fromThe Atlantic
1 week agoThe Atlantic's Jamie Thompson and Jeffrey Goldberg on Five Years Since Jan. 6: 'Is This What Patriotism Looks Like?'
the pardoning by Trump of his cop-beating foot soldiers represents the lowest moment of this presidency so far, because it was an act not only of naked despotism but also of outlandish hypocrisy. By pardoning these criminals, he exposed a foundational lie of MAGA ideology: that it stands with the police and as a guarantor of law and order. The truth is the opposite.
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