Why has the media establishment become so unpopular? Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the country’s real problems.
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******* NYTimes.com: Biden and Trump Have Succeeded in Breaking Reality rj
Biden and Trump Have Succeeded in Breaking Reality
We are living in a realm in which “nothing is true and everything is possible.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/opinion/biden-trump-campaign-reality.html?smid=em-share
********* NYTimes: What Democrats Need to Do Now
What Democrats Need to Do Now https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/opinion/maga-trump-vance-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Strain is getting at the core point that aspiration is not like a brick that just sits there. Aspiration is more like a flame that can be fed or dampened. The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen underlined the point a few years ago: “The problem is desire. We need to *want* these things. The problem is inertia. We need to want these things more than we want to prevent these things.”
In Milwaukee, I have heard a lot of patriotism, but it was the patriotism of nostalgia, not the patriotism of hope. That leaves an opening for the folks who gather in Chicago next month.
******** THE NEW PURITANS
THE NEW PURITANS
Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless.
By Anne Applebaum
Illustrations by Nicolás Ortega
*** NYTimes: The Secret of Trump’s Resurrection
The Secret of Trump’s Resurrection www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/opinion/trump-election-biden.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
**** If Trump Wins — Links to articles
If Trump Wins — Links to several articles
[The Washington Post] Former DCist staff launch the 51st, new local news site for Washington. Rj
Former DCist staff launch the 51st, new local news site for Washington
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/16/51st-local-news-dcist-wamu/
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NYTimes.com: What Does the G.O.P. Have Against America?
What Does the G.O.P. Have Against America?
Self-proclaimed patriots keep trash-talking their own country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/opinion/trump-republican-platform.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes: Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term
Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/opinion/trump-2024-election.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
“Democracy,” said H.L. Mencken, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” If Trump wins in November, good and hard is what Republicans are going to get.
We Still Don’t Know What to Do With the Endless Stream of Trump Lies. Bull Shit
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