Sean Illing
Writer @ Vox. USAF veteran. I used to teach stuff. Email: [email protected]
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Toward a Party of the State
As critiques of liberalism have become more pronounced, alarm bells about possible alternatives to liberalism have grown louder. These alarms, ironically enough, have often been sounded most emphatically by American writers who otherwise describe...
What the Jussie Smollett Story Reveals
It shows a peculiar aspect of 21st-century America: victimhood chic.
Jussie Smollett Charged With Faking His Own Assault
Mr. Smollett reported being attacked, but two brothers said to have helped him stage the incident were brought in as witnesses to a grand jury who handed up an indictment.
Sean Illing
My policy of not tweeting about shit until it’s clear what happened continues to pay dividends.
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CNN hires GOP operative with no journalism experience to run its 2020 coverage
Sarah Isgur once referred to her new employer as the "Clinton News Network."
Sean Illing
I've said many times, CNN is actually far more destructive to the news business than MSNBC and Fox News, precisely because it pretends to be unbiased. CNN is a TV show. Full stop.
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Tomi Lahren Is Trump's Rightful Heir
In some dark corners of the internet a debate is raging about who, after President Trumpism is just a blissful memory like polio, will emerge as his heir apparent. Will it be his dimwitted son? Or his other dimwitted son? Or some portion/combination...
Republicans Already Are Demonizing Democrats as Socialists and Baby Killers
With 21 months until Election Day 2020, Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as left-wing radicals on the economy, abortion and Israel.
Roger Stone posts – then deletes – threatening photo of federal judge next to crosshairs
Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone on Monday attacked the federal judge presiding over his criminal case in the special counsel’s Russia probe. In an Instagram post, Stone lashed out at U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson. “Through legal...
Trump declared a national emergency at the border. We asked 11 experts if it’s legal.
Spoiler alert: probably not.
Fascism: a warning from Madeleine Albright
Why the former secretary of state is so worried about the erosion of liberal democracy.
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Sean Illing
"If Trump does that [declare an emergency at the border], then he really is a bully with an army."
Madeleine Albright to me. A day before Trump declared an emergency at the border. In a conversation about what makes a fascist fascist.
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Howard Schultz’s campaign is based on 3 ideas, and they’re all wrong
Howard Schultz isn’t solving America’s problems. He’s reinforcing them.
The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years
America’s prison sentences are far too long. It’s time to do something about it.
The complicated, always racist history of blackface
Author John Strausbaugh on why blackface keeps coming back.
How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand
A law professor explains how corporations commodify people of color.
We pressed Jill Abramson on plagiarism charges. Here’s what she said.
"What we’re talking about here are sets of facts that I borrowed."
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Sean Illing
So I just interviewed Jill Abramson about, well, you know. I appreciate her doing this. I really do. You can judge her responses for yourself.
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There’s now an official Green New Deal. Here’s what’s in it.
A close look at the fights it picks and the fights it avoids.
Abolish Billionaires
A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality.
I liked parts of Trump’s State of the Union, then I remembered his presidency
In his speech, Trump imagined the president he hasn’t been.
Secret Files Show How Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded While Trump Heaped Praise On Putin
Ahead of Michael Cohen’s testimony, read the original paper trail behind the campaign to build Europe’s tallest tower in Moscow — and how it played out alongside Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Sean Illing
This whole thing really has been right in front of our faces the entire time. History will be awfully unkind to the people with their heads in the sand.
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Trump’s hiring the Bear Stearns economist who promised the economy was fine right before it went bankrupt
Famous last words: "Don’t panic about the credit market."
Has Facebook been good for the world?
15 influencers weigh in on the company’s 15th birthday.
Sean Illing
Facebook is a reminder that technology moves much faster than culture and politics, and typically upends both. Thanks to @sapinker @JonHaidt @Gladwell @peterwsinger @merbroussard @RoKhanna and others for contributing to this.
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