Jake Tapper clashes with House Dem in heated exchange: 'May not be a big deal for you!'

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6. I have no idea who Jake Tapper is

But this came up on Salon Mag yesterday (though it is from 2003) and based on this alone the man seems like an ass:
https://www.salon.com/2003/02/01/purple_raines/

Salon Mag is one of the few things I follow anymore aside from Current Affairs Magazine.
Mostly because of Chauncey DeVega and their movie reviews. And Andrew O’Hehir and Amanda Marcotte can be funny.

But I am maxed out with subscriptions right now so I am plugging them ;-/. I don’t really like using anything without paying. Aside from everything else, as I learnt from bitter experience, anything “free” has hidden costs and they can be exorbitant.
I guess I could subscribe for just a month now and then.

Commensurately priced things of actual direct value or that you genuinely support are the only things that will ever have me sink any of my resources into them voluntarily.

I feel pretty ripped off as a citizen/scientist these days. I am not a “consumer”. But i am also not kleptocrat-friendly which seems to be the type of person thriving these days. Someone who pays no dues to anyone but piles on to everyone and everything like many tech companies I can think of - large as well as small and creepy.