Hold them to account. I've been complaining for four years about interviewers not fact-checking Trump to his face. In the past few weeks, we've gotten some good evidence that this is not only necessary in principle, it actually works. My video this week: https://t.co/VJdortztoR pic.twitter.com/SFMDWdiPyZ — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August
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Politics and its Discontents: Words Mean Little Anymore
While I realize it is not healthy to obsess over things over which I have no control, I find myself consistently astounded and dispirited by the dystopian reality we now inhabit. While the world has been deteriorating for many years, I find it hard to deal with the fact that
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Truth In Advertising
I don’t know why, but I find something extraordinarily appealing about this campaign. The cynicism it has engendered, however, is sad. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Damning Documentary
Active Measures is the name of a new documentary about Donald Trump and his ties to the Russian mob. It is also a term used to describe a series of covert measures (Twitter examples of which you can find here) Russia uses to influence global policies. According to documentary-film maker
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Aerial Porcine Presence Reported
Must be true, since Fox is now criticizing Trump: Catch Neil's latest Common Sense pic.twitter.com/JdGCX4WmjF — Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) May 3, 2018 Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: My Head Is Starting To Spin
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday humiliated Donald Trump’s claim that the barrage of negative news stories related to his administration are “conspiracy theories,” taking moment to explain to the president what differentiates a conspiracy theory from actual, real news. Recommend this Post
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