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Brian Fairbanks

@brianfair

Author, "Wizards: David Duke, America's Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right" (Vanderbilt) and "Willie, Waylon and the Boys" (Hachette).

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RFK Jr saying "none of the 72 vaccines given to children have been tested against placebo " The reality : - Children are not given 72 vaccines - The ones they are given have been tested against placebo This serial liar is your HHS Secretary.

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My story for the The Atavist Magazine is a finalist for the The Deadline Club Awards! The other nominees are Bloomberg and an incredible piece from Sarah A. Topol NYT Magazine that kept me riveted for days. magazine.atavist.com/the-last-shall…

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Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) insults voters who passed a paid sick leave initiative last November. "This is the problem with direct democracy... They have no skin in the game whatsoever when it comes to these sorts of measures ... Most people casting these

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"Any national Democrat trying to do intraparty wrangling right now is committing political malpractice. Because the only story that matters is how Trump Republicans are destroying the economy and the rule of law." - The Bulwark thebulwark.com/p/dear-democra…

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Acyn Still taxing your tips, overtime, and Social Security because Trump’s “middle class tax cut” was just another campaign scam.

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emily Maine Matt Van Swol Maine Matt Van Swol President Biden approved over $932 million for North Carolina's Hurricane Helene relief in 2024, including $453 million for individual assistance (housing and other needs), $379 million for public assistance (infrastructure), and $100 million for

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MIKE JOHNSON: We are not cutting Medicaid in this package TAPPER: 1.4 million people in your home state of Louisiana are on Medicaid. Is it your contention that if any of those Louisianans lose their benefits, it's because they shouldn't have been receiving them? JOHNSON: Yeah.

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Donald Trump on his son Barron: “He can look at a computer... I turn off his laptop, I said, ‘Oh good,’ and I go back about five minutes later, he’s got his laptop, I say, ‘How do you do that?’.. He’s got an unbelievable aptitude in technology." (March)

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Trump: Putin is shooting rockets into Ukrainian cities. I don't like it at all. Reporter: What do you want to do about it? Trump: What, I’m going to tell you? You're the fake news, aren't you? Totally fake.

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What kind of party does the Democratic party, sitting at a 21% approval rating, want to be? Hopefully, it's not the one that elected Eric Adams. Let's not make that mistake again with Cuomo. open.substack.com/pub/americasun…

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EXCERPT: Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings Used To Play With Dynamite For Fun During Their Early Days In Nashville -- from my book whiskeyriff.com/2025/06/26/joh… via @whiskeyriff