affordable Air Conditioning Act'
'Refrigerator Freedom Act'
'Clothes Dryers Reliability Act'
'Liberty in Laundry Act'…

ABOUT TIME. The senate judiciary has subpoenaed Leonard Leo as part of a Supreme Court ethics investigation. foxnews.com/politics/conse…

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

Nineteen retired generals and officials have filed a 38-page amicus brief with the Supreme Court opposing Trump’s immunity from criminal prosecution claim, saying Trump's immunity argument is 'an assault on...foundational commitments.'
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2453…

In a humiliating deposition his lawyer tried to keep under wraps, Elon Musk struggled to justify tweets that prompted a defamation lawsuit

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