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Donald Trump Jr. says in a

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:02:29 +0000

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Donald Trump Jr. says in a Tweet that his father, former president Donald Trump, should be sent to meet with NATO leaders in Brussels instead of President Biden

Rick Wilson's prediction:

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 03:50:55 +0000

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Rick Wilson's prediction:

The feckless, transactional DC press will ask @GOPLeader "What about Margie Three Names calling NATO Nazis?"

Kevin will run away or shrug and say, "I haven't see her tweets."

And they'll let it pass. Gone the next day. Memory-holed.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 16, 2022

ok Trump's settled on his

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 03:28:34 +0000

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ok Trump's settled on his scuse! (amazing how that coincided with the Senate vote, ain't it?) I do love Daily Beast's use of sarcastic subtitles:

Trump Says He’s ‘Surprised’ Putin Invaded Ukraine: ‘He’s Changed’ “I thought he was negotiating when he sent his troops to the border. I thought he was negotiating.”

‘A VERY SAD THING’

By Dia Gill Breaking News Intern Published Mar. 15, 2022 8:56PM ET

I just have this image of

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 03:03:59 +0000

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I just have this image of staff at Fox News giving Tucker Carlson a wide berth this evening
— Thomas E. Ricks (@tomricks1) March 16, 2022

#ByeByeOAN hashtag trending

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:00:27 +0000

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#ByeByeOAN hashtag trending on Twitter because:

The dangerously dishonest propaganda network OAN has been dropped by Time Warner, although most of the damage has already been done.

RT if you agree all cable providers should say #ByeByeOAN. pic.twitter.com/3tdzgbhjui
— Really American (@ReallyAmerican1) March 15, 2022

p.s. this "Eduardo" guy has a

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:53:21 +0000

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p.s. this "Eduardo" guy has a good toon response to the news of the vote results, all of a sudden everyone wants to be the first to call Putin evil and it was the other guy who gave him mulligans:

pic.twitter.com/wvDYoVkl5t
— Eduardo (@Ii1purpp) March 16, 2022

Um that discussion is like

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:47:00 +0000

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Um that discussion is like already for the history books-looking like Tucker & Trump are going to have a hard row to hoe, unanimous is not like, say, either of the impeachment votes:

BREAKING: US Senate unanimously passes resolution declaring Putin a war criminal
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 16, 2022

Putin is a war criminal, so sayeth 100 senators

I think you tend to overemphasize the political power of some of these extreme right wingers because you've met and dealt with some? They are pandered to at like maybe CPAC, sure, but when push comes to shove, they are real outliers politically, regular voters are not supposed to be paying attention to such goings on. (Who is like going to run on defending Jan. 6 participants? There is no political value in that.)

George Will's take on the

Orion — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:54:49 +0000

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George Will's take on the phenomenon:

I think it's possible that what calls itself conservatism in the United States is somewhere at 1930s levels of popularity, with George Will, Jonah Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney and nearly all of its former knights AWOL, and some of that massive wealth that Vladimir Putin stole over his 23 year tenure is keeping it afloat. If it has been going on for some time, that would explain why Mitt Romney felt it so important to warn about Russian influence back in 2012.

Conservatism, to me, always indicated a patriotism and a respect for social order that is just not here at all. Will does a great job tying it to Jane Fonda and others who once honeymooned with America's enemies.

Reup: The Lesson Marina

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:54:29 +0000

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Reup: The Lesson Marina Ovsyannikova Offers to @ChuckTodd and @LesterHoltNBC https://t.co/AyXM8e0okD
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 15, 2022

Including her explainer video

FWIW, I see the RNC is

artappraiser — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:36:53 +0000

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FWIW, I see the RNC is currently pushing "'it's the economy, stupid, and he don't know how" talking points:

Biden: "I'm sick of this stuff ... the American people think the reason for inflation is government spending more money. Simply not true!"

pic.twitter.com/Xak7CKTjFs
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 11, 2022