This Was Pretty Good/Sad/Awful

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Autocratic forces are ascendant.

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Autocratic forces are ascendant in America. But truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

I haven’t liked Cecily Strong’s speech tonight very much but this was pretty good/sad/awful.

“Let’s give it up for the Secret Service, the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot”

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 26, 2015