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I was just thinking about this. Stevens was seen as the steady safe hand despite instantly being the single weirdest human being anyone has ever seen and the closest analogue I have for her is Eric Adams

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Abdul is so manifestly talented as a politician, the only reason not to support him is bigotry. That’s really all there is. Bigotry and comfort with bigotry and a preference for aligning with bigots. The rationale around it are just so much fancy rhetorical window dressing.

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The NYT reporter who did the Alaska hit piece did a long sympathetic story on rural white Republicans facing California Dems’ new House map. It barely mentions the many more new GOP gerrymanders—mostly targeting Black & Latino Dems—at the end. Many other examples, like this sexist portrayal of AOC

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Jamo's point about the bylines is the critical indicator here. When the Times decides they really want to juice a story, they assign multiple reporters to it - in this case, NINE - which produces a torrent of articles, which then convinces everyone else in the media that this is a Really Big Deal

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