You know, if you’re gonna stan for Platner, stan for Platner.
If you’re going to criticize him (I have), do that.
But this nonsense just makes you look craven and pleases no one.
Spoke to Rep. Ro Khanna in Maine, where he stumped for Graham Platner
I asked how he squares backing him. Khanna: "What he did was toxic and wrong"
Told me the PTSD Platner went through doesn't "excuse" his behavior, but he believes in "redemption"
On whether more scandals are coming: "I'm not an oracle. I don't know if everything has" @ABC
Graham Platner’s rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that’s developed, not only on the right, but the left: The only acceptable form of “identity politics” now is white male identity politics.
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In the last few days, it's been made perfectly clear to me lot of guys have no idea that a lot of women experience behavior in romantic/sexual relationships which wouldn't hold up in a court of law but is still grounds for "never be within 150 feet of this guy ever again."
Women discuss this behavior amongst ourselves, and maybe with our husbands behind closed doors, but I wonder if it does well-meaning men a disservice by never discussing it publicly since aside from actual abuse and violence, these gray area experiences color every aspect of gender discourse on and offline, and men don't even seem to be aware of it.
Nick Bilton has cemented his legacy as one of media's biggest losers, full stop. What an absolute moron of planetary proportions — thin-skinned, pathetic, someone who cemented his legacy of firing one of the greatest journalists of an era because he couldn't take an ego check.
More: Nick Bilton's letter to CBS News:
Team,
You should hear this from me first. We have parted ways with Scott Pelley.
I know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don't say this lightly. I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground. That was not the path Scott chose.
What I regret most is that this situation interfered with the conversation I had hoped to have with you about Season 59 and the future of this show. I realize this is a great deal of change in a very short time, and I wouldn't pretend otherwise.
I won't relitigate the last week with you here. What I will commit to is this: My unyielding support for each of you, the journalism that you do and what we will do together going forward.
Nick
Ignoring the obvious issue of firing Scott Pelley for a moment, why write this letter?
Who’s the intended audience? Who does Nick Bilton think he’s convincing with this?
The thing is, to put it crudely, once the Republican Party decided that Matt Kacsmaryk was an acceptable person to invest with Article III judicial authority, there's a plausible argument that partisan control of the Senate outweighs anything else.
SCOOP: Bari Weiss is preparing to announce broad-sweeping changes at 60 MINUTES *today*…
Sharyn Alfonsi has been fired
Tanya Simon, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, has also been fired, per source
More to come…
@PuckNews
I sincerely believe those of us who got Bari right back when she was still a Times editor are owed apologies from the many, many mainstream media elites who treated her as a friend and a peer. They all know who they are. They all got played and now she’s richer than all of them.
Another day, another impeachable offense. Another grotesque abuse of power. When you commit a Watergate a day, you create a strange immunity. This is Trump's strength. The American people are too numb or propaganda-sodden to care.
Feels like a good time to repost a relevant piece. If you think Ken Paxton's odiousness makes James Talarico any better as a choice, then you don't understand why - as a Christian - I consider Talarico to be morally worse: a false counselor hiding behind claimed Christian virtue to lie lead his flock astray.
I *hate* him in ways I will never quite loathe the familiar corruption of Paxton. Do not pretend to me that he is a hero - he is malevolence in a pleasing disguise. https://t.co/boEE7wR4Uz