Turnabout is fair play, no? CNN’s Brian Stelter apparently shares my concern about the excessive influence of the Fox News Channel on this administration, noting this morning that Rupert Murdoch’s creation is directly responsible for Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Mexico: Yes, the nexus between Fox and the Trump administration is […]
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“Animal Assad”? Seriously?
Look, I know it’s WrestleMania weekend, but the WWE-style insults have to stop: President Donald Trump issued a vague threat on Twitter on Sunday, after reports of a chemical attack in Syria. “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria,” Trump wrote. “Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by […]
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Channeling Rage: Trump and Fox News
Here we stand Remote control buttons In our sweaty little hands As one man We’re lining up and waiting For someone’s command… TV rules– Pretty soon you won’t be able To turn it off at all! All you fools Then it will turn you off— Your back’s against the wall! —“T.V. Age,” Joe Jackson, 1982 […]
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Those Who Do Not Learn from History…
Now that ‘80s nostalgia is in vogue again by virtue of the box-office success of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, it’s as good a time as any to note that this July marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Madonna’s debut album. If Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, then one can envision a […]
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Will Sinclair Target Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse?
Just because New England didn’t vote for Donald Trump doesn’t mean that region of the country is immune to the influence of Trump-friendly media, including the influence of a prominent station in Providence, Rhode Island: “This is extremely dangerous to our democracy,” WJAR-TV anchor Frank Coletta tells the camera in a recent segment about “biased […]
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The Moral Depravity of the Right’s Defense of Scott Pruitt
The right’s commitment to environmental deregulation is trumping any concern about corruption.
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Stormy Daniels is the Trump Voter’s Legacy
How many Trump voters will bring themselves to watch 60 Minutes tonight? Pardon me for assuming that the vast majority of those who sent the bigoted billionaire to the White House in November 2016 will not have the guts to view this evening’s scheduled broadcast of an interview with the President’s previous paramour, veteran adult […]
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John Kasich Will Run in 2020–His Mouth, That Is
One would have to be a king-sized fool to think he’ll actually do it. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, appearing alongside former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he mulls a primary challenge to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Republican Party has “never been my master” and that “all of my options are on the […]
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Life During Wartime: The Blood on the Hands of Trump’s Fanbase
On November 8, 2016, 62 million Americans decided it was a good idea to play Russian roulette with a fully loaded revolver—and now, they’ve just pulled the trigger. We will never know just how many citizens of the world will lose their lives as a result of the decision to make John Bolton National Security […]
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Supreme Court Can’t Wait to Kill Youth Climate Lawsuit
Like death itself, the end can be delayed, but not escaped: A group of 21 youths who accuse the U.S. government of failing for decades to properly address climate change defeated the Trump administration’s attempt to keep the dispute out of court. The U.S. [Ninth] Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that a […]
