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Inequality destroys the sense of shared citizenship, and with it self-government.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
I take issue with the last piece of advice since I wouldn’t trust Snopes as an unbiased fact-checker as far as I could toss a boulder. The idea of making truth police out of parties with political and corporate interests seems doomed at the start.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Although Media Matters initially described itself, inauspiciously, as a progressive research and information center, it quickly earned its stripes as a pro-Democrat smear group. It exists to obliterate conservative thought and eradicate any person, place, or thing that’s perceived to be a threat—particularly to Hillary Clinton throughout her two pr
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“The frame has shifted from ‘I’m going to bring about that change by being someone who looks for opportunities to work across the aisle,’ and more ‘I’m going to disrupt the institutions and systems that are allowing the other side to continue to prevail.’ ”
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
The idea that minorities are less important in any sense, even when it comes to the mathematics needed to win an election, strikes at the very basis of the evangelical left and their creation myth.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Twist truth to fit our personal narrative?”
Katie Rush • Within His Reach (A Drake Reed FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Keller’s apologetic model for politics was perfectly suited for the “neutral world.” But the “negative world” is a different place. Tough choices are increasingly before us, offense is unavoidable, and sides will need to be taken on very important issues. Recent events have proven that being winsome in this moment will not guarantee a favorable hea
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Regardless of who wins, these two trends will delegitimize Democrats as the party of the working class or people of color:
Black and Latino men defecting in larger numbers than ever. This cancels the monopoly the party claims on anti-racism and civil rights. You can’t have this many defections and claim you’re still representative of people of color
The historical demand of the oppressed is inclusion as equal citizens in all the institutions of American life. With identity politics, the demand became different: not just to enlarge the institutions, but to change them profoundly.