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like Trotsky opening up a taco truck in front of Trump’s Walk of Fame star.
By ann summers The millennials’ remake of “up from socialism” might be embodied in the call to “Abolish ICE”. The question is for whose cause is it more effective. If one believed in the lessons of GOP marketing, “Abolish ICE” has … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Government, Immigrants, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Propaganda, Socialism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged democratic socialism, Democrats, GOP, ICE, Immigration, Media, Politics
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Organ meats taste irony, because Zombie Irony is back
By ann summers Movement leader Richard Spencer popularized the phrase “alt-right” to make his ideals more palatable to mainstream journalists, but the term itself actually comprises several disparate groups. In a study of the far right’s manipulation of the … Continue reading
Posted in 9-11, Celebrity, Government Propaganda, History, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged alt right, Conspiracy Theories, indy media, irony, Journalism, Media, Politics, spencer
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Titling the post-Trump biopic… Get The Bigly Shorty, or Derp in Paradise Papers
By ann summers There probably have been numerous Trump biography projects already underway, perhaps even one started when we thought he would lose the Electoral College vote. We already have some interesting, even landmark films about a variety of financial scandals, … Continue reading
Will the Democratic party recuperate from Late Capitalism’s biggest joke
By ann summers Because you voted for Trump and regret it doesn’t mean you should disavow politics in the future and there may be hope for some transformational movement and/or candidates. Assuming you believe in an emancipatory left, you’ve stuck it … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Communism, Conspiracy, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, Media, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Socialism, Society, United States, World War II
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Donald Trump, fredric jameson, late capitalism, Media, Politics, Slavoj Žižek
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Trumpian theory: Reagan’s just prematurely orange.
By ann summers “Ronnie doesn’t dye his hair; he’s just prematurely orange.” – Gerald Ford, on Ronald Reagan, Who knew that Trumpism has theoreticians … much like deplorableness might have its swamp and isn’t theory just an “inside joke”. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Conservatives, Media, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Society, Tea Party, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Krein, Media, Politics, trumpism
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Trump’s new clothes … Larry Kudlow: “Wealthy folks have no need to steal or engage in corruption.”
“…Better than smoothly. Confidently. More than confidently. Transcendently” By ann summers If we ate the rich we’d soon become vegetarians … because Malthus. Donald Trump’s government has not yet taken power, but its epitaph may have already been … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Economic Policy, Economics, Financial, George H.W. Bush, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Internet, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Ronald Reagan, Sociology, Uncategorized, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Crony Capitalism, Donald Trump, hayek, Journalism, kleptocracy, kudlow, Media, neoliberalism, Politics, Trickle Down Economics
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a Democratic Party minus triangulated power politics will win elections … #Recount2016
By ann summers The NYTimes’ Charles Blow tells Donald Trump to F*ck off, in no uncertain terms. https://t.co/yNSf8jbTsu pic.twitter.com/FiuXegbaEE â Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) November 24, 2016 $2.002 MILLION for #RECOUNT2016 #AUDITTHEVOTE! And it’s not even midnight!https://t.co/nyRV2cwdhY pic.twitter.com/9SK6SYaK28 â Anonymous … Continue reading
Neoliberalism’s death rattle cult … it still moves, come and grab … its truth
By ann summers “We can’t be sure how many people really support Trump, Edsall reports, since there’s considerable evidence that they aren’t telling pollsters the truth. Voting for Trump, it appears, is something white people do in the shadows. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Austerity, Capitalism, Celebrity, Corruption, Economic Policy, Economics, History, Media, Neoliberals, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, neoliberalism, Politics
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“Strategy of Tension” week almost over at the factory for Conspiracy-Theory Machines
By ann summers They’ve broken out of mothballs or scraped the bottom of the barrel of favorite CTs, only this time it seems the FBI has decided, in their best J. Edgar finery, that tension at the polls needs a … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conservatives, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Polls, Propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged alt right, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics
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purge those free radicals – eight years is not enough
By ann summers Family resemblance in language is like relative autonomy in philosophy, because academic ideologies’ democracy is the Other to anti-intellectual reactionaries across the political spectrum, but are they the same as those of low-information voters (LIV), and more importantly, … Continue reading
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