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NYT, Linda Greenhouse guest essay, 26 Jan 2022: Stephen Breyer Was the Right Justice for the Wrong Age<\/a><\/p>\n \nJustice Breyer\u2019s belief in the power of facts, evidence and expertise was out of step in a postfactual age. The protections<\/a> of the Voting Rights Act were no longer necessary in the South? The Constitution\u2019s framers meant to give the populace an individual right to own a gun<\/a>? Or, more recently, the federal agency charged with protecting American workers was likely powerless<\/a> to protect the workplace from a deadly pandemic?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Salon, Amanda Marcotte, 27 Jan 2022: Why the right sees Biden’s promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack<\/a>, subtitled, “Right-wing media doesn’t need a name to know their narrative: Any Black female nominee is inherently unsuitable.”<\/p>\n Slate: Jordan Weissman, 27 Jan 2022: Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?<\/a>, subtitled, “Some useful context for our current moment in Supreme Court\u2013nomination politics.”<\/p>\n Slate: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, 27 Jan 2022: What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden\u2019s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are \u201cUnqualified\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \nAny time a Democratic president chooses a non-white-man for the Supreme Court, that nominee is inherently suspect\u2014a presumptive unqualified beneficiary of affirmative action until proven otherwise. With examples.<\/p>\n \\\\<\/p>\n Washington Post, Paul Waldman, 27 Jan 2022: Strong economic growth wrecks the GOP\u2019s gloom-and-doom spin<\/a><\/p>\n \\\\<\/p>\n Salon, Jon Skolnik, 26 Jan 2022: Book banning fever heats up in red states<\/a>, subtitled, “Schools boards and city officials in Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee want to purge “objectionable” books”<\/p>\n Slate, Christina Cauterucci, 27 Jan 2022: Florida\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic<\/a>, subtitled, “Florida may pass a bill that would ban discussions of all sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.”<\/p>\n (Because if you never mention it, they’ll never find out about it! And then they’ll all get nicely married and have your grandchildren!)<\/p>\n The Guardian, Adam Gabbatt, 24 Jan 2022: US conservatives linked to rich donors wage campaign to ban books from schools<\/a><\/p>\n Jerry Coyne, 27 Jan 2022: Maus<\/i> banned in a Tennessee school distrinct because of eight swear words and a naked rodent<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook Stephen King meme:<\/p>\n This recalls the Streisand Effect<\/a>; thus:<\/p>\n Bleeding Cool: Art Spiegelman’s Maus Back In Bestseller Charts After Classroom Ban<\/a><\/p>\n \\\\<\/p>\n Salon, Amanda Marcotte, 25 Jan 2022: Extremist politicians aren’t a “both sides” issue \u2014 it’s strictly a GOP phenomenon<\/a>, subtitled, “Republicans want to overturn elections and spread disease \u2014 while progressive Dems just want better social programs.”<\/p>\n The Week, Damon Linker, 25 Jan 2022: America’s hyperbole habit is the worst thing ever<\/a>, subtitled, “The risk and roots of our nonstop panic and alarm”<\/p>\n \\\\<\/p>\n The Daily Beast, Julia Davis, 26 Jan 2022: Kremlin TV Worries Tucker Carlson\u2019s Pro-Putin Bias Has Gone Too Far<\/a>, subtitled, “Russian state propagandists are concerned that no one will take the Fox News host seriously any more.”<\/p>\n
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