Crash Course: GOP attacks on Biden's Ukraine visit are worse than partisanship — they really want Russia to win

Far-right Republicans won't come right out in support of Putin, yet they agree with his anti-democratic agenda [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl2dpQP0Q3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci8xMTQ5N1cDc3BjQgpj9lFV92Nm1I2dUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl2dpQP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpj9lFV92Nm1I2dUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). GOP attacks on Biden's Ukraine visit are worse than partisanship — they really want Russia to win To most people, both at home and abroad, the purpose of President Joe Biden's recent trip to Ukraine is not mysterious: The United States would like the nation to prevail in its war against Russia's invading army, and this show of support is valuable for moralizing Ukraine's supporters while demoralizing Russian President Vladimir Putin. Far-right Republicans, on the other hand, tied themselves into knots in trying to diss Biden without coming right out and saying they want Ukraine to lose. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl2dpQP0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjMvMDIvMjIvb24tYmlkZW5zLXVrcmFpbmUtdmlzaXQtYXJlLXdvcnNlLXRoYW4tcGFydGlzYW5zaGlwLS10aGV5LXJlYWxseS13YW50LXRvLXdpbi9XA3NwY0IKY_ZRVfdjZtSNnVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) The science behind why conservatives are so easily triggered Across the right-wing propaganda and disinformation echo chamber, or perhaps even in person, you have likely encountered the following phrase: "I drink liberal tears." Those four words and their many variations are not harmless or empty. It's not just a joke or forced type of humor by self-styled "edge lords" and other right-wing disruptors and provocateurs. "I drink liberal tears" is an embodiment of a political worldview that is fascist, authoritarian and anti-human. 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Kevin McCarthy offers his first sacrifice to the MAGA cult Last week, America received proof beyond a reasonable doubt that [Fox News is a dishonest institution](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl2dpQP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjMvMDIvMjEvZm94LW5ld3MtdGV4dHMtcmV2ZWFsLXRoZS10cnV0aC10aGUtYmlnLWxpZS13YXMtYS1jb24tLXRoYXQtdGhlLXZpZXdlcnMtd2VyZS1pbi1vbi9XA3NwY0IKY_ZRVfdjZtSNnVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that spread Donald Trump's Big Lie knowing full well that he did not win the election. In a court filing from the defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Machines against the company, it was revealed that all of the top brass and their stars were fully aware that the election had not been stolen yet remained terrified of losing their deluded audience (which they had been instrumental in brainwashing) so they parrotted Trump's bogus claims. In this specific case, they spread the falsehood that the Dominion machines were rigged for the Republicans. 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Because energy is conserved in our universe, that means that if something is spreading out, there has to be some kind of energy behind it; hence, astronomers call this phenomenon "dark energy." Like [dark matter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl2dpQP0RRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMDYvMDQvZGFyay1tYXR0ZXItdGhlb3J5LWZpZnRoLWZvcmNlLXBhcnRpY2xlLXBoeXNpY3MvVwNzcGNCCmP2UVX3Y2bUjZ1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), it is "dark" in the sense that its provenance is mysterious: we don't know what either is precisely, but both act as variables that help explain models of our universe. 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