GAWKER ON JOHN BRENNAN'S HEARING

Y'all didn't want to hear it from me. Maybe you'll listen to a real journalist!

Blade Runner In the Senate: All These Truths Lost in Time, Like Tiered Threats in Rain

"These guys expected you not to give a shit. Drones are bad news, and they shock people, but after a while, if ugliness becomes the background hum of the everyday, eventually you'll tune it out. Like The Onion gag, they expect "outrage fatigue" to grind you down. They expected you to tune it out. Then they whacked an American, and you got mad! Hence the mock trial: See, they totally could have done this all along, which makes everything seem legal all along."

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