2. In late 19th century, the Times was a big advocate for the Mugwumps, an upper-middle class faction obsessed with civill service reform at the expense of everything else going on (Reconstruction, the KKK, mass unemployment & strikes, mass foreclosures). Times is still the same
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3. Being the Mugwump mooks that they are, the Times is fretting over executive orders as if there hadn't been a botched putsch earlier this month which explains why Biden needs to demonstrate his authority. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-executive-order-times/ …
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That shit sailed in November. Please synch your brain.
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that Mugwumpism, and the sanctimony it is draped in, allows just the worst kind of mock profound "tut-tutting" to be elevated in the paper. "Oh, the house is on fire, is that the right brand fire extinguisher at hand?"
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The piece avoids the questions the paper is afraid to address: are Trump’s EOs so appalling that they need to be reversed immediately, do The Biden EOs represent good policy, is legislating impossible because of minority rule in the Senate.
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Large percentage of which are COVID measures further illustrating lack of action by Trump admin.
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It's cool that they're coordinating talking points with FoxNews. Seriously, this is exactly what FoxNews was hammering at for a half hour yesterday. (I only notice the channel when I'm at the gym.)
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If you read Obama’s memoir it’s very clear that for over 10 years the only party with an interest in governing is the Dems. Bipartisanship only works if you have a real partner. There is none. Dems should just get on with the program.
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Maybe the best thing the NYT has done is endorse two of Biden’s rivals over him for prez. Seems to have engendered in him a deep contempt for their ed board which means he’s less inclined than Obama was to follow their bad advice.
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