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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 06:20:56 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   Amy Goodman tells William Barber II,

   "I think one of the big takeaways of this convention, as Republicans talked about unity, is unifying people against marginalized communities, particularly throughout the week, speaker after speaker vilified everyone from immigrants to trans students."

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   https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/19/william_barber

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 06:20:53 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The media's reaction to Trump's RNC speech presents a troubling picture of journalistic responsibility and the dangers of premature narrative-setting. Perhaps most alarming is the number of newspapers that ran headlines seemingly written before Trump actually delivered his speech, focusing almost exclusively on his calls for unity while ignoring the divisive content that made up the bulk of his remarks."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 06:20:54 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "For nearly a decade, the American press has periodically convinced itself that Donald Trump is on the verge of a dramatic pivot, ready to transform into a more 'presidential' figure. Time and again, these predictions have proven to be little more than wishful thinking. Yet here we are, in 2024, watching the same story unfold."

     ~ Parker Molloy

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     https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-pivot-that-never-was-how-trumps

     Bill repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 06:20:55 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "But it is also — what they didn’t say, there was no conversation about the poor, 140 million poor and low-wage people in this country. This was a unity against labor rights, a unity against voting rights, a unity against living wages, a unity against healthcare for all."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 06:20:56 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     Barber responds:

     "I think you’re exactly right. It was a unity of rejection, rejecting people in this American society. It was a unity in those who are against women’s right to choose, even though they tried to hide that, because you have to read the whole platform. It was unity against immigrants."

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