"The federal agencies that survived Elon Musk’s wrecking ball are now captured by the echo chamber of his social media platform, with cabinet secretaries staring furiously into a digital funhouse mirror to divine the will of the most internet-addled members of the MAGA base. ...

The shit was supposed to be a weapon … but today it’s the stream that carries the GOP forward."

#Trump #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation #media #sanewashing
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Noting that right-wing New York Times columnist Ross Douthat recently claimed tht Trump's coverup of the Jeffrey Epstein case file doesn’t bear hallmarks of state secrecy so much as desperation of guilty men, Brian Beutler writes,

"Douthat frequently seems both caught off guard and pained by the depravities of his coalition partners—in denial until some dark truth is revealed, at which point he acquiesces, and moves on to the next."

#Trump #NewYorkTimes #Epstein
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