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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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David Cornwell, George Smiley and Alec Guinness
A few days ago my cousin Ben Wittes devoted his podcast, In Lieu of Fun, to John le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell. Ben and his podner, Kate Klonick, had as their guest Pete Strzok; this was a certifiably … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged A Legacy of Spies, Alec Guinness, Ben Wittes, Bridge on the River Kwai, Call For The Dead, David Cornwell, Great Expectations, Honourable School Boy, In Lieu of Fun, John le Carre, Kate Klonick, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Peter Strzok, Pride and Prejudice, Smiley's People, spycraft, The Horse's Mouth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tunes of Glory
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Trump’s armed boys: malevolence tempered by incompetence. Again and always
Early on, my cousin, Ben Wittes, came up with “malevolence tempered by incompetence,” to describe the Trump administration, and Trump himself. As we view videos and news coverage of overweight masked white men garbed in “uniforms” which apparently have some … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged armed protests, Ben Wittes, Harper's Weekly Review, Mike Pompeo, Special Forces, Subway, Trump, Venezuela
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