I get the urge to start from an assumption of good faith, but if you've been reporting on politics for as long as Klein has, you should be able to identify that someone like Kirk was not "doing politics the right way". At some point, you need to learn to account for your blindspots.

I was thinking subtle in terms of their propaganda goal of justifying a crackdown on trans people and leftists. If it's just to prove guilt, it's *very* unsubtle. Just seemed to me like they had enough to charge him without it; but, who knows. I wouldn't put it past them

I could be wrong, but subtly isn't exactly this administration's forte. I'm sure we'll get a clearer picture when there's more independent reporting on this

I feel like they would have inserted a clearer left wing motive if they had faked these. The shooter talking vaguely about Kirk's "hatred" doesn't rule out an angry moderate. I'd expect at least something like calling Kirk a bigot/transphobe or using what the FBI thinks is leftist gen z lingo.

I was only able to find the one case where anyone tried to change the term from back in 2013, and he's still complaining about it a decade later! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I'd imagine the fact that indigenous people are disproportionately incarcerated may have an influence on it too

We pay for our current health care system with our lives.

Bigger Finding # 2:
Outrage-evoking misinfo seems to have little concern for truth

It is shared more w/out reading, but people still could tell you it wasn't true, they just don't care

In other words, we basically prove the adage "YOU CAN'T BRING FACTS TO A FEELINGS FIGHT"

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