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The Angle: Black Feminists Saw the Alt-Right Coming. Why Didn’t We Pay Attention?
Revisiting the Twitter campaign that presaged the digital culture wars.
Trump's shameless obstruction of justice shows no signs of stopping
With the president thumbing his nose at the law, the only reasonable response is to start impeachment hearings
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Amanda Marcotte
salon.com/2019/04/24/tru… The Mueller report is out now, but Trump continues both the collusion and the obstruction of justice.
Democrats could just start impeachment hearings, and never have to take a vote, because Trump will keep doing more stuff to add to the articles.
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The Selling of Katie Roiphe
It was the beginning of the nineties and the New York Times needed a woman. Not just any woman, though. It needed a smart and sassy one. Someone who could buttress the paper’s sagging image. Someone…
How Pete Buttigieg’s Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate
A lot of would-be presidents are clever people. Few have a cleverness so well targeted toward liberal intellectuals.
Amanda Marcotte
nytimes.com/2019/04/24/mag… As a reminder, Harry is a C student who is more interested in sports than studying.
It’s Hermione who is the smart one.
And boy, if forgetting that doesn’t tell you everything about media bias. pic.twitter.com/nIa3FGtNR3
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The only thing wrong with Elizabeth Warren’s campaign is the sexist way we react to it | Will Bunch
Voters who reject Warren's campaign thinking a smart woman can't win would rather join misogyny than beat it.
The Bizarre Cult of Meghan Markle Pregnancy Truthers
Like Beyoncé before her, the Duchess of Sussex has been targeted by online conspiracy theorists over her pregnancy, with those questioning it calling themselves ‘Megxiteers.’
Amanda Marcotte
thedailybeast.com/the-bizarre-cu… Saw this, guessed immediately it was fueled by racism, searched the hashtags on Twitter, confirmed my suspicions.
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WikiLeaks and Fox News Are Silent on the Debunked Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory
Mueller confirmed the DNC staffer didn’t steal his own party’s emails. Why won’t Sean Hannity or Julian Assange apologize for spreading misinformation?
Amanda Marcotte
Remember: Hannity is a good friend of Trump’s. The redacted Mueller report suggests Trump was coordinating with Wikileaks to distribute stolen emails. Hannity actively used his show to conceal the source of the stolen emails.
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Last Week Tonight - And Now This: In Honor of Easter: Fuck You, Peeps
From the April 21, 2019 episode of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". I do not own any of this content.
Amanda Marcotte
youtube.com/watch?v=EflkEm… This might be the funniest thing John Oliver’s show has ever done.
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Parkland Is Tearing Itself Apart
And the fight within the still-grieving community has nothing to do with gun control.
Amanda Marcotte
huffpost.com/highline/artic… Good piece on how conservatives are exploiting the Parkland shooting to push as many black students to drop out of school as possible.
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Fox News gives credence to a nativist vigilante militia that allegedly was plotting to kill prominent liberals
After a far-right militia received national notoriety over its detention of a large group of asylum seekers at gunpoint on the U.S.-Mexico border, Fox News segments on t
Amanda Marcotte
mediamatters.org/blog/2019/04/2… Trump’s unofficial Cabinet is being supportive of a terrorist group that kidnaps people and has planned political assassinations.
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Sanders: Felons should be able to vote
Bernie Sanders: Even terrible people like the Boston Marathon bomber have the right to vote.
Amanda Marcotte
salon.com/2019/04/23/ber… Can’t blame Sanders for sneering at this bullshit. The Boston bomber also gets meals, medical care, etc.
There is nothing wrong with being a civilized country that treats our prisoners in accordance with basic human rights standards.
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Polling shows Fox News has been amazingly effective at shaping opinion on the Mueller report
Viewers are buying the pro-Trump spin the network is selling them.
Amanda Marcotte
vox.com/policy-and-pol… Fox viewers understand the Mueller report the least but think they understand ut the most.
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Arya Stark is an adult woman: "Game of Thrones" sex shock is rooted in hypocritical purity culture
Americans still shame girls for growing into women, as evidenced by the reaction to Arya on "Game of Thrones"
Amanda Marcotte
salon.com/2019/04/23/ary… A lot of people were freaking out that Arya Stark, a grown woman, had some sex on #GameofThrones. That attitude is sexist and paternalistic, even if you mean well.
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2019 Hillman Prizes
The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good.
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016
The P20 detailed tables are released every two years following national level elections.
The latest phony right-wing controversy: Outrage over “Easter worshippers” tweets
It’s more important than ever to recognize bad-faith arguments on social media
Amanda Marcotte
mediamatters.org/blog/2019/04/2… If Obama and Clinton had said “Christians”, conservatives would be outraged that they didn’t call them “Easter worshippers”. They’d claim they were downplaying the attack by not mentioning the holiday.
They offer false witness as others breathe.
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Klobuchar non-committal on impeaching Trump: "I’m not going to predispose things"
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar was noncommittal about whether President Donald Trump should be impeached for what is detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, telling an audience in New Hampshire that she doesn’t...
Sean Hannity: "Hillary Clinton's email server is a real threat to our safety and security"
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): We need a top to bottom killer defense procedures against these hackers. That's why Hillary Clinton's email server is a real threat to our safety and security. And we do believe t
Amanda Marcotte
mediamatters.org/video/2019/04/… Clearly, Trump’s efforts to get into Clinton’s emails are ongoing.
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Trump's magical shifting Russia story: From "never happened" to "no collusion," and now "who cares?"
First, Trump denied the hacking. Then, he denied collusion. Now, the move is denying that collusion is wrong
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Amanda Marcotte
salon.com/2019/04/22/tru… Trump’s story about the Russian hacking conspiracy is always changing. First, he denied it happened. Then, he denied any collusion. Now, he’s moving towards the claim that collusion is not a bad thing and anyone would have done it if they were him.
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