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Oliver Darcy: “The news media cannot get itself to plainly describe the extremist nature of Donald Trump’s administration picks to the public.” “The latest example came this weekend, by way of Kash Patel.” “When Trump announced that he intends to nominate Patel to serve as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the vast majority of news organizations declined to directly convey to readers in headlines and story ledes that the pick is a right-wing conspiracy theorist who has openly vowed to disfigure the law enforcement agency.” “Instead, most newsrooms opted to use the far more muted adjective ‘loyalist’ to describe the appointment of Patel, as if there were any doubt that any of Trump’s picks would be anything but loyalists.”

By ZEKE MILLER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California.

and left poor old gullible George holding the bag.

This is what happens when you’ve created an alternative reality and must keep doubling down on it as actual reality intrudes.

Once, Britain stood astride the world; now, its ruling (i.e., government) class is crazy.