Believing Republican talking points will always backfire. #isaiahmartin

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Climate change crisis: How oil and gas companies try to trick the public - Vox

"People can recognize fossil fuel industry talking points by thinking about what they're designed to do. In general, fossil fuel talking points are designed to do three things: make people believe that climate action will hurt them, and hurt their pocketbooks in particular; make people think we need fossil fuels; and try to convince us that climate change isn't such a big deal."

https://www.vox.com/22260311/oil-gas-fossil-fuel-companies-climate-change

Trump's Talking Points - FactCheck.org

A compendium of the president's falsehoods and factual distortions that may be repeated during the convention.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/trumps-talking-points/

Republican strategy memo advises GOP campaigns to blame China for coronavirus - The Washington Post

'Don't defend Trump,' the memo says. 'Attack China.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/25/senate-gop-talking-points-coronavirus-blame-china-not-trump/

The media must call out Senate Republicans’ willful ignorance - The Washington Post

Members of the media must start asking real questions.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/23/how-question-republican-senator-or-trump-lawyer/

The Trump Administration Is Repeating Iraq War Talking Points

Administration officials are repeating ideas that sound eerily similar to the justification used for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ....
https://youtu.be/ybPxjS1JfmM

The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 - The Washington Post

As tensions increase, the talking heads turn to familiar talking points.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-tv-pundits-are-talking-about-the-prospects-for-war-with-iran-and-it-sounds-a-lot-like-2003/2020/01/05/97742d5e-2fcf-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

Lindsey Graham's Guide to GOP Impeachment Talking Points - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPp7lfTqGcQ

An anatomy of a Republican talking point - Columbia Journalism Review

AS THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS HAS GROUND ON, the president’s defense has only become more convoluted and dishonest....
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/impeachment_trump_firsthand_knowledge-hearsay.php

Democrats sharpen their message on impeachment | TheHill

In a last-minute move, Democrats are shifting their impeachment rhetoric and talking points just days before the first public hearings into President Trump’s handling of foreign policy in Ukraine. The televised hearings mark a crucial phase in an investigation conducted thus far behind closed doors, as Democrats seek to swing public opinion — and by extension, that of Republicans — behind the central inference of their impeachment inquiry: that Trump broke the law and should be removed from office.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/469988-democrats-sharpen-their-message-on-impeachment

House Democrats circulate memo rebutting GOP impeachment defense | TheHill

House Democrats circulated an internal memo Tuesday rebutting Republican talking points in defense of President Trump as the lower chamber's impeachment investigation ramps up into a public phase on Wednesday. The document, which was obtained by The Hill, comes after Republicans outlined their strategy to defend the president by focusing on "four key pieces of evidence" they say are "fatal" to Democrats' allegations about Trump's dealings with Ukraine. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/470160-house-dems-circulate-memo-rebutting-gop-impeachment-defense

Chris Wallace destroys Kellyanne’s quid pro quo talking points to her face

Fox News’ Chris Wallace just destroyed Kellyanne Conway’s talking points about Trump’s quid pro quo.
https://youtu.be/O--NuA-ISdY

Fox News Judge Shuts Down Republicans' Impeachment Complaint - Newsweek

Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano debunked Republican talking points regarding the fast-moving impeachment inquiry engulfing President Donald Trump's administration, explaining that the process has been "consistent with the Constitution and House rules." Trump and some Republican lawmakers have repeatedly called the impeachment inquiry unfair. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-judge-shuts-down-republicans-impeachment-complaint-1465960

Tucker Carlson's Indigenous Peoples Day talking points are White Supremacist talking points

Tucker Carlson repeats White Supremacist talking points regularly on his Fox News show. https://youtu.be/UjWraet5WZ0

Four debunked talking points used to discredit the whistleblower complaint - The Washington Post: Analysis

Even though the whistleblower had secondhand knowledge of the events, he or she got key evidence right.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/27/four-debunked-talking-points-used-discredit-whistleblower-complaint/

White House mistakenly sends Trump-Ukraine talking points to Democrats - The Washington Post

The email outlined the White House's messaging strategy following the release of the rough transcript of President Trump's call with his Ukranian counterpart. It was quickly recalled, amid ridicule from Democrats....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-mistakenly-sends-trump-ukraine-talking-points-to-democrats/2019/09/25/5170aa52-dfb2-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

Forced birth better than abortion for rape and incest victims: Leaked GOP talking points - Raw Story

National Republican talking points leaked to Vice News show that lawmakers are preparing to defend Alabama's draconian abortion ban by arguing that it is better "physically" and "psychologically" to deny abortions to victims of rape and incest. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/forced-birth-better-than-abortion-for-rape-and-incest-victims-leaked-gop-talking-points/

Cartoon: Post-truth talking points - Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/6/1852786/-Cartoon-Post-truth-talking-points

How to destroy the NRA's talking points in 5 easy steps - Raw Story

The next time you hear someone repeating pro-gun NRA propaganda, respond with these five points: ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/destroy-nras-talking-points-5-easy-steps/

The EPA’s “approved talking points” for climate change are scientifically incorrect. | The New Republic

Don’t believe me—believe actual climate scientists. I spoke to a few on Wednesday, after The Huffington Post revealed “a list of eight approved talking points on climate change” sent to Environmental Protection Agency employees from EPA political staff on Tuesday night. They confirmed that the EPA’s talking points include two statements on climate science that are misleading, if not completely inaccurate. ...
  https://newrepublic.com/minutes/147675/epas-approved-talking-points-climate-change-scientifically-incorrect