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At Common Dreams, Normon Solomon quotes George Seldes: “The most stupid boast in the history of present-day journalism is that of the writer who says, ‘I have never been given orders; I am free to do as I like.’” “Seldes … Continue reading →

Fox “news” personalities need to prepare for their children’s fury when they discover how their parents foreclosed their futures in the name of short-term financial gain. Thank you, media deregulators, for bringing us this venue of apocalyptic indoctrination!

His mouthings about how much love he received and how much respect was shown for the office of the presidency–in his words–demonstrate, once again, how he intends to use the converse construction, i.e. criticism of Trump is disrespect toward the … Continue reading →

to admit that the GOP is fascistic– try their latest attempt to criminalize dissent on for size. Regarding their current to muffle with the “terrorist” smear anti-Fascist AntiFa, member David Rose tells Truthout that GOP senators “are attempting to open … Continue reading →

because any degree of transparency reveals the massive, systemic fraud it is committing against America. For Trump’s sleazy, stupid eldest progeny, referencing already publicly-listed identification of Trumps’ donors is tantamount to mass murder. This is their value system: this is … Continue reading →

On June 28 he wrote to Council Member Rivera and Mayor de Blasio and his letter was reproduced in Town and Village. Berman notes that “the extremely modest commitments made to provide protections or mitigations to the surrounding neighborhood for … Continue reading →

The GOP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NRA, and they’re not going to do anything about the massacres. So Dems need to go to the Senate floor, read out the names of each and every GOP senator and how … Continue reading →

with curator Melissa Lyde at a Q/A after she screened “Georgia, Georgia,” Saturday night was a pleasure. I’ve never been to the Metrograph before, and it is fabulous. Diana really was something else. The movie is weird and unique and … Continue reading →

Which dictators was Trump on the phone to last night? This sick, evil monstrosity is fanning the flames raging after the latest massacre by his followers to ratchet up his attacks on a free press. Lawrence Tribe is sounding the … Continue reading →

Sarah Jones in New York Magazine: “Biden runs on the promise of inertia; he tells voters that if they choose him, the nightmare will recede and we will all go back to the winsome days of beer summits and pragmatism. … Continue reading →