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NC Senator Tillis posted an *unlisted* YouTube video, emailing his constituents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBEv... It's critical of Putin. And, using Orwellian "newspeak," he's also critical of Trump. The video doesn't appear on Tillis's Twitter/X account, suggesting "doublethink" by the Senator.

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That’s one small step for man…, and the 94 voters in my NC zip code will get a postcard letting them know their 2024 vote was challenged by Republican Jefferson Griffin, whose lawsuit seeks to invalidate 60,000 votes in the election so he can win. The saga continues: www.wral.com/amp/21846690/

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Any reason not to mention the U.S. Office of Government Ethics? www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/... With statements about Musk policing himself, is Trump Administration ignoring OGE, or will they try to shut it? As Fox hired Lara Trump, that outlet won’t be reporting on conflicts of interest. 😒

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“Sadistic glee”? “Fascist passions”? If you’re not familiar with Judith Butler, she chooses her words carefully, as rhetoricians do. So, if you are… “gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation,” …then Judith Butler’s op-ed may comfort and help you.

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Stupid or clever? 🤔 Fox established itself as a “news” source for MAGA. Hiring President Trump’s daughter-in-law further shows Fox’s bias. Does it also frame Fox’s competitors as biased? Easy to imagine Fox statement: ‘We openly support those we favor. Others are secretive, deceptive.’ 😑

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