Donald Trump’s White House address to the nation about election integrity landed with all the force of a cotton ball. No one who has followed the last three presidential elections would have predicted an honest accounting from the 47th president, who continues to falsely insist that he won the 2020 contest against Joe Biden. The […]
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After Censoring CBS, Trump Will Go For CNN
I’ve learned Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner and help Paramount win, giving him control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok. But as Colbert showed, we can fight back.
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The Trump Boomerang Effect: Bari Weiss, Meet Ozymandias
While Trump muscles the media and renames the Kennedy Center, history will get the last laugh. Just ask the good people of Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Corporate Media? In the Trump Era, We Need Independent Media More than Ever
The Washington Monthly has been telling it like it is for 56 years, but we need your help to carry on.
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Why Colbert Got Cancelled
If you think “The Late Show” got torched just for “financial reasons,” I’ve got swampland to sell you.
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Shari Redstone Might Be Headed for Jail
If Paramount’s heiress chief settles with Trump, it will be seen as extortion and bribery.
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Trump’s Triple Threat
Those who voted for Trump know that none of this nonsense helps to make America great again.
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McConnell’s New Motto: The Moore, the Merrier
Well, it’s not like he had any principles, anyway. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who once pretended to be outraged about the perceived perversity of Alabama US Senate candidate Roy Moore, made it clear today that he doesn’t think the alleged dirty old man is all that dirty: Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, who […]
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A Lack of Courage: Why the Fourth Estate is Rather Intimidated by Trump
Remember when the right-wing noise machine wouldn’t stop celebrating its role in the departure of Dan Rather from CBS News? “Rathergate,” as the wingnuts called it, is still regarded as a moment of glory for the right. In a 2004 Boston Phoenix piece, Dan Kennedy explained the history behind the right’s lust for Rather’s scalp: […]
