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[CW: SA] Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her (www.politico.com)

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Surely this is another GOP psyop! I know some folks on here were sure the last one was, after all

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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 36 points 14 hours ago

Ryan Grim of Drop Site News has been intolerable on this.

[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 29 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The problem with Ryan is that apparently he knew Platner from when he was a bartender in DC. We should know from Bernie 2020 how much being "good friends" with someone can warp your judgement dem

[-] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 27 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Ryan Grim has been a bad take machine lately. What is with these journalists that start out with good positions always devolving into chuddery and crankery? Taibi, Blumenthal, Grim, etc.

There seems to be a type. Why is it so rare to find any principled journalist in the alt journalism western world? Only ones I can think of in the "alt" sphere that haven't embarrassed themselves are Richard Medhurst (admirable for standing up against legal pressure and trumped up terrorism charges from 2 countries) and Ben Norton. I guess that's your answer right there, if you stick to your guns and say the truth no matter what they law cracks down on you or you get kicked to the curb from your job.

[-] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

It's the absence of historical materialism

[-] Crucible@hexbear.net 22 points 13 hours ago

I genuinely think they give themselves brainworms by being on twitter all day long

[-] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 13 points 12 hours ago

Greenwald is another one. You are right, it's just pure contrarianism and eventually reaction.

[-] Fossifoo@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago

I remember him having some incredibly unhinged takes. During Snowden and WikiLeaks he sure was a plank but I feel he lost too much money to not pander to weird right wing grifters.