The GOP Is A Propaganda Party – And One Big Grift

I have argued for years that the Republican Party has ceased to function as a normal political party in any traditional sense. The Republican Party no longer engages in public policy – other than more tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals – nor does it demonstrate any interest in responsible and effective management of the … Read more

Trump And His Allies Are Encouraging Georgians To Boycott Senate Runoff

Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly, and falsely, accused Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp, both Republicans, of presiding over a fraudulent election. This is having some interesting consequences in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections in January. The Daily Beast reports: Conservative operatives and a super PAC with ties to … Read more

Ominous Signs Portend A Tumultuous Week Ahead

The Twitter-troll-in-chief was having a mental breakdown last night over his hand-picked Supreme Court not doing what “Dear Leader” has commanded them to do. Trump Ominously Declares Joe Biden Will Only Win White House if Supreme Court Fails to Stop It: With just five days left in a hotly contested election in which most polls … Read more

(Update) The Conservative Media Entertainment Complex Is An Ancillary To Russian ‘Active Measures’ Propaganda

The Washington Examiner, Breitbart News, The Gateway Pundit and The Washington Times (i.e., The Moonie Times) and other conservative media (ahem, Fox News) amplify false claims of rampant voter fraud in what a new Harvard study calls a “propaganda feedback loop.” I have been warning you about Epistemic closure and the ‘conservative misinformation feedback loop’ media bubble … Read more