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You must read this article on Donald Trump
Two days ago, on March 16, Susan Glasser wrote, and the New Yorker published, a piece about Donald Trump. Almost never do I insist that you read something. I’m insisting. Why? Because Susan Glasser, with uncharacteristic emotion, described Tump’s “rally” … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Guns in the U.S. of A., Indicting Trump, Journalism, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Donald Trump, MSNBC, Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
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Navalny didn’t believe in death. Neither do I
I jumped out of my chair. An involuntary shock reaction to the headline in the New York Times. It doesn’t seem possible. The other night, a friend of Navalny’s, Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar, talked to Lawrence O’Donnell. When O’Donnell suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Journalism, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Lawrence O'Donnell, Masha Gessen, Mikhail Zygar, Russian history, The New Yorker, Tucker Carlson
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What is the truth about the war? About any war?
My heart bleeds; my head stays calm. That’s the best I can do with reports from this war when the news media is spilling over with information. I react with horror — impartial horror — and then I wonder what … Continue reading
Posted in Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, David Remnick, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Richard Overy, The New Yorker, war
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