You may have missed this reporting recently with everything else going on. Having Russia’s intelligence agencies and Internet Research Agency troll farm running ops for his campaign is not enough this year. The Trump campaign is turning its MAGA youth cult followers into his own Russian troll farm to amplify the dezinformatsiya his Russian cohorts are … Read more
There are a number of contenders for the “stupidest member” of the U.S. Senate, but for my money I have to go with Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has been prolifically stupid over his career (I can’t believe that Wisconsin voters chose this fool over Russ Feingold – twice! – one of the true good guys). … Read more
The “official” unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in August as businesses continued emerging from broad shutdowns imposed early in the coronavirus pandemic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier this month. But CNBC explains Why the real unemployment rate is likely over 11%: That’s the lowest rate since unemployment exploded in April, to levels unseen … Read more
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
Update to Media Notes: QAnon is a ‘Collective Delusion’. It turns out that the Arizona Capitol Times has done the kind of reporting that your local newspapers and TV news readers have not done about QAnon cult members running for office in Arizona this year. Demand that your local news do a better job. Voters … Read more