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Any good things to pick up on? Yes. There are.
My optimism didn’t pan out, did it? But the good thing involves that quasi-religious-Jewish ritual, Kinahora phuh phuh phuh, a Yiddish invocation for warding off The Evil Eye. Reminder: As soon as somebody remarks on a good or hopeful upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, DOJ, Fascism, Good Things Happening, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Journalism, Judiciary, Kamala, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged "We Used To Have Money Now We Have You", ACLU, Brennan Center, Claremont Avenue, Claremont Hall, Corey Richardson, Gavin Newsom, kinahora poo poo poo, Morningside Heights, Planned Parenthood, ProPublica, Riverside Church, TAFKAT, the Evil Eye, toasted bialy, Union Theological Seminary, V8 juice
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Some fierce and positive thoughts
I’m thinking we’ve been dragged into a new Civil War — dragged, quite appropriately, by white supremacists, male and female, whose need to express their endless hatred for women and black women got them to Trump. Their cause is as … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Fascism, Government, Journalism, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War
Tagged aspiring fascist, Attorney General Leticia James, Ben Wittes, Democratic states AGs, Democratic states governors, DOJ, Jefferson Davis, Josh Shapiro, misogyny, New Civil War, racism, Robert E Lee, The Atlantic, Tom Nichols, Trump, Trump voters, Winston Churchill
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“Why are lies called falsehoods now?”
That’s part of a reader’s comment on a New York Times story about a nutty conspiracy theory that wrecked a professional conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I can answer the question, which has been at the forefront of attacks on journalism … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged conspiracy theories, defamation, libel, lie versus falsehood, Lilllian Hellman, MAGA, mainstream journalism, Mary McCarthy, New York Times, social media, what is a falsehood, what is a lie
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