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Chozick has a lot of other shít to answer for. I'm not giving her too much credit. A telling new profile:

Well, that's what I'm talking about. Old, lazy narratives that need to be slowly broken, and the compulsive need for a horse race is what good journalists and otherwise decent people are always working with or against - and sometimes both for and against without realizing the cognitive dissonance. Our media is complicit in a lot of ways. But that doesn't change the fact that there are also a lot of people doing good work in compromised institutions, and we need them because we have no viable alternative that can reach the most people. Further, it's sometimes the laziest personalities, shows or networks that reach the laziest or most ambivalent audiences in the middle of America when they get outraged about something like the camps. That is important, no matter the delivery system or the personality. The result is what matters. And they never will. To me waiting for it is a waste of time. The Morning Joe crew have a multitude of sins to answer for, but they'd still never cosign putting people into camps. They are human beings with some core of decency, however blinkered or hypocritical. More importantly, from a cold and pragmatic standpoint, they serve an important function, as I indicated above - they are an access point to the lazy Beltway media and bureaucracy. Everyone in Washington, in media or on Capitol Hill, knows about, watches or goes on that show and others like it. If people like that crew turn on Trump vehemently and often and speak to their human outrage - however hypocritical given their past sins - that trickles down to the rest of the lazy, cushioned Beltway class, bit by bit. It is using their own people to galvanize them. Their own tribe is what they understand. I don't have to forgive them to favor that usage.

Daytime's own speaks again: I don't think the entire media leans GOP as it did in the 2000s. I do think it is still partial to easy narratives like 'both sides' and 'Democrats in disarray/are wimps', and a willful ignorance about more complex procedural issues. I think that comes from the top, from a lot of owners, producers, managers, etc. who are older and still entrenched in the mindsets of the Reagan '80s and the Clinton era. But I see a lot of good journalists on TV and in print working hard and speaking truth in spite of those cross-currents and frustrating recurring narratives. The media has a long, long way to go to get its [!@#$%^&*] together - and answer for - but it's definitely not 2003 anymore. I certainly don't think their reasoning for hammering the GOP in 2018 is to do some sort of insane double reversal so they can blame Democrats in the next cycle for GOP problems. Like Trump, this is not some clever ploy or conspiracy. It's human nature and illogic. I think most of these people are just mortified by the GOP right now, period, and rightly so - and in the case of many of those journalists (or white people), simply failing to see or acknowledge their own complicity with the problems that led us here.

Cute. I hope Bob Woods is well. I heard worrisome stories but this would seem to put the lie to that.

I really like this - a fan mock-up of a "Previously on Twin Peaks" montage (as was commonly done in Seasons 1 and 2 at the beginning of each new episode) to set up Part 18:

Oh, wow. I'll need to buy the book. I know Audible is offering a free trial to hear Lynch read it.

Stephen Miller got doxxed, to which I say: Good.

Care, probably not. Can be shamed or at least embarrassed, yes. I personally absolutely believe Nielsen was that clueless. People like her are everyday.

It was him, yes. He was very angry but went too far. Most likely, Trump's latest EO - which I think is illegal - gets struck down, and he then plays 'don't blame me' to his base by blaming the courts. It's his typical move when he loses.

It was, he said something stupid while raging about the baby camps.

I'm sorry, but please, no. There was never any plan. There is never any plan with Trump. There is just impulsive, vile behavior and rash mania that he reverses and enacts on whims. It's happened countless times and it will happen again and again and again until he is removed. What is happening is awful, and the 'fix' is awful, no one disputes that. But it is a cave, and it is a start at making him cave further. Suggesting otherwise is not only inaccurate, but it is defeatism and it's factually wrong. It also enables Trump and his people - imbuing them with incredible powers of omniscience and foresight which they simply have never had. And I'm not saying this about you but about other people I see this suggestion from online - I think for some folks it is a kind of strange coping mechanism. They'd rather believe the man has a master plan and is unbeatable, because the reality - that he is a lunatic with no impulse control - is too much to bear.

Yeah, it's not good. That said, he is caving. And it's a start, and it proves pushing and fighting works, as it has before.

He's caving:

Apologies if I already posted this - the incredible Japanese dub trailer for Season 3. They do love their Twin Peaks: And some clips from the original Japanese dub, including Leo's incredible Japanese voice:

That's ominous as hell.

Jim Belushi would be great. Added a quote above re: the ending for Dougie and Janey-E.

I think Sheryl is a goddess, my all-time favorite actor and character from TP and the center of the show, but her part was too small (though integral) to justify that. One more hour and she might have it locked. Maybe next season. I'd give it to Grace or Catherine, but tbh I suspect TP will be lucky to get nominations or awards for the show, Lynch or Kyle. All of whom deserve it, but despite it being a critical hit it is likely too alienating and not mainstream 'weird' enough to sweep those awards. I'll be shocked if it does. I think Lynch and Kyle may have a real shot, though. Interesting quote from the Kyle interview re: the ending for the Joneses that confirms what I'd hoped:

I might agree if not for Wild at Heart. I liked Janey-E more than Diane in Season 3 (though I like both), but Lula in WAH is one of a kind.

No, the solution is to shame them and everyone who employs him until he is run off the air and out of public life. Stopping watching cable news today only gives these people cover for baby concentration camps. And yeah, that's exactly what those are. The only reason this is getting such coverage is because mainstream media, warts and all, and good reporters working for many different outlets are boots on the ground doing the work.