Reading archive 2023-10-25

D.C. day-care teachers with 24 students attacked on street

Shouting down an election-denial question embodies the Republicans’ problem

It's the culture war, stupid: How Republicans view the presidency - "Most Americans preferred the candidate better at the economy. Republicans — and particularly people who most trust Fox News and fringe-right television news channels — chose the presidential candidate willing to 'preserve American culture.' (Those who didn’t trust any television news source or trusted mainstream news preferred the economy candidate.)"

Progressives rebel against Biden’s handling of Israel-Gaza crisis: Split over Middle East war jeopardizes a coalition that Biden has nurtured for three years

Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isn’t Over - "I think this interview made one thing clear, which is that you present a picture of your colleagues and a President who are not just fighting for this because Republicans lost. Trump is doing this for the principle, not just for power." [ed. note: from 2020]

This Fox News host gives climate skeptics airtime but went solar at home: Bret Baier has come under fire for amplifying the voices of climate change doubters and renewable energy critics. But parts of his D.C. mansion are covered in solar arrays.