Plus, more Trump trial aftermath, Samuel Alito’s downward spiral, and the exaggerated coverage of the campus encampments—all in the June 4, 2024 newsletter.
Central Park Five
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Trump Makes Another Racist ‘Both Sides’ Statement
He refused to apologize to the Central Park Five and claimed that there were two sides to their story.
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Trump Demonstrated He Would Be Unfit for Office Back in 1989
Almost everything we need to know about him was on display in his reaction to the Central Park Five.
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Trumptown: The President as Cult Leader
Even if Trump fires Mueller or leads us into war, his supporters will still obey his every word.
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In Michigan, the Terror of Trumpism
Maybe he thought blowing the kid away would make America great again. In the midst of the media madness over Stormy and Syria, it’s easy to ignore seemingly minor stories that have major implications. One such story comes to us from Michigan, where an innocent 14-year-old was nearly killed due to what can only be […]
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Unreliable Sources: Fox News Invades CNN
As if Rick Santorum wasn’t bad enough, did we really need to see former Fox News propagandist Eric Bolling being warmly received by Brian Stelter today? Bolling’s suggestion that Sean Hannity’s rantings are “always within the boundaries of fact” is beyond laughable: ever heard Hannity talk about climate change? Bolling’s suggestion that Donald Trump is […]
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Only the Best People
Maybe he’s going to say he got railroaded: A top official charged with overseeing the safety of U.S. railroads has resigned “effective immediately,” the Department of Transportation said Saturday after POLITICO raised questions about whether he had been simultaneously working as a public relations consultant for a sheriff’s department in Mississippi. Heath Hall became the […]
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Donald Trump vs. the U.S. Justice System
The president called our justice system a ‘joke’ and a ‘laughing stock.’
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Why Trump’s Statement Today is Meaningless
He keeps doing racist things and we keep pretending to be surprised.
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The GOP Death Spiral
Deval Patrick saw this coming. Back in August 2006, the former Clinton Administration official, then running to become the first African-American governor of Massachusetts, denounced the right wing’s delegitimization of public service, and the need for the Democratic Party to forcefully call out and push back against this sort of delegitimization: I thought about Patrick’s […]
