Wednesday, December 21, 2016

DEAR WASHINGTON POST: YOU KNOW THIS HEADLINE IS PRO-TRUMP PROPAGANDA, RIGHT?

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The Washington Post has done a pretty good job dealing with Donald Trump -- certainly better than The New York Times or CNN -- but this h...
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METALLICA'S JAMES HETFIELD DEFINES "ELITIST" THE SAME WAY TRUMP VOTERS DO

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James Hetfield of Metallica is tired of the "elitist" Bay Area: James Hetfield, the co-founder and lead singer for the successful...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

THE PRO-PUTIN NEW WORLD ORDER

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This is chilling: The leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has signed what he called a cooperation agreement with Russia’s rulin...
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GOP CONGRESSMAN: WE USE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TOO FREELY, AND BY "WE" I MEAN "THOSE PEOPLE"

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Talking Points Memo reports on a Republican congressman's object lesson in responsible use of the healthcare system: The example Rep. B...
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Monday, December 19, 2016

FOR TRUMP VOTERS, THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A DEAL-BREAKER

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I want to talk about this, even thought it's not exactly the most important story of the day: While visiting with KIRO Radio’s Dori Mo...
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UNDER TRUMP, WILL AMERICA TURN INTO POLAND? NAHHH -- AMERICA WILL BE WORSE.

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In The Washington Post, Anthony Faiola describes what's happening in Poland, and strongly suggests that America under Donald Trump cou...
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YOU COME AT THE CONSTITUTIONALLY DERIVED NORMS, YOU BEST NOT MISS

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I think it might have been a strategic mistake for so many opponents of Donald Trump to mount a high-profile campaign to keep him out of the...
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Sunday, December 18, 2016

THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITS OUT SOME STUPIDITY -- AFTER A WHILE

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In The New York Times, Michael Shear has a pretty good story about Donald Trump's picks for key positions and the ways they're like...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

ANOTHER DUPE OF THE DAY: BILL KELLER

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Belief in the essential decency of Republicans never dies in the mainstream media. Yesterday's New York Times included a delusional op-...
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DUPE OF THE DAY: ROBERT H. FRANK

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It's easy to be distracted by Donald Trump's tweeting or his demagoguery, but we know that law-making in the Trump years will be the...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

HARDLINE AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL? FAN BASE FULL OF ANTI-SEMITES? NO CONTRADICTION FOR TRUMP.

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In picking an ambassador to Israel, Donald Trump went hardcore: President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named David M. Friedman, a bank...
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THE FAKENESS OF THE RIGHT'S WAR ON FAKE-NEWS MONITORING

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I'm a little late getting to the story of Facebook's attempt to control fake news, but I see the right going all in on showy express...
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Thursday, December 15, 2016

HERE'S THE BOOK I HOPE A FUTURE CIVILIZATION FINDS IN THE SMOKING RUINS OF OURS

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The subscription-only newsletter PublishersLunch announces a forthcoming book: Creator of the Dilbert comic strip, NYT bestselling author,...
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AILES DEFENDER KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE MIGHT BE TRUMP'S PRESS SECRETARY

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Politico reported this last night: Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle has emerged as a contender to be Donald Trump’s White House press secr...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

ONE BATHROOM ACCIDENT COULD BE WHAT SAVED US FROM SECRETARY OF STATE GIULIANI

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The prospect of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doesn't fill my heart with joy, but we might have had Rudy Giuliani instead, and I can...
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NO, IBM'S HIRING IS NOT THE RESULT OF A "TRUMP EFFECT"

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Right-wingers are giving Donald Trump credit for this: US technology giant IBM has said it will hire 25,000 people in the United States ov...
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HOW WE USED TO ESTABLISH THE TRUTH BEFORE THE POST-FACT ERA

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Can I prove that Russians hacked the U.S. election in order to help Donald Trump and harm Hillary Clinton? No, but I can point to stories l...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

IS ROGER AILES GETTING A TRUMP JOB? SERIOUSLY?

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Joe Cunningham at RedState spotted this tweet from an Al Jazeera journalist: BREAKING: State Department source tells me Trump considering...
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IF IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN YOU AND KLEPTOCRACY, TRUMP WON'T PICK YOU, RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES

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Tony Perkins and his Family Research Council are outraged that Donald Trump chose ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state...