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THE SLANSKY INDEX #9
February 28 — March 6, 2022
Barr, Bill
book by is shameless effort not just to clean up toxic image of but also to imply that the democracy that was seriously injured by was actually saved by
review of book by concludes “As long as there are senior officials like Barr, there will be presidents like Trump”
Biden, President Joe
well-received SOTU speech by is interrupted by witless heckling — “Build the wall!” — of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, about whom it is written, “If [they] had shown up at the Oscars wearing scuba gear, they couldn’t have more obviously misread the room”
Carlson, Tucker
pro-Putin comments are walked back by as, for Republicans, walking back is the new walking forward
DeSantis, Gov. Ron (R-FL)
high school students are berated by — “You do not have to wear those masks, I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything. We need to stop with this COVID theater. If you want to wear it, fine, but this is, this is ridiculous” — for wearing masks
Gaetz, Rep. Matt (R-FL)
yet another claim by that Trump won the election prompts local news anchor to ask, “Are we still going with that?”
