contemporary political journalism as i understand it is the republican party flying the plane into the mountain and democrats attempting to stop it and journalists trying to debate the relative merits of flying the plane into the mountain.

— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) October 8, 2021

If both parties went off the rails into paranoia, voters in both parties would call the other party a danger to society. But if one party went off the rails while the other remained in the normal range, voters in both parties would still call the other party a danger to society. https://t.co/brviIj86pN

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 8, 2021

Both sides is stronger than reason, stronger than logic, stronger than history, because it promises something none of those things can promise: innocence for the speaker.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 8, 2021