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Brian Karem

The Putin caucus: Actual anti-Americans

Volunteering teams organize humanitarian aid for civilians evacuated from Donbas region amid the growing tension as Russia recognized Ukraine's breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states on February 22, 2022, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon.

It's increasingly difficult to care about some of the things that seem to bother the American electorate — or at least some of those who've somehow managed to get elected to national office and who could never otherwise hold a job elsewhere.

You know who I'm talking about. I won't mention their names because I still hold them in the highest minimum regard. Since I wouldn't hire them to babysit my dogs, much less represent me in Congress, I have no desire to give them even a moment's consideration as they preach hate and ignorance, and promote conspiracy theories that the rest of us would dismiss even if we were fueled with cocaine, Adderall and a healthy dose of hallucinogens. 

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