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  • Report: Creepy Joe Biden Swims Naked, Upsetting Female Secret Service Agents

    05/01/2020 6:26:05 AM PDT · by USA Conservative · 62 replies
    Right Journalism ^ | 05.01.2020 | Alex D.
    In 2014, The Atlantic wrote a piece by Conor Friedersdorf entitled, “In Defense of Naked Joe Biden.” Friedersdorf objected to what appeared to be leaks from the U.S. Secret Service about Biden’s behavior when he’s out of the public eye. Author Ronald Kessler wrote in his book, The First Family Detail, that “Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a habit of swimming in his pool nude. Female Secret Service agents find the behavior offensive.” It’s not okay that Harvey Weinstein did it. It’s not okay that Charlie Rose did...
  • The Unexpected Breadth of Donald Trump's Appeal

    02/12/2016 3:36:42 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 32 replies
    theatlantic.com ^ | Conor Friedersdorf
    Since the Granite State is so white, it didn't test the candidate's performance among minorities. But Trump proved an ability to best all his rivals among the following groups: Women. He got 33 percent of their vote. The runner up, John Kasich, got 16 percent. All ages. He won among 18-to-29-year-olds, 30-to-44-year-olds, 45-to-64-year-olds, and 65-and-over, his worst demographic, where he still won 31 percent of the vote. He did better in the city and the suburbs than in rural areas, but won all three locales. He won among voters with college degrees and among those with graduate degrees. He won...
  • A Letter to Donald Trump Supporters With One Big Question

    08/14/2015 6:28:55 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 50 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | August 14, 2015 | Conor Friedersdorf
    You’re right to mistrust conventional politicians. But why do you think he’ll treat you any better?Dear Donald Trump Supporters: You’re fed up. This much I understand. You’re fed up with politicians who say one thing on the campaign trail, like that they’re going to stop illegal immigration, and then do another in Washington; you’re fed up with insiders who rig the system for their benefit at your expense; and you’re fed up with coastal media elites and their insular subculture. On some level I sympathize. In the last presidential election, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any of the...
  • A Letter to Donald Trump Supporters With One Big Question

    08/14/2015 6:20:19 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 93 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | 08/14/2015 | CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
    Dear Donald Trump Supporters: You’re fed up. This much I understand. You’re fed up with politicians who say one thing on the campaign trail, like that they’re going to stop illegal immigration, and then do another in Washington; you’re fed up with insiders who rig the system for their benefit at your expense; and you’re fed up with coastal media elites and their insular subculture. On some level I sympathize. In the last presidential election, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any of the candidates. I just left it blank. I wanted nothing to do with my awful options....
  • Ferguson's Conspiracy Against Black Citizens (Atlantic carrying Holder's water)

    03/05/2015 6:18:50 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | 03/05/2015 | Conor Friedersdorf
    Despite the uncertainty surrounding the killing of Michael Brown, many black residents of Ferguson, Missouri, immediately thought that he was the victim of a wrongful death at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson, who shot him after a scuffle.
  • How Can We Understand Benghazi Without Probing the CIA's Role?

    05/13/2013 6:20:05 AM PDT · by don-o · 19 replies
    The Atlantic | May 13, 2013 | Conor Friedersdorf
    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/how-can-we-understand-benghazi-without-probing-the-cias-role/275781/
  • The NRA Wins Again

    03/28/2014 12:06:13 PM PDT · by neverdem · 43 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | MAR 28 2014 | CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
    The Newtown shooting led gun-control advocates to try the same failed strategies again. And once again, they didn't work. After the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, many in the American media insisted that the tragedy should prompt a "conversation about gun control." These articles were written as if there had never been such a conversation. In fact, the issue had been debated for decades. Given the results, I argued, there was no reason to presume that a new conversation would end in more gun control. That conversation has now come and gone. The result? "Perverse as it may sound, the...
  • Politico: Media Didn't Ignore Benghazi

    08/06/2013 1:06:06 PM PDT · by Nachum · 44 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 8/6/13 | William Bigelow
    Politico’s Dylan Byers, in a piece for his buddies in the MSM, declares that conservative criticism of the mainstream media is overblown. Byers writes: So often conservative media, like conservative media criticism, can't be taken seriously because it overplays its hand. Like someone who shouts "thief!" the second his keys go missing, much of the conservative echo-chamber has a hyper-aggressive penchant to see conspiracy where they'd do better to see questions in need of answers. As a general rule -- albeit with plenty of exceptions -- there is a guilty-until-proven-innocent approach among those who fashion themselves as "anti-MSM," which can...
  • Why Do Liberals Keep Sanitizing the Obama Story?

    11/22/2011 4:30:53 PM PST · by iowamark · 4 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | November 22 2011 | Conor Friedersdorf
    When I pleaded with liberals to stop ignoring President Obama's failures on civil liberties, foreign policy, and the separation of powers, treating them as if they didn't even merit a mention, the quintessential example of the troubling phenomenon hadn't yet been published. Now it has. In New York, one of America's premier magazines, Jonathan Chait, a sharp, experienced political writer, has penned a 5,000 word essay purporting to defend the president's first term. It is aimed at liberal critics who, in Chait's telling, naively expected too much. Tellingly, as Chait writes for affluent urban liberals who railed against the Bush...
  • Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange County (barf alert)

    07/15/2011 8:11:08 PM PDT · by NowApproachingMidnight · 49 replies
    Atlantic ^ | 7/15/2011 | conor friedersdorf
    "Why aren't you seeing Harry Potter?" an usher said to the reporter sitting alone in the audience