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The Self-Defeating Both-Sidesism of the US Press

Kottke 27 April 2026 22m ago
The Self-Defeating Both-Sidesism of the US Press
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Greg Sargent writing for The New Republic : There’s no clean way to hive off terms like fascism or authoritarianism from Trump’s policies. Even if you disagree that the words apply, their use is backed up by a genuine attempt at intellectual justification for it. The use of these terms just is deeply linked to assessments of Trump’s actual policies, from the lawless renditions to foreign gulags to
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