Francis Wilkinson
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social
Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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There’s been a lot of talk in past decade of MAGA using lies to bully a counter-reality into existence. Hard to recall a more salient example than the past week’s combo platter of MAGA “free-speech” martyrdom accompanied by the repression of non-MAGA speech and targeting of regime opponents.
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“Trump’s plans get derailed when he receives word from his inner circle – including a brown-nosed Pam Bondi (her face covered in literal feces, or “rectoplasm”) and a ghoulish Stephen Miller – that unknown forces are conspiring to kill his and Satan’s baby.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Acosta said he didn’t recall discussion of “potential financial crimes” as part of his Epstein investigation. Yet emails and documents show prosecutors in his office discussed the financial-crimes component w/ Acosta and copied him on correspondence about it. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Amazing accomplishment here. In paragraph *33* we learn that "liberal critics" said the Tea Party was "motivated at least in part by racial animus." But don't worry: leaders of both the defunct Tea Party and MAGA reject the charge as "shameful." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...