The Guardian reports, Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates: Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing – directly and indirectly – dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on 6 January 2021. Koch, which is controlled by multibillionaire Charles Koch, boasts a … Read more
Gregory Shaya long ago described the failures of the modern era of the media. The Myth of the Fourth Estate (excerpt): The faith in the press as the guardian of truth, the watchdog of power, the foundation of democracy—in brief, the fourth estate—lies at the heart of the liberal imagination of the west. It is … Read more
Americans face a stark choice in this election: do you want to preserve and to defend the American democracy we have enjoyed for 246 years, or do you want to burn it all down for a grifter, con man, thief and criminal who wants to be the autocratic dictator of an authoritarian GQP tyranny of … Read more
I have said before that I am convinced that Newt Gingrich is the devil incarnate. All that has gone wrong in American politics dates back to Newt Gingrich’s brand of “politics of personal destruction” that his GOPAC group has taught to generations of Republicans. Gingrich’s politics is the The Authoritarian Playbook: a media guide. Matthew … Read more
Jennifer Rubin says that President Joe Biden is channeling “Give ’em hell” Harry Truman lately: An incident that took place during the 1948 presidential election campaign. In Bremerton, Washington, Truman delivered a speech attacking the “Do Nothing” Republican Congress. During the speech, a supporter yelled out, “Give ’em Hell, Harry!” To which Truman replied, “I don’t … Read more