The beltway media villagers really love the alliteration of their favorite catch phrase “Dems divided.” This ignores the fact that the Democratic Party is a “big tent” party with factions who negotiate with one another over policy. Negotiation is a normal function of governing, not “dysfunction.” The beltway media villagers’ coverage of process ignores the … Read more
“Proud Boy” Tucker Carlson, the host of “White-Power Hour” on the Fascist Fox News network, is going the full Joseph Goebbels for Trump’s Big Lie, with the complicit blessing of owner Rupert Murdoch. See previously, ‘White-Power Hour’ host Tucker Carlson says ‘white supremacy is a hoax’, gets owned. Huffington Post reports, Tucker Carlson Takes Jan. … Read more
A number of years ago, I used to present a one hour seminar on “Things they didn’t teach you in your high school history class” – the unsanitized version of our history that is not included in the hagiographic myth making in virtually every high school text book. The white nationalist MAGA/QAnon cult freakout over … Read more
Earlier this year, I pointed out that Donald Trump is stealing a page from the Nazi propaganda playbook in trying to make Ashli Babbitt, a domestic terrorist killed while trying to storm House chamber on January 6, into a martyr for his Big Lie MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection: Heather Digby Parton points out that the Hitler … Read more
Above image: h/t Salon, Facebook played huge role in fueling Capitol riot, watchdogs say. (January 2021). CNN reports, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down: Facebook’s week just went from bad to worse. Facebook (FB), Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. “We’re aware that some people … Read more