"The reality is the Republican Party basically went off the rails when McCain picked Sarah Palin, and the press averted its eyes from this lunacy ever since then."
Check out my entire conversation with @froomkin https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/aaron-rupar-show-dan-froomkin#details
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Lots of folks think they can shrug or laugh at and ignore what's going on in the Republican-dominated states of the heartland. What else do you expect from the rubes? they say.
Those same people were laughing in 2016 about the ludicrous suggestion Trump might end up in the White House. Those of us living in the red areas knew better. We know what we're dealing with, the determination of white Christian nationalism to impose its will on the nation.
#BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
Donald J Trump - first twice impeached president, now, takes high honor of being first former POTUS to be CRIMINALLY INDICTED. His attorneys have been formally asked when he plans to turn his sorry ass in for official arrest and arraignment.
1. Trump has been indicted.
Some will snidely dismiss this as a "bookkeeping" matter unworthy of the first criminal indictment of a former president.
This is wrong
Stormy Daniels matters
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