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      Pilgrim
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      I don't think your comment is intended this way, but could be interpreted as an endorsement of whataboutism. While there is a global criminal class that intersects with the global political class...

      I don't think your comment is intended this way, but could be interpreted as an endorsement of whataboutism. While there is a global criminal class that intersects with the global political class (global elites, whatever you want to call them) what we're seeing here is NOT at all normal for U.S. politicians, as much as pundits on the Right would like to believe it is. You'll recall the Clinton's charity was heavily scrutinized and was found not to be the bastion of criminal activity that the Trump charity is. You'll recall that the Obama administration was relatively scandal-free when compared to the Trump (or even Bush) administrations. They certainly weren't using the presidency as a blatant way to make money for their own companies or placing their immediate family into positions of power.

      The way I read your comment and the point that I think you're trying to make is that there is an epidemic of white collar crime that has been ongoing and only now are we seeing it.

      Please do let me know if I misinterpreted anything.

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        1. Pilgrim
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          It seems I misinterpreted your original comment

          It seems I misinterpreted your original comment

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    Great to see these laid out so cleanly. I had no idea there were that many meetings with respect to the Trump Tower and other communications with Russia. I'm intensely curious about where this...

    Great to see these laid out so cleanly. I had no idea there were that many meetings with respect to the Trump Tower and other communications with Russia. I'm intensely curious about where this Mueller report is going to go. I see many headlines and articles that suggest that he doesn't have much directly on Trump, and I'm not sure how much to read into those articles (which I generally see on The Hill, but other sources as well). I have to wonder why he hasn't released his report quite yet - you would think he'd run down practically all the leads by now. I would be lying if I said I wasn't getting a bit impatient. I get the feeling that no matter what it contains, Republicans may still refuse to consider impeachment proceedings.

    Please pardon the incoming rant.

    Frankly, it shocks me that so many scandals can pass for Trump to seem unscathed. Being able to completely disregard past quotes and actions scares me. Our memory seems to be so short that perhaps we really HAVE always been at war with Oceania. And I think the fact is, Trump's followers aren't the only ones (inb4 'whataboutism') with such short memories and fickle emotions. The prevalence of advertising and the current political climate seems like a testament to how persuadable the masses are. I cannot act like I am not influenced in this way as well; it's incredibly difficult to keep up with the news and remember what was a "big deal" 6 months ago. I think there are plenty of good news sources out there, but those, almost by definition, are not the ones that attract tons of readers by playing to existing biases.

    I'm beginning to think we have a massive threat to democracy when Trump still has an approval rate that is supposedly in the mid 40s. To me, it's not even about the content of the GOP's policies, but the fact that they can control their supporters so easily. It seems that every time something happens, each side just digs their heels in more and gets angrier at their adversary. If Trump is actually impeached, I worry that we may see real violence as a result.

    I'm so sick of the animosity. We desperately need a reason to become United again (that isn't another fucking war).

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  3. Pilgrim
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    @suspended Thank you so much for sharing this concise article that clearly lays out the historic crimes of the President. I have been looking for something like this. I plan to share it next time...

    @suspended Thank you so much for sharing this concise article that clearly lays out the historic crimes of the President. I have been looking for something like this. I plan to share it next time a Trump-supporter asks me "but what crimes? he hasn't done anything!?" Normally when this happens, as some other commentator before be stated, my mind just seizes because of the sheer volume of crimes! Now I have something succinct and to-the-point that I can share. Much appreciated!

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    This website is gorgeous. I love the way this story is presented. Thanks for sharing!

    This website is gorgeous. I love the way this story is presented. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Deimos
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      Axios is an interesting site. Their manifesto is worth reading: https://www.axios.com/about They're not perfect, but overall I feel like they do a good job of trying to be fact-based news without...

      Axios is an interesting site. Their manifesto is worth reading: https://www.axios.com/about

      They're not perfect, but overall I feel like they do a good job of trying to be fact-based news without adding a lot of extra opinion/analysis. One part of it that's really interesting to me is that I often feel like their posts are too brief because of that. For example, here's their post about Airbnb acquiring HotelTonight, which I posted about earlier. Axios's post is like... 4 sentences, and they might even have added one of them later. The NYTimes article I originally linked on Tildes about the exact same story is probably at least 5x that long, and even it's not a very long article in the larger scheme of things (less than 500 words).

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