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Surprise! Update on the state of our news media
Yesterday I mumbled something about whether a news medium which has caved to Trump has sued another news medium which reports that the first news medium has caved to Trump. I know. It’s a muddle, but muddle is what we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Fascism, Law, suits and order, MAGA, News media, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "alternative" news, Fox News, news media, Newsmax, OANN
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What happened when I put “total” back in “totalitarianism”
Feeling a bit foolish. When I came to the section on totalitarianism in my world history tome, I had to smack myself on the head. I’d never actually considered that the primary word in totalitarianism was “total.” Right now we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, Journalism, MAGA, News media, Propaganda, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged A History of the Modern World, authoritarianism, BlueSky, CDC, constitutional government, democratic republic, Donald Trump, fascism, Fox News, Jamelle Bouie, Jewish science, Kennedy Center, National Guardsman, National Institutes of Health, Nazi science, New York Post, simulacra, Smithsonian, totalitarianism, Trump's face banners
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It’s happened before: “The Battle of Anacostia Flats”
I’m tempted to say everything has happened before, but I don’t know everything so I will refrain. However, when I read what follows about the “Battle of Anacostia Flats,” immediately I thought of Trump’s D.C. stormtroopers assigned to remove a … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Human rights, Journalism, MAGA, police violence, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, Trumpism
Tagged "Battle of Anacostia Flats", Bonus Expeditionary Force, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Eric Larrabee, Father Coughlin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Huey Long, World War I veterans
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