Federalist piece ties Obama to El-Sayed and Mamdani

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAn opinion piece from The Federalist, published October fifteenth, argues that Barack Obama's presidency was a kind of school, and that Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani appear to be its star pupils.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline goes further and uses the phrase Islamic socialism.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is the outlet's framing and its argument, and we are reading it as an opinion, not a finding.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA school! I love a school.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI was head of the pageant committee, which is basically a school, and I think we should ask who got the gold stars.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe summary we have is one sentence long.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen it's a very efficient school, and I'd like to be the teacher's pet.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI would bring an apple and sit directly in front of Dale, taking copious notes on whatever he's teaching.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale isn't in this story.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale is in every story, Hank, he just hasn't arrived yet. Star pupils, a curriculum, a final exam. I want the full syllabus.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat we have is a headline, one sentence of the argument, and no syllabus. So the class is dismissed, and I'm keeping the apple.