Maybe I’m just imagining it, but I’m getting the sense, watching video of today’s White House press briefing, that we’ve finally crossed some kind of line. It’s like it’s collectively started to dawn on members of the White House Press Corps that, if the kids in Parkland can stand up and push back, them, maybe, […]
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Declaring “(Donald Trump) has been tougher on Russia than Obama was in the past eight years combined,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders achieves ‘maximum gaslight’ status, qualifying herself for a position in the Joseph Goebbels’ Propaganda Hall of Fame
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, coined phrases, collusion, election hacking, election meddling, gun control, Jon Karl, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Hall of Fame, lies, Obama, obstruction of justice, Parkland, propaganda, Republican lies, rule of law, rule of truth, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Vladimir Putin, White House Press Corps 5 Comments
Trump goes to the CIA to mend fences and fucks things up even worse by pulling them into his propaganda campaign
On Saturday, standing in front of the CIA memorial commemorating the 117 agents who lost their lives in service to our country, Donald Trump, instead of just focusing on the importance of the work being done by the men and women of the intelligence agency, went on a rant about the “dishonest media,” which had […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged A Face in the Crowd, CIA, Donald Trump, future of journalism, inauguration, intelligence, John Brennan, laugh track, lies, Mike Pompeo, Nick Shapiro, post-truth, propaganda, Republican lies, threats to journalists, truth 19 Comments
The “alternate facts” of the Trump White House and the nature of truth in post-Trump America
On Friday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. According to scientists that have studied the crowd photos, approximately 160,000 people were in attendance, or less than one-tenth of the 1.8 million people who showed up to witness Obama’s inauguration in 2009. President Trump, however, has suggested that the […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged alternative facts, D.C., Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, lies, post-truth, protests, Republican lies, Sean Spicer, truth, Washington 41 Comments