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Lou's avatar

It really is unbelievable. How the media, in this case Politico, clings to the idea that both parties do it, both parties have their pros and cons, is mind boggling. It would be like giving a legitimate platform to tout the good that Al Capone was doing in 1930. When are media outlets going to wake up and realize the Republican Party is nothing more than a criminal operation. What is their platform on healthcare? Die quickly. Immigration? Build a wall. Infrastructure? Too expensive. The wealthy? Lower their taxes. The only difference between now and in the past is that Republicans, at least some, now embrace domestic terrorists. It's their last trump card (pardon the unintended pun) to hold on to power because they have no idea and are unwilling to govern for the good of the people. And I believe we shortly are going to learn that House members were in on the planning of the insurrection at the Capitol. That will rock this nation even further if that's possible.

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Theodora30's avatar

Eric is right to fear that the political press will return to its “both sides” approach. I would bet that Liz Cheney will be treated as a hero and her extremist views whitewashed by the media.

Dean Baquet recently said he was looking forward to being able to aggressively cover the Biden administration so we know the Times will be nitpicking and bothsidering, demanding immediate solutions to the problems Trump created, etc. setting up Democrats for a loss in the midterms.

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