I warned you about the complicit “mainstream” media purveying right-wing conspiracy theory claims in The media is failing on the DNI ‘whistleblower’ scandal by amplifying Trump’s debunked conspiracy theory. The “paper of record,” the New York Times, has had a sordid history of working with these right-wing conspiracy mongers from “The Hunting of the President,” … Read more
We need to briefly revisit a post I wrote shortly after Donald Trump was unexpectedly elected president. The post-truth presidency of Donald Trump (excerpt): Margaret Sullivan writes at the Washington Post, The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think: You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which … Read more
With his declared willingness to accept help from a foreign government in an election, President Trump upended long-held views that such outside assistance is anathema in American campaigns, both because of laws prohibiting foreign contributions and widely embraced norms of fair play. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation clearly determined that the Trump campaign — including … Read more
The “Trump Slump” recession is coming, it is only a question of timing. Last week the Dow tanked 800 points in worst day of 2019 after bond market sends recession warning and remains volatile: Stocks plunged Wednesday in the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s worst performance of 2019 after the bond market flashed a troubling signal … Read more
If Russian citizens can take to the streets to demand fair and transparent elections, at risk of imprisonment and their very life for doing so from Vladimir Putin’s totalitarian regime, The pro-democracy protests rocking Moscow, explained, then surely Americans who do not live under such a threat of violence can take to the streets and … Read more