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Eric Boehm at Reason: Doug Jones, Roy Moore, and the Politics of the Lesser Evil "The politics of the lesser evil are very much in vogue right now—though not usually in terms as stark as what we just witnessed in Alabama—because neither major party has much in the way of a compelling vision to win support. Demonizing the other side and hardening tribal lines over issues of race, class, and social policy is, if not the only way to win in that environment, then certainly the easiest. This 'negative partisanship' has infected all parts of the political dynamic, and it's getting worse. But winning elections isn't supposed to be the goal of politics. Creating policy is. And the politics of the lesser evil are not good for the creation of policy, because whoever wins gains power and therefore quickly becomes the greater evil." Jeffrey Tucker at FEE: This Bloodsport Needs to End "The left is getting nuttier, the hard right is getting scarier, and the...

Oh we might have reached peak 2017 baby. This is a fake news story about Russian fake news. (Of course it's from CNN.) Let's dive right in shall we? Dylan Byers starts off this true gem of journalism with the headline: "Facebook estimates 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pages" Googley moogley! That is a big number. 126 million ? Million ? With a M? Oh shet. I better click this... Hmmmm... let's see.... "Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency between June 2015 and August 2017, CNN has learned." I love how they say "exposed" like it's swine flu or some shet. Like Russian clickbait mills are giving people HIV. "That estimate, which is equivalent to more than half of the total U.S. voting population, offers a new u...