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Sean Spicer says there’s nothing newsworthy about Steve Bannon being named to the National Security Council, the facts say otherwise

By Mark | January 30, 2017

This afternoon, after first noting how may “likes” President Trump’s last web address had gotten on social media, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, seen above waving papers frantically, assured reporters that there was nothing newsworthy in the fact that, through executive action, the President had removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 50 U.S. Code § 3021, alternative facts, anti-immigration, call to action, confirmation hearings, David Axelrod, Donald Trump, fake news, immigration, Joint Chiefs of Staff, national security, National Security Council, Sean Spicer, Senate, Steve Bannon | 16 Comments

Bannon grabs more power in the Trump White House

By Mark | January 29, 2017

I have no idea what it all means, but, while we were all donating to the ACLU and mobilizing to fight Trump’s Muslim ban, news came out that our President, by executive order, had removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the National Security Council, replacing […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alt Right, Donald Trump, Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Council, State Department, Steve Bannon, the press, threats to journalists, white nationalism | 17 Comments

Covering Trump: The Presidency and The Press in Turbulent Times

By Mark | December 14, 2016

Continuing our recent conversation about how to exist in the post-fact word of Donald Trump, I thought I’d share a few brief notes from a panel discussion I attended at the University of Michigan a couple of weeks ago titled Covering Trump: The Presidency and the Press in Turbulent Times. The panel, which featured Craig […]

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Before you thank Trump for finally telling the violent racists emboldened by his victory to “Stop it,” you should know that he also announced his chief White House strategist would be Steve Bannon, the man who brought white nationalism into the mainstream with the alt-right

By Mark | November 13, 2016

Since the election, as I’m sure you know, a number of non-white Americans have come forward to report instances of racial intimidation. Last night, Mark Fancher of the Michigan ACLU, who was one of my guests on the Saturday Six Pack, told us that, over the preceding 48 hours, his office had received an “avalanche” […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Build the Wall, Donald Trump, hate speech, hijab, Lesley Stahl, Mark Fancher, race baiting, racial intimidation, racism, responsibility, rhetoric, Stephen Bannon, Steve Bannon, University of Michigan, white nationalism, white nationalist | 40 Comments

So, what happens on November 9?

By Mark | October 17, 2016

During this past weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, I talked at some length with Scott Hagerstrom, the Michigan director of the Trump Pence 2016 campaign, about both the possibility of polling place discord on November 8th, as a result of Trump supporters attempting to suppress the vote in “certain areas”, and the likelihood […]