"Do you realize it's not even been seven days since America used 150 warplanes to kill 40-80 people while kidnapping the president of a sovereign nation for possession of a machine gun... in his own country? Turley defended the legality of that one - even though he'd taken the opposite position when it was Obama - and then the next day had to vomit up a new article after Donald Trump spent his press conference admitting the rationale that Turley defended was a lie."
"A classic archetype of right-wing media is the ostensible "Democrat" expert who appears like clockwork to tell conservative audiences that even this ole liberal has to admit that the Republicans got this right! They bring unearned credibility based on their - presumed - statements against interest. They show up on Fox News like a character in a sophistry wrestling match, to embody free-floating prejudices about hated liberals before performing a face turn to the drooling delight of the viewers."
A classic archetype of right-wing media is the ostensible "Democrat" expert who routinely tells conservative audiences that even this supposed liberal concedes Republican correctness. Such figures bring unearned credibility through purported anti-party statements and perform a manufactured turnaround for viewers' approval. George Washington Law professor Jonathan Turley exemplifies this role, trading academic credibility for cable news appearances and increasingly strained legal arguments. The Trump administration regularly relies on such figures to produce legal apologies, including a recent defense of an operation involving 150 warplanes that reportedly killed 40–80 people and the seizure of a foreign president for possession of a firearm, a defense later undercut by the president's own admission. The Department of Homeland Security has also deployed ICE agents widely in Minneapolis amid concerns about an ill-prepared enforcement unit.
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