1. This Bret Stephens column has been dunked on by experts like @NateSilver538 but there's a little more to be said. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/midterm-results-2020-democrats.html …
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5. Here's the kicker: although he works now for the Times, Stephens made his name at the Wall Street Journal, which is the most influential publication around supporters voter suppression as a tactic.
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6. For years and years, Stephens worked alongside people like John Fund, leading advocates of cracking down on voting as a way of shoring up GOP power. Instead of bemoaning size of Dem wave, Stephens should reflect on his complicity in creating this mess.
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7. More thoughts on that column here: https://newrepublic.com/minutes/152175/bret-stephenss-dismissal-size-blue-election-overly-hasty …
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5. America’s working class isn’t white only and didn’t all vote GOP
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Please tell me you can factor Jack Kirby into this somehowpic.twitter.com/WV8q0dM96e
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I need to hear more explanation of why the NYT would hire such a goof in the first place. He's not good. Even for what I assume was the niche the NYT wanted filled (white, male, never trump republican, etc) he is subpar. And that takes doing.
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The NYT opinions section strives for mediocrity, to be generous.
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He actually does allude to it but only dismissively: «... the system is therefore “rigged.” But that’s the system in which everyone’s playing — and one they had no trouble winning in until just a few years ago.»
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