“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” – Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The conservative media entertainment complex aka the Republican propaganda machine has been trying to turn this adage on its head for decades. In a famous exchange between a George W. Bush administration official and journalist … Read more
Republican Senators who are actively aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s obstruction of Congress by voting to obstruct calling any fact witnesses or to subpoena relevant documents in this impeachment trial — the only impeachment trial in American history without calling witnesses — have a serious problem on their hands. They can try to hide the … Read more
I have previously explained in a series of posts, The conservative media entertainment complex is an ancillary to Russian active measures propaganda. As the Trump impeachment trial got underway with the House managers presentation of their case, Fox News covered it in a way that gave the appearance of journalism but was actually propaganda. Fox … Read more
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” – Carl Sandburg. Team Trump has already conceded the facts in this impeachment trial. They have argued that even if everything … Read more
The House managers have been treating the Senate impeachment trial as a solemn judicial proceeding, just as the Founding Fathers intended. To paraphrase Mark Sumner at Daily Kos, the House managers have been presenting a master class of an impeachment prosecution: For anyone tuning in from outside the Senate, Schiff’s opening was a master class … Read more