Mark Jacob and I renamed our video series “On-Target” because we want to highlight strong pro-democracy journalism and no longer only focus on the media’s many missteps. It’s a pivot to positivity in these challenging times.
Today we praise MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for explaining how Senate Democrats can vet Donald Trump’s awful Cabinet picks when Republicans are pushing a cover-up. Maddow also highlighted Democratic governors trying to defend their states against the coming assault on the rule of law and decency. We also recommend a piece by Jonathan M. Berman on the health and medicine website STAT that rejects Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s claim that he’s not an anti-vaxxer.
As Maddow summarized Monday night, “Democrats should be making the most of every second they control the Senate.” She added that it’s important to be “very clear-eyed, very realistic, about what’s going on here and what options people have right now.”
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