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Were You Better Off Four Years Ago?

So what was the worst year of your life?
The answer will obviously vary, but it’s a good bet the year 2020 will rank pretty high in any list of wretched years. After all, it’s when COVID-19 arrived. The pandemic eventually took over a million lives just in America. Our economy collapsed. Schools and businesses closed, unemployment sky-rocketed, most people were isolated and terrified. As scientists struggled to figure out how the virus spread, how to keep from contracting it, and how to treat it, most Americans were hoarding hand sanitizer, paper towels, and toilet paper; avoiding door knobs, hand rails, and other shared surfaces; and obsessively cleaning their groceries and their mail.
It was indeed a time most of us would prefer to forget. And it seems the Republican Party is counting on that.

https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1769362533620539491

Trump Says Some Undocumented Are ‘Not People’

“I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1769173530652836281

WHITEBOARD: Delay = Danger

How Delayed Accountability Endangers Democracy

https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1768713482441195550

Hal Malchow Is Going to Die on Thursday. He Has One Last Message for Democrats.

The pioneering Democratic consultant has been planning his death for decades.

https://twitter.com/briskide/status/1769027687979372746

The War That Israel Could Have Fought

The horrific assault by Hamas demanded a firm response, but Israel has depended too much on military might and not enough on diplomacy and political vision.

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1769012465751425101

Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk

The GOP candidate should not be given intelligence briefings.

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1769139154720342147

https://twitter.com/billprady/status/1768789517174178005

How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1769003768723497381

Why Pence’s Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1769122554072137782

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