We've come to a pretty pass when it is seen as a triumph when the president of the United States is persuaded not to follow through on a hideous, repugnant, indecent plan. We measure gains in the Trump era by the daily rise and occasional fall on the hideositymeter.

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Yeah, man. Yeah. ... yep :(. I won't go so far as to say we get the media we "deserve," because nobody deserves this crap. But we get the media we "want." Or white people want, at least. Because people vote with their eyeballs and the least common demoninator eyeballs reward... crap.

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"The Republican Senate nominee in Ohio is Jon Husted, who, believe it or not, is the incumbent. Haven’t heard of him? Neither has almost anyone in Ohio, though now that Trump went on a long riff about Husted’s rockin’ bod ('I looked at his ass'), perhaps more voters will notice him."

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"Rothkopf does a brilliant job defining precisely how Trump has been aiding and abetting the enemy... compelling." --Financial Times "Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor." us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Steady State member and 25-year CIA veteran Margaret Henoch spoke with NPR about Germany’s intelligence scandal, drawing on her experience working with the former intelligence chief and the risks compromised intelligence poses to Western allies. Read and listen: buff.ly/r5HcZT9

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