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It’s late on Friday so by the time you read this we’ll probably know a lot more about the anti-vax shooter who, as of press time, killed at least one person — a police officer responding to the scene. I imagine I’ll be spending at least some of this weekend keeping an eye on this story. Meantime, here’s a rundown of the right-wing noise over a July 26 brawl in Cincinnati. Long story short: things aren’t quite adding up.
I broke down the video and found a handful of Black men trying to intervene on behalf of a man who was actively yelling the n-word. And yet, the American right has mobilized around this “Black mob” who beat up white people as part of their efforts to beef up Trump and Republicans’ claims of rising crime.
More on that early next week…
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