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June 18, 2023

The Threat or Menace? Edition

"The Most Dangerous Threat To Jews Are The People Threatening To Kill the Jews", claims The Debate Link. You sure now?

Outside The Beltway notices something not quite as dangerous, but it's just a matter of degree.

The first thing to strike me is the headline reference to Soros, which is plain and simply an anti-semitic trope. Shame on the Post for spotlighting it and shame on Pence for saying it. What’s amazing is that the piece cites the phrase “puppet master” three times: in the headline, in the caption of a large photo of Soros (as if that is somehow a central part of the interview), and once in the text, but that is all of the quote from Pence that is provided.

Horizons on Nikki Haley's takes on racism.

The Week That Was, from Burr Deming of FairAndUnbalanced.

Spam bonus, from News From me.

By M. Bouffant. Submissions considered at mbtu@crooksandliars.com.

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