What’s next–interviewing Holocaust deniers? Slavery defenders? Defrocked priests who abused minors? People who torture animals for fun? It’s hard to imagine NBC sinking any lower than its decision to air Megyn Kelly’s interview tomorrow night with a conspiracy theorist so vile his name does not merit being mentioned here. Whether motivated by greed or a […]
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Suicide Squad: Trump’s Loyalists Will Never Care About His Abuses of Power
It doesn’t even matter. That’s the shame of it. No matter what Donald Trump says, how he acts, or who he fires, there will always be a good 45 percent of the electorate that will never give a damn, and will be right in line on November 3, 2020 ready and raring to re-elect him. […]
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Rush Limbaugh Asks, ‘Why Does Anyone Vote Republican?’
Trump’s problem is his strategy, the math, and unrealistic expectations from his base.
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Did Fox Bite the Right?
In a good example of a broken clock being right two times a day, right-wing writer/radio host/filmmaker John Ziegler argues that it is conservatives who perhaps should be the most ticked off about the power of Fox News, the Beast that Rupert and Roger Built: [I]t is my belief that Fox News has, on balance, […]
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What Trump Could Learn From Reagan
The Gipper could weather catastrophes because he had earned some good will.
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What Would You Say to an Embarrassed Trump Voter?
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 […]
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The Normalization Process
Let’s be honest: Donald Trump was far from the first lunatic the mainstream media normalized. It was 25 years ago tonight that ABC’s Nightline aired a debate on environmental issues facing the United States at the outset of the 1992 presidential campaign. Normally, a debate would involve two individuals with different approaches to reducing environmental […]
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Making America Sick Again, Indeed
Do you remember when Rush Limbaugh insisted that the Affordable Care Act was a form of reparations? As silly as this argument sounds, it’s quite likely that many Republican members of the House and Senate actually believe this, which explains why the GOP has been so vigilant about trying to obliterate Obamacare. In the right-wing […]
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We Won’t Normalize
We’re horrified too. Not just by the ascension of the most unqualified individual ever to capture a major American party’s nomination to the White House. Not just by the Confederate coalition that will comprise his Cabinet. Not just by the hate crimes that have occurred nationwide since November 8. We’re horrified by the mainstream media […]
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Takin’ It to the Streets?
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell has been downplaying the prospect of Donald Trump supporters having a profoundly irrational reaction to the Republican Presidential candidate’s likely defeat on November 8. I don’t necessarily gainsay O’Donnell’s overall point–that most Trump supporters will return to their lives, disappointed in the election outcome but determined to take their kids to sports […]
