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Power.” (Um, isn’t the point of electoral politics to gain power?)
The Times has been on a kick of late painting the Republican Party as desperately lurching to weaponize “culture war issues” against the Democrats, with “culture war issues” conveniently redefined on the spot. Hulse even considered the momentous prospect of Democratic Supreme Court packing a mere “culture war issue,” apparently, and a fringe issue not worth worrying about.
A photo caption normalized the controversy over the idea of “systemic racism”: “Senator Mitch McConnell protested a Biden administration proposal promoting education programs that address systemic racism.”
No quotes surrounded the phrase “systemic racism,” the controversial and highly debatable idea that condemns the entire economic and social system in the United States as inherently, irrevocably racist and, at the extreme, sees racism as the single cause for every kind of racial disparity
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Power.” (Um, isn’t the point of electoral politics to gain power?)
The Times has been on a kick of late painting the Republican Party as desperately lurching to weaponize “culture war issues” against the Democrats, with “culture war issues” conveniently redefined on the spot. Hulse even considered the momentous prospect of Democratic Supreme Court packing a mere “culture war issue,” apparently, and a fringe issue not worth worrying about.
A photo caption normalized the controversy over the idea of “systemic racism”: “Senator Mitch McConnell protested a Biden administration proposal promoting education programs that address systemic racism.”
No quotes surrounded the phrase “systemic racism,” the controversial and highly debatable idea that condemns the entire economic and social system in the United States as inherently, irrevocably racist and, at the extreme, sees racism as the single cause for every kind of racial disparity
New York Times congressional reporter Carl Hulse continued to protect Democrats against Republicans in Saturday’s edition in “Republicans Amplify Culture-War Issues In Bid to Regain Power.” (Um, isn’t the point of electoral politics to gain power?)
Jobs Report Tests Bidenâs Economic Strategy
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Disappointing Jobs Report Tests Bidenâs Economic Strategy
President Biden delivered an optimistic speech Friday, following the release of Aprilâs jobs report, which found that the economy only added 266,000 jobs last month.