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   Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 02:55:29 JST Thomas Zimmer

   As a reward for eight years of purging anyone who dared to resist Trumpism - and extensive self-purges due to violent threat - the Republican Party gets effusive praise from establishment media for presenting a “united front.” Not surprising, I guess, but still quite remarkable. 1/

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     Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 03:22:47 JST Thomas Zimmer

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     This perfectly captures why the “Should the media defend democracy?” discussion is so pointless. They obviously are not taking a normative pro-democracy stance. Instead, they got willfully and enthusiastically swept away by fascistic spectacle and illusions of national “unity.” 2/