4. The problem with the staging of the funeral is that it was designed to draw a contrast between the old establishment (bipartisanly embodied by Bush & Obama) with the off-stage Trump. But that's false dichotomy. That old establishment created Trump.
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15. John McCain was admirably blunt & forthright. We owe it to his memory to be no less honest in our appraisal of him. His complex legacy is that he both helped create Trump & resisted him:https://newrepublic.com/article/150895/john-mccain-dead-obituary-nationalist-vision-eclipsed-trumps …
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It shore isn’t
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you watch
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Could be the difference in the midterms
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It was the same response to Iraq, Vietnam, Watergate, the 2008 fin-crisis. Just pretend nothing happened, that they played no part.pic.twitter.com/ABBUv0MQMU
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There were legislative responses to the last three. Iraq is the real outlier. Apart from that, the only proper response is to vote the bums out.
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The idea that Trump is a fascist is ridiculous. The real issue is whether partisans like you are consciously or unconsciously working against civil society when you overlook the disaster that was Obama.https://www.aclu.org/cases/al-aulaqi-v-panetta-constitutional-challenge-killing-three-us-citizens …
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At least the preacher in Aretha’s funeral used the f-word word. Name it to tame it. Fuck fascism.
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This is an important point. Virtually every senator in Washington has spent the last 20 months acting like they have no skin in the game, the stakes are low, everyone stay calm. What country are they living in and who's president in it?
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You just knocked it out of the park. Thank you for this great analysis.
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