Commentary on Musk Takeover Continues: What Does It Mean for World's Richest Man to Take Over One of World's Most Influential Social Media Sites?

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Josh Marshall on why he keeps focusing on Musk's acquisition of Twitter, though that may annoy some of his readers: 

In the News: PRRI American Values Survey, Assassination Attempt on Pelosi, Alito's Victimization Claims

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1. Philip Bump writes, 

As the 2016 election approached, it became clear that immigration and often-but-not-always submerged concerns about race were a strong motivation for his supporters. The great America for which his mostly White supporters were nostalgic was one in which there wasn’t a focus on or accommodation for discrimination against Black or gay people.

On Thursday, PRRI released its annual American Values Survey (AVS), asking questions that get at the heart of that political impulse. What it shows is that race, immigration and right-wing politics continue to overlap — and overlap in, at times, alarming ways.