Husband. Dad. Davidson College Batten professor. Harvard Nieman Fellow. I don't drink alcohol but drown my sorrows in sweet tea. issacjbailey@gmail.com.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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A story that's not getting enough national attention: Here in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area for the past 13 years, the FBI and local law enforcement officials left the impression that a white girl on vacation was abducted by a 16-year-old black dude who did evil things to her. 1/
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I am begging the NY Times to stop being People magazine of campus speech issues nytimes.com/2022/07/01/style…
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Bari Weiss is gone. But her imprint on The Times remains.
I am begging the NY Times to stop being People magazine of campus speech issues nytimes.com/2022/07/01/style…
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Also somewhere in America, a state university system that's long provided upward economic mobility to thousands is under massive strain. But because no student there has made a minor complaint about the authenticity of the cafeteria's sushi, this goes unreported.
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Somewhere in America, a city councilman is taking bribes and getting away with it because there are no longer enough reporters to cover that beat. nytimes.com/2022/07/01/style…
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In today’s society, pro-choicers are the biggest advocates of affordable universal healthcare. They’ve often been opposed by those who claim to be pro-life. Seems that should matter in this analysis.
Worth noting that early Christian societies also adopted a consistent pro life rhetoric in government!
Christians founded the first hospitals: free medical care for the poor!
Christian emperors massively expanded laws on public protection for the poor, expanded welfare, etc...
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How “close” exactly can your source be to the Secret Service and yet not be aware that the specific rumor you’re trying to deny has actually been a Secret Service rumor for more than a year thedailybeast.com/secret-ser…
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Read this.
My first solo A1 for @indystar! If you haven’t read my story yet — a look at Dove Recovery House and gender & racial disparities in women’s addiction treatment in IN — please give it a read at the link below ⬇️
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My first solo A1 for @indystar! If you haven’t read my story yet — a look at Dove Recovery House and gender & racial disparities in women’s addiction treatment in IN — please give it a read at the link below ⬇️
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I say there’s a massive difference between abortion and infanticide and equating the two makes no sense.
One piece of politics that I think pro-lifers often get wrong is the idea that pro-choice views represent some kind of modern aberration.
If you look through human history, acceptance of infanticide and abortion is the *norm*, not the exception.
A horrible norm.
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Breaking News: New York lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting firearms in many public places, a week after the Supreme Court struck down a state gun control law. nyti.ms/3ydHs5q
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I understand what @AOC was saying and why she said it. And I’m cool with it.
Wondering if I should reframe having 2 teeth pulled this morning 🦷🦷as an act of resistance post-Dobbs
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One of the biggest problems we face in America today is that many smart business people will vote for one of these folks on this stage, all to save 5% in taxes.
These are the Republican candidates for Governor of Arizona.
This may also be a strong sign of the end of the world.
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Progressives always trip on evangelical talking points. The questions isn't "When is a pregnancy a person?" It's "When do pregnant people stop being people?" We don't force people to donate kidneys or give blood. No one else is forced to put life and health at risk for a person
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“No one disputes that Mr. Trump was trying to get the Secret Service to take him to the Capitol that day.”
Trump and his allies are trying to discredit Cassidy Hutchinson but Trump's own comments on January 6 seem to back up Hutchinson's testimony @jaketapper reports
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Back in April, a law enforcement source told me that they heard DC Metropolitan Police officers affiliated with the presidential motorcade share a story of Trump demanding to be drive to the Capitol and getting into an altercation with Secret Service on January 6.
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Some new details on the Biden-McConnell deal:
1. Biden agreed to name Chad Meredith, an anti-abortion advocate, to a federal court in Kentucky in exchange for McConnell's promise that he would stop blocking Democrats' picks for U.S. Attorney in Kentucky. slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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This is not how “lived experience” or “my truth” works. Media outlets have unique standards. Some say “Mr.” and “Mrs.” Others ok “Dr.” for a phd, others don’t. That’s all that’s happening here. Disagree with the standards. But this is not invalidating someone’s lived experience.
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NEW: All 5 Republican candidates for Michigan Governor just indicated at a debate they want the Supreme Court to go after same-sex marriage next now that Roe is overturned.
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346 people died in two separate boeing 737 max crashes because boeing knowingly cheaped out on the plane's safety systems software to save money, so the planes could just out of nowhere start uncontrollably careening towards the ground. This was like 3 years ago
Agencies administer the laws, not write them. Is the argument that companies would build planes that actively fall out of the sky without specific regulations in place? That seems not likely. Planes are expensive to make and operate.
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