WSJ Gets Huffy Over Backlash After Publishing Trump Op-Ed Boosting Big Lie | Talking Points Memo

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board yesterday put out a prickly defense of its decision to publish Trump’s rambling letter to the editor in which he regurgitated his usual lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election — a screed identical to any of the hundreds of emails from his Save America PAC, except it was published in a reputable news outlet wholesale, without a single factcheck.


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WSJ =

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Jackass

I wonder how many news stories about rape by TFG that WSJ used “catch-and-kill” to bury - like the Enquirer publisher did.

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Katie Porter should be on TV every day, all day, explaining to Americans how they are being screwed by the corporate state.

Even a republican could understand her demonstrations.

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“Without a single fact check”

Perhaps the letter contained no single fact.

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Another successful execution

Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing (apnews.com)

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Please proceed!!!
Trump Plans Monday Tele-Rally for Youngkin in Virginia Race (msn.com)

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If you enable liars, you are, in effect, lying.

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe “is preparing to try and steal the election” in Virginia on Tuesday.

Numbers must be looking not so good.

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Bring it on, Donnie!!!

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This is one of the most despicable (as well insidious and oft overlooked by the MSM) things that has resulted from the last five years of the Orange Pustule’s takeover of our political discourse: the normalization of lying.

Yet another example of the asymmetric warfare that the Democrats are up against… SMH

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Rupert Murdoch owns the WSJ, so enough said.

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Since he lies all the time why would they print it?

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Put up or shut up
Virginia AG Mark Herring Requests State Sen. Amanda Chase ® Produce Evidence of Alleged Election “Cheating” | Blue Virginia

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If the WSJ feels one of its roles is to present diverse viewpoints and let their readers decide their veracity why not allow a person to publish a 600 word screed denying the Holocaust ever occurred?

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“The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter” over the letter

Oh yeah, and I suppose the negatives are naybobbing as well. A spoonful of “aren’t we clever” alliteration does Not make the fascism go down.

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Wall Street Journal - Owned by Rupert Murdoch

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More Please
Cheney calls out Fox over new Tucker Carlson promo | TheHill

It appears that @FoxNews is giving @TuckerCarlson a platform to spread the same type of lies that provoked violence on January 6. As @FoxNews knows, the election wasn’t stolen and January 6 was not a “false flag” operation. @rupertmurdoch @jayawallace @Suzannescott @SpeakerRyan https://t.co/ODKZFVUFBa

— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) October 28, 2021
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Beat me to it. She is always thoroughly prepared, explains complex situations simply and directly–often with helpful visuals–and refuses to accept lies and half-truths from the powerful people she interacts with in hearings. She is a valuable asset for the Democratic Party and more than that, a true advocate for the vast majority of American people. Go get 'em Katie!

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After reading about this Oklahoma execution at Huff Po this AM it is obvious that the Oklahoma Corrections Department is the actual entity that should die convulsing.
Oklahoma is not OK.

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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Iowa is suing Iowa secretary of state Paul Pate, the Iowa Voter Registration Commission and auditors in four counties.

  • Election officials have failed to provide Spanish language materials to voters who speak little English , according to LULAC. Spanish speakers and others with limited English proficiency “face unnecessary barriers to voting” due to an “erroneous interpretation and implementation” of the state’s “English-only” law, the lawsuit states.
  • The organization is requesting that a judge order an exemption to the law for voting materials.

It’s absurd that the LULAC even has to sue. It’s absurd that Iowa has an English-only law.

The United States does not have and has never made English its official language.

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