Tag Archives: threats to journalists

The Trump administration uses press conference footage deceptively edited by InfoWars to justify the banning of CNN’s Jim Acosta

By Mark | November 8, 2018

Yesterday, when I posted about how Donald Trump had installed someone as acting Attorney General who has said publicly that the Mueller investigation should be stopped, I made a brief mention of the fact that CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, on the same day, had his press credentials revoked after refusing to stop a […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged CNN, Donald Trump, fake news, InfoWars, Jim Acosta, Matthew Whitaker, me too, Orwellian, Paul Joseph Watson, post-truth, press credentials, Republican lies | 96 Comments

Sessions to be replaced by a Fox News commentator who once described in detail how he would kill the Mueller investigation… I think this probably qualifies as a constitutional crisis, right?

By Mark | November 7, 2018

[above: A shot from outside the White House tonight by CNN’s Jim Acosta, who had his press credentials stripped this afternoon after standing up to Donald Trump.] Back in July of 2017, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said there’d be “holy hell to pay” if Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Well, today, Donald Trump not […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 116th United States Congress, Attorney General, caravans, Carter Page, Chuck Schumer, CNN, constitutional crisis, Donald Trump, enemy of the people, holy hell, House of Representatives, Jeff Flake, Jeff Sessions, Jim Acosta, lynch mob, Marcy Wheeler, Matthew Whitaker, Mitch McConnell, obstruction of justice, Rober Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Russia, Russiagate, S.2644, Sam Clovis, Senate Judiciary Committee, special counsel, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, Susan Collins, threats to Democracy, weight lifting, witch hunt | 37 Comments

Trump says it’s not his violent rhetoric, but the press that’s responsible for political violence

By Mark | October 25, 2018

When I last left you, we were discussing the fact that an explosive device had been discovered in the mailbox of George Soros, a man who Trump and his allies on the far right have been spinning wild conspiracy theories about for years. [Just today there’s a new conspiracy theory about how the billionaire philanthropist […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1954, Ann Coulter, anti-immigrant, assassination, authoritarianism, Barack Obama, caravans, CNN, conspiracy theories, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, decency, domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, enemy of the people, Eric Holder, fake news, false flag, fascism, fear mongering, George Soros, Geraldo Rivera, Hillary Clinton, incitement to violence, incivility, irresponsible rhetoric, Jeff Zucker, Joe Biden, John Brennan, John Kasich, Joseph McCarthy, Lou Dobbs, mail bombs, Maxine Waters, McCarthyism, midterm elections, mobs, personal responsibility, pipe bombs, political violence, Robert De Niro, terrorism, threat of assassination, white nationalism, Wisconsin | 57 Comments

With midterms approaching, the evil of the right is on full display

By Mark | October 23, 2018

With the midterms fast approaching, and the prospect of both houses of Congress, as well as several statehouses, potentially flipping, Republicans across the country are becoming increasingly desperate. And, as you might imagine, this desperation is manifesting itself in truly terrible ways. In Texas, with the young, dynamic Beto O’Rourke gaining momentum, Ted Cruz has […]

Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Gillum, anti-immigration, anti-Semitism, asylum, attempted murder, Beto O'Rourke, Bill Kristol, Brian Kemp, caravan, Central America, civility, conspiracy theory, cowardice, Dan Pfeifer, Donald Trump, exact match, fascism, fear mongering, Florida, George Soros, Georgia, gerrymandering, Greg Gianforte, Hannah Arendt, incitement to violence, journalism, lying, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicare, middle class tax cuts, midterm elections, Mike Pence, pipe bombs, political violence, racism, Richard Linklater, robocalls, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of State, Senate, Stacey Abrams, tax cuts, Ted Cruz, terrorism, Texas, threats of violence, voter fraud, voter suppression | 43 Comments

Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and permanent resident of the United States, has likely been murdered by the Saudis, and the Trump administration seems reluctant to act. Why?

By Mark | October 15, 2018

On October 2, Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, as you can see in the above photo, was observed entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, where he’d made plans to pick up documents that he needed concerning his recent divorce. It’s now nearly two weeks later, and he has yet to be observed leaving the building. […]