Anthony L. Fisher
Politics Editor, Insider/Business Insider. Producer @WeTheFifth podcast. Wrote/Directed @SidewalkTraffic (avail on Amazon Prime). Open DMs, Signal
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American Passports Are Useless Now
I can go just about anywhere with my German passport. But almost no one wants to let in Americans these days.
Anthony L. Fisher
Dual German-American citizen @Yascha_Mounk notes US passports are essentially worthless right now.
Trump's coronavirus response is his greatest failure.
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Don't let Cuomo hide from his coronavirus nursing home disaster
Andrew Cuomo doesn't want an independent investigation into his coronavirus response. That's exactly why we need one.
Anthony L. Fisher
Cuomo says his order to nursing homes that Covid-positive patients must be admitted is not the culprit for 6,600 deaths. AP says the death toll could be twice as high.
The governor says no independent investigation is necessary. That's why we need one.
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It’s Time to Re-Re-Re-Meet the Muppets
“Muppets Now,” a new series on Disney+, is the latest attempt to take Kermit the Frog and his fuzzy companions back to their anarchic sketch comedy roots.
WATCH: New Trump ad hammers Biden/Harris over Joe's endless array of racial gaffes
Expect to see a lot of this as we head into the meat of election season. Joe Biden’s history with race is a minefield. It’s been fodder for both Republicans and Democrats for years. Heck, the woman who is now his running mate used it to trash him...
If wanting to fire people for supporting Trump or Biden isn't cancel culture, then nothing is
A new poll found a disturbing percentage of Americans support firing an executive who donated to Trump or Biden's campaign.
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Do you think people should be fired for donating to Donald Trump or Joe Biden's campaign?
If you said, "No, that's ridiculous, this must be one of those cancel culture exaggerations," I've got some bad news.
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Inside the Right-Wing Sports Site Pushing COVID Trutherism
Move over, Fox News, there’s a new bullshit-peddler in town—and it’s a sports website created by a Fox Sports personality.
Anthony L. Fisher
Clay Travis and his Outkick platform get the good @BobSaietta deep dive treatment here.
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President Trump Joining Me Today on Outkick at 8 am ET, 5 am PT
Today at 8 am et, 5 am pt, President Donald Trump will join me live on Outkick the Coverage. I'm obviously very excited. You can listen along live on any of our 300+ affiliate stations nationwide, on Sirius/XM channel 83, and stream it live here as...
Anthony L. Fisher
Trump follows up his disastrous Jonathan Swan interview by talking to Covid-truther and Kaepernick pearl-clutcher sports guy Clay Travis.
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Who Opposes Defunding the N.Y.P.D.? These Black Lawmakers
Several Black City Council members have lashed out at progressives, comparing calls to defund the police to “colonization” and “political gentrification.”
'Hatemonger' author Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, white nationalism, and performative cruelty
Jean Guerrero talks about her new book on Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration agenda.
Anthony L. Fisher
I spoke with @jeanguerre, author of the new book "Hatemonger," about Stephen Miller's radicalization as a young man in 1990s Southern California, and how his immigration policies are the "performance of cruelty."
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The jobs report was good. The US economy is still a mess.
The US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July, but millions of Americans are still out of work and the unemployment rate is historically high.
Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure
What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone.
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Anthony L. Fisher
I've written articles and made docs about police corruption and abuse for years, but it has never made sense to me to legitimize armed, masked vigilantes as the antidote to police brutality and racism.
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Tom Cotton Introduces Campus Free-Speech Bill | National Review
Tom Cotton’s Campus Free Speech Restoration Act is at the leading edge of the fight to restore liberty and constitutional principle to our college campuses.
Outdoor Dining Will Return Next Year, Mayor Says
Outdoor dining will tentatively start on June 1 next year
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86 days left of sidewalk dining in New York. After that it's 7 more months of takeout and delivery.
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Trump's going to say crazy and stupid things to distract voters. Ignore them.
The country and the world are worse-off because Donald Trump has been president. That's the only thing that matters this Election Day.
Anthony L. Fisher
If your right-wing relative claims to have seen the top-secret globalist pan to have AOC run the Treasury during a Biden administration, don't argue with them about how that's BS — just say, "Trump is a failure: prove me wrong." My latest @businessinsider
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US defense officials contradict Trump: No indication yet of attack in Beirut
Three US Defense Department officials told CNN that as of Tuesday night there was no indication that the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday were an "attack," contradicting an earlier claim from President Donald Trump.
America’s Superdense Foreign Policy Black Hole
Why Donald Trump should defy the elites and get the U.S. forces out of Afghanistan
The US Postal Service is on track to run out of money by June, and it could be a disaster for states trying to expand voting by mail
"The post office has the ability to deliver democracy," one elections expert told Insider. "That's what we need them to do, especially in a pandemic."
Let's talk about his face for a minute
Axios reporter Jonathan Swan's face when Trump talked wildly about the coronavirus pandemic shows how American media should treat the president.
Election Day will be a fiasco unless we act now. Like, right now.
State governments and the USPS are worried about being overwhelmed by mail-in ballots. Trump is undermining trust in the election. It all looks bad.
Anthony L. Fisher
In today's newsletter, @davidplotz and I share some concerns about what an absolute fiasco it looks like we're going to have on Election Day.
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