On Sunday, Donald Trump told Chris Wallace in a Fox News interview that the reason he hasn’t gone to visit troops in war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan was because of “those phony witch…
Monday Ménage
H.L. Mencken. Issac Asimov. Frantz Fanon. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain…
Press Freedom – It’s A Greatly Tremendous Thing
Judge to White House: Give Back Jim Acosta's Press Pass >> Like or dislike Jim Acosta, or CNN, this is about more than one reporter, more than one news organization. A Free Press is…
Never Forget
I am proud to have served. It is an honour to salute fellow Veterans.
Bye Bye…
Did One Good Thing In Your Whole Effin' Career and It Got Ya Fired! Oh Well (more…)
History As Reminder: Elections Edition
Youthful fanatics, incited by the propaganda of the Party and of a myriad of smaller, less prominent right-wing groups, took the law into their own hands. That such lawlessness was on the increase was…
These Guys Have Not, Will Not, Insure Domestic Tranquility
White House confirms FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation only looked at what Republican senators wanted (more…)
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy. Part Deux
Leaders are a danger to democracy if they have weak commitments to democratic rules, if they deny opponents legitimacy, if they insinuate or tolerate violence, if they show willingness to curb civil liberties, if…
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy
Propaganda seeks to create in the public a chronic sense of crisis, which in turn justifies the expansion of executive power and the secrecy surrounding it. The executive then asserts his “presidential” qualities by…
China: Thanks Google, We’ll Take Good Care Of The Internet
In demonstrating that a company as mighty as Google was unable to resist the allure of the Chinese market, despite the terms of entry, Beijing will advance its campaign to remake global internet governance…
Monday Ménage
Martin Luther King Jr. Michel Templet. Plato. (more…)
10 Years. Congratulations!
It’s Closer Than You Think
[junkie-dropcap]A[/junkie-dropcap]ny person who has taken the oath of office of President of the United States of America and then has their electoral legitimacy questioned every week as consequence of a federal investigation into a…
Free Expression A Human Right. And Then There’s Trump
“His attacks are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts” (more…)
Heroes And Cowards
While we salute the heroic life of John McCain we must also not forget the cowards living among us. "But I'm good at war. I've had a lot of wars of my own. I'm…
Censored 2019: Fighting the Fake News Invasion (Pre Sale)
Censored 2019, once again presents the News that Didn’t Make the News (and why) in our annual listing of the Top 25 underreported stories, as well as documenting the corporate media’s most egregious Junk…
I Know… Parallel Universe
President’s Speech Seen As Bid To Increase Control Over Military In Face Of Criticism “The fact that he has to keep having these campaigns means he is encountering certain resistance within the military, that…
U.S. Press Push Back **UPDATED**
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Rove To Trump: Stop With The Stalin Thing
Karl Rove, President George W. Bush‘s Deputy Chief of Staff, thinks Trump is sounding too much like Stalin. How bad of an American president do you have to be to have Karl Rove -…
Not Just An Image: This Is Trump’s America
Electoral gains by the far right in Europe have inspired American extremists to exchange their white robes and brown shirts for business suits in a bid to enter mainstream politics. (more…)
Monday Ménage
Mark Twain. Leo Tolstoy. Unknown. (more…)
Press Freedom 2018: Good News, Bad News
The 2018 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders is out and for the United States it’s a good news - bad news story. Bad News: The United States remains in the mid…
Who Is The Real Enemy of The People???
[junkie-dropcap]T[/junkie-dropcap]he 2016 Republican presidential candidate blamed evil media forces for his ridiculous performance at the first debate. He has blamed the media for his short-comings from the day he announced his candidacy. In fact,…
All The Usual Suspects and Then Some: RSF’s Predator Gallery
Reporters Without Borders has produced a gallery (with images and data) of world leaders afraid of Press Freedom. (more…)
In Remembrance
Michael Harrington, founder of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) died of cancer on this day in 1989 at age 61. A longtime fighter for the poor, the under-represented, workers - and social justice, Harrington…













