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China is putting its collective finger in the eye of Trump supporters yet again, and all of us by extension. The joke is that these people will still support him - I imagine China knows this and finds it hilarious. I wish I could.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/20/us-sorghum-fleet-china-grain-tariff-trade

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A refreshingly candid piece from a NYT election correspondent on their failures, for once:

 

 

As a counterpoint, however, Amy Chozick was reportedly one of the Clinton campaign's most negative embedded journos at the time, and we have this:

 

 

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C'mon, who DOESN'T he treat like garbage?

 

I truly do not care what Chozick has to say.  Yes, I, too, fell for the "WHAT ABOUT HER EMAILS??" con (although, not to extent that I would have voted for Trump or third-party).  But what good does admitting that do for us now?  Just do better!

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I do think they offer decent coverage and analysis on some stuff. I also think about 95% of their major staff is blinkered and cloistered in a bubble of groupthink and knee-jerk resistance to any criticism of longstanding attitudes and bias. You have to take the solid material they do produce and then account for their weaknesses critically.

 

And no, I don't give them money either.

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