Ezra Klein: A Coup Attempt In Plain Sight

Joe Biden has been nothing but magnanimous towards Republicans in his election victory, and even during the campaign: “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify, who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States.” “I’m a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American … Read more

The Trump-Putin Disinformation Campaign to Destroy American Democracy

Donald Trump is a textbook example for psychological projection, i.e., unconsciously taking unwanted emotions or traits he doesn’t like about himself and attributing them to someone else. Although in Trump’s case, I am not so sure that it is unconscious. Trump has never developed past the childhood schoolyard taunt of “I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever … Read more

The Alternate Reality Republican National Convention

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’” – 1984, by George Orwell I was struck by something the Washington … Read more

William Barr gaslights America with alternative reality, gets sued (updated)

Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr is the most corrupt attorney general in American history. He should have been prosecuted and disbarred for his actions during his first stint as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, and most definitely for his actions under Donald Trump. William Barr believes in gaslighting Americans with alternative reality and alternative … Read more