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At age eighty-nine, Harry Belafonte in The New York Times sums up the Trump dystopia in a uniquely imaginative way.  And it’s interesting, in a debased American political scene in which art and aesthetics must never be mentioned lest it … Continue reading →

The Trump non-assassination-attempt charade is another stunt lifted from the Fascist playbook and a preview of how he would end democracy in this country.  Stage one provocative incident after other, then declare martial law because of the alleged threat to … Continue reading →

As I was mentioning earlier re: Martha Raddatz, there are a very small number of thoroughly predictable physical stances, facial expressions,and reportorial attitudes evinced by the journalist-simulators who populate our TV “news” programs. What’s striking is that on Fox there’s … Continue reading →

Carlson is not a complete idiot.  He knows what Donald Trump is and what he represents. And yet this prevaricating fatuity of a news personality, dismisses Martin O’Malley’s tell-it-like-it-is characterization of Trump. “Fascist, that’s silly.” That tells you what Tucker … Continue reading →

Comey presides over a politicized cesspool, in which agents will go to any length to smear Hillary and boost Trump. Spencer Ackerman at the Guardian went to the horse’s mouth.

It was the GOP’s March 2016 success in completely trashing decades of judicial precedent over Supreme Court nominees that must have emboldened Comey’s increasingly insubordinate, autocratic, and brazen behavior, accelerating in audacity since July. Riley Roberts at Politico charts Comey’s … Continue reading →

His integrity turns out to be another long bill of good sold us by the “mainstream” media. Hiding in plain sight was an appalling record, detailed by Brett Arends at Market Watch. Comey’s collusion with Chaffetz to throw the election … Continue reading →

This is what Trump and equally vile people like Chaffetz would like this country to turn into: a tragic, grotesque travesty of a country founded on democratic principles. Trump’s endless incitement to violence, the vicious, infantile tantrums launched by him … Continue reading →

This is what Trump will do to all federal institutions: hijack them, politicize them, employ them solely to benefit his personal ambitions.

When it comes to the all-important task of getting Trump elected. Anonymous FBI officials blabbing to The New York Times that there’s no there there when it comes to Trump and Russia — HELLO??? Reid as well as HRC’s campaign … Continue reading →