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Read and most of them hadnt heard them. they were getting their news from, at the best case, fox. or facebook or newsmax and you can go all the way down the list. so, theres this echo chamber that these folks live in, and that is who, you know, the tom cottons of the world are talking to. and so, i do think that those attacks will have a little bit of resonance, you know, within that bubble. the question is whether, i think, biden can show the strength to continue where i think hes been successf...

Save this story for later. At a café in a mountain town east of Rome, Benjamin Harnwell was wondering which of the five thousand applicants to his right-wing “gladiator school” he could introduce to a reporter without embarrassment. He thought of four, and dialled one up. “A journalist is looking to speak to some students,” he said into the phone, “and I don’t want him to wind up talking to some skinhead.” He listened, a religious medal rattling against his...

comments There is a recurring question that comedians keep getting asked lately: "Do you miss Donald Trump for all the material he provided you?" Although well-intentioned, these people have no idea how stand-up comedy actually works, which comedian Maz Jobrani made clear during our "Salon Talks" episode this week. I spoke to Jobrani, who has starred in everything from his own comedy specials on Showtime to movies, to his latest special, "Pandemic Warrior," now available on NBCs streaming servi...

Media outlets and journalists are foaming and frothing at the mouth for when Vice President Mike Pence certifies the vote today. WaPo is no exception. They are downright giddy. In what has been dubbed as Pence’s “final performance”, as he will preside over the certification of the electoral college vote-a job that is largely ceremonial in nature. The media? Well, they are eating this up because for four years, Pence has been a “loyal servant” of Trump, promising his “fealty”. Year...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not one to pull his punches when it comes to American presidents. The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was not just a particularly daring attack against Iran. It was also Neyantahu’s opening salvo against President-elect Joe Biden in what is already set to be an uneasy relationship. Rather than endearing himself and Israel to the new American president, Bibi instead chose to throw the first punch. His signal to Bide...

Bibi Wants Biden to Bend the Knee | Opinion Trita Parsi On 12/10/20 at 3:34 PM EST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not one to pull his punches when it comes to American presidents. The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was not just a particularly daring attack against Iran. It was also Neyantahus opening salvo against President-elect Joe Biden in what is already set to be an uneasy relationship. Rather than endearing himself and Israel...

A party of trump in a way i did not see before bush. >> weve been studying this. we ask this question a lot to try to figure out. you are right the trump wing of the party is growing. heres what it was the last time we did it. do they support the president? 57%. are they more of a trump supporter than republican? 57% of republicans call themselves that. but thats 40 % of the party call themselves a republican before. >> heres my final point to that. then you take him on the same way that barack ...

Start seeing tom cottons or other republicans who think they may have a future in the party taking this on. >> and institutions are increasingly not as important in american politics. like the rnc and the dnc. but state parties matter. and if state parties are not allowing primary challenges to go forward, were seeing that already -- seeds of that in south carolina and other places. the state party could have some power in keeping one of those people off the ballot entirely. >> thats the point. ...

If 2019 goes badly is where you start seeing tom cottons or other republicans who think they may have a future in the party taking this on. >> institutions are not as important as american politics like the rnc and dnc. state parties matter. if theyre not allowing a primary challenge to go forward, were seeing that already. the seeds of that in south carolina. the state party could have power in keeping one of those people off the ballot entirely. >> thats the point here. hes not going to lose t...

What youre seeing from the tom cottons, the marco rubios, thank you, mr. president. we 100% believe you should have canceled this. they were skeptical the meeting wouldnt end up in anything, anyway. >> are you confident in a denuclearization if confidence is acquired? >> well see what happened. a phase-in may be a little necessary, it would have to be a rapid phase-in, but i would like to see it done at one time. >> now, again, the president didnt give away the candy store there, but just the id...