Oh, I can’t believe it And people are strange Our president’s crazy Did you hear what he said? –Talking Heads, “Making Flippy Floppy,” 1983 Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok! –Denzel Washington, “Malcolm X,” 1992 They’re embarrassed now. They […]
Kellyanne Conway
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After Three Weeks, Trump Baffled, Staff Exhausted
Trump is apparently shocked at how difficult the job is. Go figure.
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How Can We Believe Anything This Administration Says?
Kellyanne Conway show nothing is free from being tainted by alternative facts.
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How Journalism Should Be Like a Religion
In the age of Trump, journalists need to be religious zealots for the truth.
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The Damage Done: A Media Addiction
If, as they say, God only looks after children and fools, the Almighty must be having one hell of a time dealing with the childlike reasoning of those who voted for Donald Trump. Consider the pretzel logic of recent USA Today guest columnist Melody Forbes: I voted for Donald Trump because I wanted to see […]
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We Will Not Yield
Years ago, Billy Joel used to close his concerts with the following line: “Don’t take any s___ from anybody!” It’s worthwhile advice, especially now–and it’s advice we at the Washington Monthly plan to follow. We won’t take it from the Trump administration, that coterie of cretins determined to wipe away the advances of the 20th […]
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Political Hacks
All of a sudden, Jill Stein doesn’t look like such a nutjob now, eh? The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter. Intelligence […]
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The Day of the Deranged: Part I
The haters won’t care. They’ll never care. Normal people are disgusted by reports that Republican presidential nominee could have avoided paying federal income taxes for nearly two decades. Normal people are repulsed by Trump’s verbal assault on the dignity of 1996 Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado and former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jennifer Lin. However, the […]
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Vice Squad
Will Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence also flake out this Tuesday night? I wouldn’t be surprised if the hyper-conservative Indiana Governor makes a Trump-sized fool of himself at the VP debate, which will be held at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Pence is perhaps the least intellectually gifted Republican ever chosen to be number two […]
