Donald Trump

In politics, a lie is true if no one opposes it. That’s why Democrats struggle. They must create ‘an infrastructure of democracy’ 

By John Stoehr / December 22, 2021 /

There’s no alternative for people vulnerable to propaganda.

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When will President Joe Biden stop pissing on migrants?

By Richard Sudan / December 22, 2021 / Comments Off on When will President Joe Biden stop pissing on migrants?

But the responsibility doesn’t just rest on the shoulders of the government. Americans need to demand it.

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Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup

By Lindsay Beyerstein / December 16, 2021 / Comments Off on Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup

January 6 was one part of a coup attempt planned out in the open. Its procedural component was widely reported in the weeks beforehand.

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Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?

By John Stoehr / December 15, 2021 / Comments Off on Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?

Three Fox hosts contacted Mark Meadows during the 1/6 insurrection. Jeremy Littau thinks that should change how the press does news.

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Will the Democrats learn? When you think you’re winning against bullshit, you’re actually losing

By Matt Robison / December 15, 2021 / Comments Off on Will the Democrats learn? When you think you’re winning against bullshit, you’re actually losing

On covid, the Republicans are swiftboating Biden.

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The president’s low approval is democracy working. Voters are holding him accountable

By Noah Berlatsky / December 14, 2021 / Comments Off on The president’s low approval is democracy working. Voters are holding him accountable

The problem is a Republican Party that’s not promising to do more to fight the covid pandemic. It’s promising to do less.

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Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt

By John Stoehr / December 13, 2021 / Comments Off on Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt

But perhaps the biggest news was that the vote was televised.

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He was set to testify about a PowerPoint outlining step-by-step Trump’s failed coup. Then Mark Meadows chickened out

By Lindsay Beyerstein / December 9, 2021 / Comments Off on He was set to testify about a PowerPoint outlining step-by-step Trump’s failed coup. Then Mark Meadows chickened out

He’s invoking privilege he doesn’t have.

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America’s future: less democracy nationally, more democracy locally, plus violence and blood

By John Stoehr / December 9, 2021 / Comments Off on America’s future: less democracy nationally, more democracy locally, plus violence and blood

My interview with Sea Change Radio’s Alex Wise.

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The good news is we’re on the cusp of a new way of ordering the American polity. The bad news? We could fall short

By John Stoehr / December 8, 2021 / Comments Off on The good news is we’re on the cusp of a new way of ordering the American polity. The bad news? We could fall short

Thomas Zimmer: Multiracial democracy will be expanded or aborted.

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