Category Archives: Corruption

Lawfare ahead … pitched battles

Posted on May 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summersLawfare is a form of asymmetric warfare, consisting of using the legal system against an enemy, such as by damaging or delegitimizing them, tying up their time or winning a public relations victory. The word is a … Continue reading →

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All about the Trump lawyering up, even as disinformation continues

Posted on May 23, 2017 by ann li-summers

 “The collapse of this administration may or may not be swift. But it is inevitable.” (Douglas Blackmon at Bill Moyers.com:)  By ann summers Q: How does every Russian joke start? A: By looking over your shoulder… The biggest scandal in … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … Trump now hoisted by his own Braggadocio … “Watch them start to choke like dogs”

Posted on May 12, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers The Führereid loyalty oath redux: First Trump’s staff, then government officials, then the military… 1930s pump priming  Like the urban legend of the choking dog with the thief’s fingers lodged in his throat, God-Emperor Trump has … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia kleptocrats and crony capitalists profit from lowering US aid

Posted on April 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers In Russia, client states you! So the White House wants to merge USAID and the Department of State, because draining-swamp thing, leaving an opening for whom? Oh darn, more influence accrues to Russia and the clients of … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … 2016 election was Trump’s perfect stormfront

Posted on April 1, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Justice will be done and hopefully democracy will survive one of the most insidious attacks since its founding. The whole #TrumpRussia story is complex but not complicated in terms of seeking justice. The nation needs a special prosecutor and an … Continue reading →

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Our long National Shake-down continues … Whatabout The Don?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Whataboutism,” with its sly equivalences, false parallels, and misleading analogies, can exhaust and frustrate those who confront it. Putin is an especially skillful practitioner. Now something new is happening. The American president is taking Putin’s “what about … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 200: In Summation, Gist The Whitewashing Power Of Editing

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out … Continue reading →

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Why Trump won’t quit. He can’t.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Chuck Stanley

by Chuck Stanley Since last November 9, there has been widespread speculation, complete with polls and betting pools, whether Trump will last six months or a year. There has been speculation whether he might resign, or be removed from office … Continue reading →

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If the GOP could only stop being gutless about #RussiaGate …

Posted on March 8, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Unfortunately, those blissfully naive Americans who need to be swayed from their support or even tacit tolerance of Lord Dampnut may need the rhetorical message of a xenophobic CT to get to the discourse space where he must … Continue reading →

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Lord Dampnut’s Bay of Wigs … because something, something clear and present, but not Russian

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers U.S. sanctions Venezuelan vice president as drug kingpin. The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on Venezuela’s new vice president, Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of being an international drug kingpin. El Aissami, one of five children, … Continue reading →

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