Thursday, October 17, 2024

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The Good Republicans

Mace's brand was "centrist" not all that long ago.

I'm Starting To Think These Journalists Are Not Entirely Honest

If the New York Times has no impact on the world, why do its political journalists think it's so vital that they get an interview with Harris? 

They have been running so many pieces about why she needs to do interviews , followed by pieces about how the interviews aren't with the right outlets, and it's understood that this is because they are pissed that she's shut them out.

I've always had my problems with the NYT, but they increasingly behave like a British tabloid - give us what we want or we will make you look bad. 

They're getting worse.

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

And Why Did It Take So Long

Just the worst guy.
NEW YORK (AP) — An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus, a university spokesperson said Wednesday.

Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at the Manhattan university’s business school, had his campus access restricted effective Tuesday after repeatedly harassing and intimidating other employees, according to university spokesperson Ben Chang.
He also harassed students, but that is in line with Columbia's policies.

Breaking

These "rules" were insane, and "we" can't rely on good judges being appropriately positioned among a sea of Trump-friendly judges.
A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state.

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Among the rules Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox said violated state law are two that would require county election officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” into election results before certifying them and allow them to “examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections prior to certification of results.”

Welp

This is not a surprise to me, but it is more proof that there's a rot inside the entire party that won't easily be cured.
The top U.S. official working on the humanitarian situation in Gaza told aid groups in August that the U.S. would not consider withholding weapons from Israel for blocking food and medicine from entering the enclave — a rare admission by someone in the administration.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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Wow That's Racist

Just checking in with Jake Tapper's sister organization.

Pundit Watch

Blob Whisperer Ignatius tells us about Hamas's hopes and dreams from a year ago, but otherwise no one is touching what is happening (click to embiggen).



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A Novel Approach To Covering Donald Trump In The Newspaper

Philip Bump prints what he says instead of continuing to cover "Donald Trump," a largely fictional creation of our finest newspapers.
“Like my fellow Americans,” the woman said, “my grocery bill has not gone down. Everything is still so very expensive. What steps will your administration take to help American families suffering from this inflation?”

What follows is Trump’s response in its entirety. Some audience feedback is indicated, and we’ve added some footnotes for clarification and correction. Paragraph breaks are placed approximately where Trump appeared to shift his train of thought. Trump’s answer

“So, you know, it’s such a great question in the sense that people don’t think of grocery. You know, it sounds like not such an important word when you talk about homes and everything else, right? But more people tell me about grocery bills, where the price of bacon, the price of lettuce, the price of tomatoes, they tell me. [1] And we’re going to do a lot of things.

“You know, our farmers aren’t being treated properly. And we had a deal with China, and it was a great deal — I never mentioned it because once covid came in, I said, that was a bridge too far because I had a great relationship with President Xi [Jinping]. And he’s a fierce man and he’s a man that likes China and I understand that. But we had a deal and he was perfect on that deal, $50 billion he was going to buy. [2] We were doing numbers like you wouldn’t believe, for the farmer. But the farmers are very badly hurt. The farmers in this country, we’re going to get them straightened out. We’re going to get your prices down.
It continues at the link.

Still, as our wise New York Times journalist has informed us (below), it doesn't matter how they do their jobs, so just play your Wordle and shut the fuck up.

America's Worst Journalists

Jonathan Weisman.

Pinky Swear To Do Better

Or you'll only get 105% of the weapons you asked for!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur. The letter, which restates U.S. policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditions in northern Gaza and an Israeli airstrike on a hospital tent site in central Gaza that killed at least four people and burned others.
Awhile back I would have been less cynical and treated this as progress, but then, you know, the aid pier thing (and nothing subsequently) happened.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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