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The Non-Education of Ross Douthat

NICHOLAS GROSSMAN: The New York Times columnist insists on defending a version of the Republican party that doesn't exist.

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Asha Rangappa on the J6 Domestic Terror Threat

Guest host Amanda Carpenter is joined by Asha Rangappa, where they wonder what happened to COVID testing, go deep on J6 records requests, and talk about the Texas abortion law.

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THE TRIAD: The World Is Getting More Dangerous. A Lot More. 🔐

JVL: Anti-mask violence in America. A coup brewing in Brazil.

WEEKEND TRIAD: Strange New Disrespect 🔓

TIM MILLER: The ideology beneath an abortion position that nobody likes.

From The Bulwark Aggregator…

• How a Small Town Silenced a Neo-Nazi Hate Campaign - Elizabeth Williamson, The New York Times

• Ben Dugan Works for CVS. His Job Is Battling a $45 Billion Crime Spree. - Rebecca Ballhaus and Shalini Ramachandran, The Wall Street Journal

• Elizabeth Holmes’s Last Pitch - Ankush Khardori, Intelligencer

• GOP’s Promised Jan. 6 Probe Has One Problem: No One Wants It - Sam Brodey, Matt Fuller, and Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast

• Most NFL Players Understand What Cam Newton Doesn’t - Jemele Hill, The Atlantic

• Everything Is Infrastructure Now - Eric Boehm, Reason

• New ‘mu’ COVID variant now found in 49 U.S. states - Brandon Sapienza, New York Daily News

In Today’s Bulwark...

The Power of the Demagogue

NICOLE PENN: The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘All the King’s Men’ turns 75.

Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1933-2021

GREG FERRARA: The physical Frenchman transcended his status as the early face of the French New Wave.

J.D. Vance Is So Thirsty

JONATHAN V. LAST: The sad, needy tweets of a loser.

🚨OVERTIME 🚨

Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed the last dog days of summer! We enjoyed the HOA pool for one last afternoon, and the dogs continued to (try) and bond.

We also had some BBQ this weekend.

The House GOP needs to get better research staffers…

Chris Fralic @chrisfralic

They sent it to Marissa Mayer at Yahoo! - she hasn’t been there since 2017.

Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender

11 House Republicans send letters to 13 telecom companies vowing to "pursue all legal remedies" if they comply with the Jan. 6 committee's records request. "Please be advised that the undersigned do not consent to the release of confidential call records or data," it concludes. https://t.co/EM2m5b7Lv5

6:12 PM ∙ Sep 5, 2021

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“Welcome is the right word…” And I’m glad my state is welcoming refugees from Afghanistan.

What QAnon does next…

The other Afghan women… Make sure you earmark 20 minutes to read this New Yorker story. It’s your #mustread #longread of the day. I don’t want to spoil a word of it for you.

House GOP priorities…

andrew kaczynski @KFILE

Here Congresswoman @claudiatenney shares a tweet saying Biden “molests little children and makes out with his granddaughter,” and the person she calls deranged isn’t the person who shared but it the person they’re responding to who criticized Trump.

Claudia Tenney @claudiatenney

She is Blue Anon deranged and compelled to peddle lies. https://t.co/3W99lob35P

5:54 PM ∙ Sep 7, 2021

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Wait, what?

KXAN News @KXAN_News

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will "eliminate rape" so victims won't have to have their rapist's baby under the state's new abortion restrictions.

trib.alGov. Abbott: Abortion bill won’t force rape victims to have babies, Texas will ‘eliminate’ rapistsAbbott said the law, which is the most restrictive in the U.S., gives rape victims up to six weeks to get abortion and thusly “does not do that [force victims to have their assaulter’s child].”

5:32 PM ∙ Sep 7, 2021

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Is this bad?

David Moore @ppolitics

Following-up on @lachlan's scoop this weekend. @TheWellNews' founders are the E.D. and PR consultant for @CenterForwardUS, the dark money group of @HouseBlueDogs, and the site runs positive stories for corporate clients of the nonprofit's board members.

thebrick.houseNews Outlet Founded by Blue Dog Dem Operatives Promotes Big Pharma’s Lobbying Aims ⑉ Brick HouseLeaders of a centrist advocacy group with funding from the pharmaceutical industry founded outlet The Well News and have editorial input on its promoted posts.

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