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Aug 8, 2020Liked by John Stoehr

Sure. I think I got it from Charlie Pierce or LGM.

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Aug 7, 2020Liked by John Stoehr

It doesn't matter who is on Biden's short list for VP, Cupp would write this column. If Biden allowed Cupp to select his running mate, she'd criticize him for something else. Cupp is a conservative; she isn't giving up on wingnut welfare.

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I suppose I'm just an ignorant old "white" man but have to admit I never heard of Cupp. I'm not one who watches or listens to pundits, unless you consider Trevor Noah or Stephen Colbert to be pundits. I get most of my news/opinion from folks like you, John Stoehr, and some other well informed friends. I just unsubscribed from the NYTimes and subscribed to the WaPo on line and they don't really get it right imho. It is impressive that George Will has left the republican party out of disgust for tr$mp and his thugs. I guess he's a pundit. Anyway, I appreciate your approach to the current and terrible situation. One things definite for me, viz. "Don't count my chickens before" you know the rest. It ain't over till tr$mp and his cronies are out of the White House and probably/definitely not even then. Hang in there.

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SE Cupp is not a serious journalist, she's a middling pundit at best. She accomplished her goal of gaining attention, without providing context or insight. I don't understand MSM's fascination with pundits, since they speak from a partisan lens as opposed to actual expertise. Even now, with a global recession, death, climate catastrophe, and a destabilized democracy crumbling by the day, MSM focuses on the shiny object of the day. Even now, when we are starting to hear the term 'authoritarianism' used more frequently, the media fails to delve deeply into its meaning and how fascism would impact the daily lives of Americans. People who have never known anything but freedom cannot truly appreciate a world where civil rights are eliminated, borders are closed, and freedom of speech is eradicated. This should be the main story from now until November. Forget the pundits, showcase the historians and authoritarian experts...these are the only people who can properly contextualize the danger that we face if Trump wins reelection. When the imminent danger is framed in this manner, it becomes very clear how irrelevant Biden's VP choice truly is.

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