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“We’re all in for Glenn”:
Irresponsible tweet claiming to have figured out who one of the people is:
Vice mentions but doesn’t name a “low-level Democratic operative”: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abzaj/lincoln-project-posed-as-charlottesville-white-supremacists-at-youngkin-gop-event
The Lincoln Project: It was us!: https://www.nbc29.com/2021/10/29/group-with-tiki-torches-stand-by-youngkin-campaign-bus-charlottesville-event/
Example of a turnabout test (Tetlock, an excellent psychologist) may have come up with the term):
Everyone’s dumb:
The Lincoln Project is a well-oiled machine and definitely isn’t making money for grifters: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/lincoln-project-weaver.html
The Daily Wire is a well-oiled machine and definitely isn’t making money for grifters:
Forbes article from 2017 on this particular grift: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/06/18/think-twice-before-opening-a-gold-or-silver-ira/?sh=1d1a524c76b8
Jesse on Ben Shapiro’s departure from Breitbart: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/05/ben-shapiros-messy-breakup-with-breitbart.html
Terry McAuliffe with the gafffe: https://www.yahoo.com/now/mcauliffe-claims-everybody-clapped-argued-172127281.html
Video:
Good podcast episode from The Dispatch on the Loudoun County stuff:
The Facebook group: https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2021/03/parents-group-says-theyve-been-targeted-for-opposition-to-teachings-of-racial-equality-in-loudoun-co-schools/
Teacher disciplined for expressing wrong opinion on proposed policy, though then reinstated via court challenge: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/loudoun-county-gym-teacher-reinstated-after-suspension-for-opposing-gender-policies-group-says
“Kyrie Irving Doesn’t Know if the Earth Is Round or Flat. He Does Want to Discuss It”: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/movies/kyrie-irving-nba-celtics-earth.html
1/6, times a million: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32467379/group-protesting-vaccine-mandate-show-kyrie-irving-support-ahead-brooklyn-nets-home-opener
Video:
Are Kyrie Irving and Dave Chappelle full-blown humans?: https://deadspin.com/kyrie-irving-and-dave-chappelle-are-being-used-as-black-1847936962
Nikole Hannah-Jones on being “politically black”:
Julie Bindel on Bari Weiss: https://www.honestlypod.com/podcast/episode/29266fe3/women-like-hunting-witches-too
“Growing up in a wealthier neighborhood is a major, positive predictor of reaching the N.B.A. for both black and white men.”: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/opinion/sunday/in-the-nba-zip-code-matters.html
“The story makes white people seem like flawed, complicated characters; by comparison, people of color seem good, wise, and perhaps rather simple. This narrative may be appealing to its target audience, but it doesn’t seem to offer much to anyone else.”: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/19/the-fight-to-redefine-racism
Colin Kaepernick’s… problematic comparison:
Kaepernick settlement: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/sports/colin-kaepernick-nfl-settlement.html
Jesse on left-wing identitarianism and why it’s bad and fundamentally unpopular:
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