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Democrats Couldn’t Agree on

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 06:49:21 +0000

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Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats

The candidates’ different answers reflect the Democratic Party’s deeper divisions on foreign policy.

By KATHY GILSINAN @ TheAtlantic.com, JUN 26, 2019

Democrats Avoided the Toughest Debate Questions on Abortion

In part one of the Democratic Party’s first primary debates, the candidates did not go deep on substance.

By EMMA GREEN @ TheAtlantic.com, JUN 26, 2019

and The Onion itself is

artappraiser — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:18:33 +0000

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and The Onion itself is pointing out the reality of our system:the people want their kabuki, they want the circus along with the bread:

The Onion continues their great political coverage. https://t.co/o4GbmH44lp pic.twitter.com/P86sGrwZCk
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 26, 2019

And given that the political news media is dependent more than ever on ratings/clicks, don't be surprised when faux drama is given at least equal coverage to "policy." No media co. is going to pay their electric bills covering "serious policy" just as few important votes are gotten with white papers on foreign policy.

from NPR's presidential

artappraiser — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:09:56 +0000

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from NPR's presidential campaign reporter, so not The Onion:

Ouch. https://t.co/AUt4fsnMle
— Seth Masket (@smotus) June 26, 2019

Quite the opposites, but

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:41:48 +0000

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Quite the opposites, but whatevs, I'm not going to waste too much energy making sense of it all.

I'm really looking forward to

Orion — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:39:48 +0000

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I'm really looking forward to seeing Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard in action. Two excellent candidates.

weird byproduct of so many

artappraiser — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:34:43 +0000

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weird byproduct of so many Senators running for president:

Sen. Thune says Schumer is trying to delay votes on defense, Iran, and the supplemental until Friday to allow Democratic presidential candidates to get back for the votes. Rs don’t love this idea https://t.co/z2x6hB13iI
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 26, 2019