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Category Archives: Government Propaganda
National distractions: Does draconian democracy deconstruct the administrative state
By ann summers Like Caliguila’s horse, Draco (not the Harry Potter one) ordered death penalties for cabbage theft, but had no cure for a leader who also had the mind of one. The Trump Cabinet continues to surprise us with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Capitalism, Celebrity, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Government, Government Propaganda, History, information Technology, Internet, Libertarians, Socialism, Society, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Media, Politics
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J’Accuse Chinese food – an hour later you want to chokehold someone again
By ann summers Disinformation is getting a bad name these days, but then again isn’t bad naming what it’s about? Saudi Arabia’s cascade of excuses for killing Jamal Khashoggi hinge on not making it seem like an official act, but … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Crime, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, Murder, News, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Society, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged jamal Khashoggi, Journalism, News Media, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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Trump gaslights-up fake news
By ann summers Trump’s gaslight will power an entire nation. Trump’s still emitting Bill Shiney objects because having one media empire (Murdoch’s) as his personal press agent, driving memes to its media brethren, is not enough. There should be only … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Free Speech, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, News, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, gaslighting, Journalism, Media, Politics
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not-so-secret Hitler of the anonymous Op-Ed
By ann summers The anonymous op-ed in the NY Times has shown that Trump may have (only) one dissenter in his WH. It’s still a game of Secret Hitler, and the unhingery continues. John Miller/Baron’s cabinet has bad hinges. But … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Conspiracy, Democracy, Government, Government Propaganda, Graphic Arts, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Humor, Journalism, NY Times, op-ed, Politics, secret hitler, White House
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“look at that view, wouldn’t that make a great condo?” Trump sells a North Korean time share
By ann summers Trump in his continuing nouveau vulgarianism pulled a real estate sales stunt at the Singapore summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, showing an iPad video that crudely references the classic DPRK propaganda film series Nation and Destiny Singapore … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, China, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Imperialism, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, korea, Mainstream Media, Media, North Korea, nuclear, Politics, Singapore
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Depression-era policy to return for farmers screwed by Trump trade war.
By ann summers Grand Kleptocrat Trump will crater the US economy because he thinks trade wars are simply about firms, industries, and markets, rather than people working and living in regions. It’s not as simple as the revanchist profit touted by Agent Orange. … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, China, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, Politics, Trade Deals, trade war, US Trade Deals
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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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Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media
By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading
Stephen Miller: demography sans democracy
By ann summers Stephen “dont call me Space Cowboy Maurice” Miller has shrewdly used his time to feather his own WH nest by controlling immigration policy while his noisier counterpart Steve Bannon was fighting with everybody else. One can … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Anti-Semitism, Celebrity, Civil Rights, DHS, DOJ, Germany, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Holocaust, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Nazis, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, United States, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Holocaust, Media, Nazis, Politics, stephen miller, Steve Bannon
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Trump, no country bump-stock… could kill the trifecta of the axis of evil, unless #TrumpRussia drops a couple of bombshells
By ann summers Desperate authoritarians do desperate things, and the time before the Trump administration is removed or removes itself from office will perhaps be the most challenging since the Cuban missile crisis. Recall that the real consequence in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, CIA, Corruption, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Politics, Propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged dprk, Iran, Iran's Nuclear Program, Media, North Korea, Politics
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