Between co-opting Buttigieg and convincing Republican Bloomberg to run for the Democratic nomination. . what do you call the richest man in the world who is so obsessed with not paying taxes that he would throw the election to a totalitarian?
THREE HOURS LATER: Oops, I conflated: it’s Zuckerberg who’s co-opting Buttigieg, one among his many crimes against democracy.
So what I said goes double!!!!
And ever the megalomaniac:
Joan McCarter notes at Daily Kos that:
“Bloomberg doesn’t want any part of his billions going to paying a fair tax rate, to fully funding government and all the programs that will help people and rebuild federal institutions. He doesn’t want to pay taxes. He wants to direct the millions he spends on fighting gun violence or climate change very publicly and to have his name plastered on every penny.”
And he has spent millions and millions of his pin money to support Republican campaigns.
He’s even worse than Howard Schultz.
Save us from the billionaires.
Rarely does a “mainstream” “news” organization openly admit its corruption and indebtedness to oligarchal power as blatantly as Bloomberg News, which has helpfully informed us that it won’t be doing any investigations into Bloomberg and his presidential campaign. Bloomberg, of course, was lying when he said in 2018 that should he run for president he would either put Bloomberg News in a blind trust or instead sell it.
All I can say is: that opens the way for the target-rich Blooombergian topos to be that much more fruitfully and thoroughly investigated by everyone else.
Sorry, Bloomberg gang, you’re missing out on a great story!
The seignorial arrogance and corruption of this family get passed down generation to generation.
According to the Washington Post, Ruth Marcus’s new book on the radical right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court contains confirmation that Bret Kavanaugh was enthroned by Injustice Anthony Kennedy. Son Gregory played his part, too–and, of course, denies that a certain meeting ever took place.
Trump the Great Distractor. 2018
A White house in Chaos.
A Country in Despair.
Times are as they may be confusing those who listen to political news channels, Stations
Every day a different story unfolds. Who I ask you? Can retain it all or keep up with the truth.
What is the truth. I no longer know
Often, I’ve had sleepless nights, thinking about inconceivable and utterly baseless accusations against our democratic institutions.
Our Greatest offense is our defense. Who defends our country, the intelligence agencies? The justice department?
Why attack those that represent our strongest defense against the rising tide of cyber-attacks and subtle creations by foreign agents looking to influence our countries electoral process. Sway this honored republic into dividing an itself by corrupting the people and the values they hold dear.
Why should I or any one care?
Americans enjoy the freedoms that must assuredly be held close to our hearts. What a gift to live within a country where life’s journey unfolds myriad opportunities to dream and make it come true.
A gift like non-other. Would that it not be taken from me nor all my fellow brothers and sisters. Bound together from the Pacific to the Atlantic our home a and sanctuary.
This magnificent country is a family. There are fights and then we make up. We come to each other’s aid in times of crisis. Our personal thoughts are private, but when shared aloud create a dialogue so that all benefit from what we learn.
We are significant in our common cause to see our way forward, even in the most difficult of times.
They seem as if they are now.
All things considered, worse has come and gone. Our past shows us the way to our future.
I am fortunate to bear witness to events in Our capital and around the world. Most are not so privileged.
I will remain hopeful.
Corporate publishing at its worst:
S & S made another boneheaded decision to waste two million dollars on John Bolton’s latest book.
Unlike a number of his truly ethical and patriotic colleagues, Bolton has been refusing to testify before Congress about what he knows concerning Trump’s betrayal of this country.
Is S & S advising Bolton not to testify in order to preserve the novelty factor of whatever Bolton’s revelations will indeed reveal?
the more it turns truth on its head, c.f. their statement that Fiona HIll’s testimony about the kremlin’s ambitions somehow identifies a campaign by Russia AGAINST Trump. . .
This White House and its conspirators in the right-wing media ecosystem are textbook illustrations of Orwellian mind control.
are not legitimate criticisms.
They are never supported by any specific citations but instead are an un-Constitutional attack on a pillar of American democracy, and should be added to the articles of impeachment.
Trump confessed to Lesley Stahl why he does it–his confession needs to be Trump-eted more widely.
James Finkelstein, owner of The Hill “has kept a watchful eye on the newspaper’s coverage to ensure it is not too critical of the President,” CNN reports.
And Peter Dao responds: “I launched the #TooFarLeft tag because I’ve had it with Republicans, media elites, and corporate Dems enabling fascists while denigrating those who seek economic and social justice as ‘too far left’.”
