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Let’s  face it, there’s more than a little resemblance to the Wizard of Oz, as Trump constructs a cult presidency. As confirmed by his on-again meeting with the NYT, where discussing his demonstratable  conflicts of interest he comes off as … Continue reading →

That’s why he cancelled his meeting with The New York Times today. Unlike his ambush of “mainstream” TV “news” personalities yesterday, this wasn’t going to be another closed-door humiliation orgy.

Must read piece at Talkingpointsmemo.com: Theda Skocpol, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Caroline Tervo describe how “Behind ‘Make America Great,’ the Koch Agenda Returns with a Vengeance.” And it’s an apocalyptic agenda indeed.

Eric Boehlert at Media Matters anatomizes the bizarrely skewed post-election mea culpa by Public Editor Liz Spayd. “At every turn, the readers with whom Spayd chooses to engage criticize the purported liberalism of the Times’ coverage. The message the public … Continue reading →

These are the people–employees of the “mainstream” network TV “news” shows–that got Trump elected, and he nevertheless blasts them because they belatedly started to do a perfunctory amount of actual vetting toward the end of the campaign.  They still did … Continue reading →

What went on in today’s secret meeting between the Trumpster and a gaggle of already compliant, compromised “mainstream” television “news” executives and personalities?

So Joe Scarborough continues to “advise” Trump, just the way Will helped prep Reagan for the 1980 debates. Love that liberal media!

Looks like the GOP got away with another election theft: Indications abound of a “strip and flip” operation. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman at the Columbus Free Press identify the many red flags. “These indicators include the realities of pre- … Continue reading →

of the toxic nut jobs Trump has hired — cold, distorted, maniacal. Really scary, disturbing.

All he wants to do is shovel public subsidy into private investment. Sound familiar? Are the Democrats, once again, going to get played by going along? “Don’t do it,” Ronald A. Klain counsels in The Washington Post. “It’s a trap. … Continue reading →