Ned: Long past the time to think the NYT is getting “rolled” and not simply agreeing.

I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

Long past the time to think the NYT is getting “rolled” and not simply agreeing.

Right, whether the reporter got rolled or knew what she was doing, there were multiple layers of editorial leadership who let this run

Does the NYT do stories about all the families fleeing from states where doctors are told they have to endanger the lives of pregnant women and ignore their wishes?

Their chief concern appears to be feeling socially uneasy around people who don’t hate everyone rather the irl implications of right wing cruelty.

yep

Just an hour north in Sandpoint www.thelundreport.org/content/idah....

Idaho’s OB-GYN exodus throws women in rural towns into a care voidwww.thelundreport.org At least two hospitals in Idaho have ended labor and delivery services in the 15 months after the state criminalized abortion in 2022, and during that same time period, the number of OB-GYNs practicin...

And it’s not just “people don’t feel safe,” as the article offers, in a concluding quote. It’s that people—-women, to be more specific—-are👏🏼not👏🏼safe👏🏼….

This is a key thing. It isn’t “people frown at me for my grotesque racism” it is actual danger that right wing policies inflict on people.

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Gonna throw a bit of a monkey wrench into the “big family“ aspiration. 😬

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Pregnant people. Trans inclusion is easy and fruitful - we're scrappy and frequently very political.

Seriously, it's an easy way to attract dedicated allies if you genuinely respect our values.

Or the families fleeing states where their trans kids' care is suddenly withdrawn/criminalized? Or course not.

It was an assignment.

Same with the Economist cover with the walker-frame: some numb-nut created it, but several editors let it pass.

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