The Washington Post
Opinion | The Lincoln Project is trying to save the Republican Party from itself
From 2020 · Never Trumpers are showing that they’re more faithful to conservative principles than the GOP. · Shared by 15, including LoriBeth, Carly, George Conway🌻
The Atlantic
Donald Trump Is a Broken Man
4 min read · From 2020 · In another time, in a different circumstance, there would perhaps be room to pity such a person. · Shared by 56, including LoriBeth, George Conway🌻, Klaus Eck, Katja Evertz, ExApologist, Feldmancreative 🌊, Jeff Fisher
The Daily Beast
Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign
8 min read · From 2020 · Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda. · Shared by 60, including LoriBeth, Charlie O'Keefe, Bjorn Larsen, Cory Doctorow, Patrick Gray, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Nick Lüthi, Dan Gillmor, emily bell
Guardian US
‘Reject the lies of history’: Washington reckons with tributes to racist past
6 min read · From 2020 · The US capital is adorned with monuments to American history, but as schools change names and statues are toppled, legacies are under scrutiny · Shared by 44, including LoriBeth
The Washington Post
Investigation rebukes Commerce Department for siding with Trump over forecasters during Hurricane Dorian
From 2020 · Report confirms Commerce officials were responding to orders from the White House. · Shared by 14, including LoriBeth, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Marc Abrahams, Marshall Shepherd
The New Yorker
To the World, We’re Now America the Racist and Pitiful
5 min read · From 2020 · The United States was once able to reinvent itself. But political, economic, and legal inequality may now be too deeply entrenched. · Shared by 58, including LoriBeth, William Gibson, Felix M, Ethan Zeigler, Christian Surchi, Christopher Lauer
news.bloomberglaw.com
Dakota Access Oil Line to Be Shut by Court in Blow for Trump (2)
4 min read · From 2020 · The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court ruled Monday in a stunning defeat for the Trump administration and the oil industry. · Shared by 20, including LoriBeth, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Hiroko Tabuchi
The New Republic
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
~19 min read · From 2020 · The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones. · Shared by 100, including Bjorn Larsen, David Wallace-Wells, erik spiekermann, Kate Manne, Kara Swisher, Matt Zoller Seitz, Justin Tiehen, Kelsey D. Atherton, LoriBeth, Jason Stanley, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Mathew Ingram
OM
Conflict Culture is making social Unsocial
4 min read · From 2020 · Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash This past week social media became a battleground for yet another death match between media and Silicon Valley. So much has been said, so I am going to abstai… · Shared by 140, including Danielle! 🌩, 🌴Marc Averitt🌴, Bryan William Jones, Mohamed Azazy, LoriBeth, Sachin Rekhi, Semil, Josh Wolfe, Dan Primack
POLITICO
The 6 Trump Bombshells Still Waiting to Explode
4 min read · From 2020 · Reporters and historians describe the things we still don’t know about the president. · Shared by 11, including LoriBeth
The Washington Post
Opinion | The worst president. Ever.
From 2020 · Move over, James Buchanan. · Shared by 202, including A C Grayling #FBPE 3.5% #Reform #Rejoin #FBPA 🐟, Brian Rinaldi, W. David Stephenson, Anne Thompson, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈 💔, milan-fostier, Merkstatt, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Tadhg, Pete Skomoroch, LoriBeth, Christopher Lauer, DON’T PANIC, Perez Hilton, Ethan Zeigler
The Atlantic
RIP Democracy
20+ min read · From 2020 · Russia’s goal was never merely to elect Donald Trump. Now, Vladimir Putin is poised to complete the mission he began four years ago. · Shared by 276, including LoriBeth, L. Taylor Banks, Matthias Lampe, Stig Ørskov, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Mathew Ingram, Joshua Benton
The Atlantic
This Is How Democracy Dies
5 min read · From 2020 · A court ruling against the Philippine journalist Maria Ressa illustrates the erosion of democratic norms, the corruption of institutions, and the compromises of decision makers. · Shared by 146, including LoriBeth, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Mathew Ingram
New York Magazine
The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age
~12 min read · From 2020 · Does the revolution need to involve quite so much canceling? · Shared by 142, including ❤️ Umair, Christina Sommers, Matt Goodwin, Jason Stanley, Rick Powell, Paul Graham, Jeffrey Flier, David Wallace-Wells, Chris Hanretty, Liam Bright, Niall Ferguson, LoriBeth
The New Republic
This Is Fascism
10 min read · From 2020 · Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear. · Shared by 164, including Allison Arieff, Christian Surchi, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Liliane Ferrari ™, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, Kevin Mitchell, Kelsey D. Atherton, ExApologist, Ernie Smith, Scott McLeod, LoriBeth, Valiskster, Jason Stanley
Foreign Policy
Why Race Matters in International Relations
7 min read · From 2020 · Western dominance and white privilege permeate the field. It’s time to change that. · Shared by 14, including Mark Kaigwa
