@schnedan maybe you haven’t read the Commission report? People looked into it. The embarrassing (to each administration, and particularly 43, 45 and 46) answer is, the hijackers were funded by a member of the Saudi Royal Family.
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Immigration is the answer. The questions include: “how can families stay together” and “what helps the economy” and “how do we fulfill our human rights promise”
@scottnover now that’s a slate pitch (counterintuitive, enraging, probably wrong)
@lekiare I’m sorry to hear that
@TheRaDR i was delighted to see my synagogue will have events on the tour. All the best with it!
@austinkocher haven’t been there yet, but is Bluesky not a happening place?
@NorCal_Lynne @ReichlinMelnick Interesting. Too bad #FediImmi is hard to read and write. Lawtwitter was good and immlaw is useful and useable.
Laurie Voss
Jay Rosen"Not the odds, but the stakes."
That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in journalists covering the 2024 campaign. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy.
Not the odds, but the stakes.
Here's the New York Times with what I mean by the odds:
"Can Mr. Trump show enough restraint to persuade moderate Republicans and independent swing voters to choose him over President Biden in 2024?" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/us/politics/trump-2024-campaign-indictment.html
Robert MaguireOf those 28 legitimate complaints brought against Trump, the FEC's own lawyers found reason to believe that campaign finance violations had occurred in 22 of them.
In every instance, the Republican commissioners voted to block action.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-now-miraculously-43-0-against-partisan-fec
Chandler CarruthLove to see how mad the Onion is here. More folks should be this mad about this.
If you want a really solid critique, it's actually here too. They put their *all* into this piece and while it's sarcastic as usual, it really does cover *so many* aspects of how horrible the current trend of "news" in this space has been.
Go read it:
https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…