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Lies are bad. A press corps enabling liars is worse
Propaganda works when reporters fear telling the truth.
The United States government was caught spying on American journalists. Does anyone care?
Increasing evidence of the apparatus of the state being levied against reporters should surely lead to outcry from sensible people.
The insurrection never ended
The Republicans are reviving American apartheid.
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Republicans depict drug-use sites a dens of iniquity. Wrong. They intend to reduce harm
They focus on management, not abstinence.
Let them eat debt
That canceling student debt would be a massive transfer payment is a statement that the government should do more for average families.
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You’d think debate over public education would be neutral and supported by all. But that’s never been how it works in America
Who’s in, who’s out – and are they the right kind of American?
In politics, a lie is true if no one opposes it. That’s why Democrats struggle. They must create ‘an infrastructure of democracy’
There’s no alternative for people vulnerable to propaganda.