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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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disinformation as misinformation and malinformation also involves framing
By ann summers Excellent Mother Jones article on disinformation that offers an opportunity to remind us that the interpretive tools are there, but they get misused or disused. Disinformation is false information that is deliberately created with the intent to … Continue reading
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
Still no smoking gun, still more like a smoldering arsenal
By ann summers The retreat to the #TrumpRussia bunker continues and the mashed potatoes are not yet ready. Experts don’t think the trolls behind Russian Facebook accounts could have determined who to target on their own, but the question … Continue reading
“The Declaration of Independence is an ‘Enlightenment-era rule written by anti-government extremists’” and other FCC pay toilet fictions
By ann summers If the @FCC kills #netneutrality, everyday people lose. ItâÂÂs not good for science because it puts up barriers to accessing information and spreading ideas. This isnâÂÂt a partisan issue â itâÂÂs about keeping the playing field … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Capitalism, Free Speech, Government, History, inequality, information Technology, Internet, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged ajit pai, FCC, Media, Net Neutrality, Politics
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#TrumpRussia … Trump says he knows nothing about something except that it is a hoax
By ann summers Argument from fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. Generalization from fictional evidence: Using a fake story to make a general … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Corruption, Government, History, information Technology, Internet, Propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, Russia, trumprussia
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Hacking the Vote: Part II
I recently wrote about how voting machines could be hacked. There is a second way the vote can be hacked with no one finding out, if cleverly done. Today, the web site Mother Jones published an article that someone is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Crime, information Technology
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Will the GOP dark-money deep state cut its losses with #TrumpRussia
By ann summers The voiceless Jarvanka may yet come before Congress if not a NY state court. Peter Schweizer of the Mercers’ Government Accountability Institute now has thrown Kushner under the Russian bus signaling further WH chaos and perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Corruption, Crime, DNC, DOJ, Government, History, information Technology, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Society
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, kremlingate, Media, Politics, Russia, trumprussia
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#TrumpRussia – Trump decides NATO’s not obsolete because of the US-Russia Strategy of Tension
By ann summers “I am my own strategist” My statement on NATO being obsolete and disproportionately too expensive (and unfair) for the U.S. are now, finally, receiving plaudits! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016 The MSM continues to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conspiracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, information Technology, Internet, Media, NATO, Neoconservatives, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Syria, Technology, United States, US Military
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, dprk, Media, NATO, North Korea, Politics, trump
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#TrumpRussia … 2016 election was Trump’s perfect stormfront
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
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Conservatives, Conspiracy, Corruption, Democracy, DOJ, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, information Technology, Internet, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Uncategorized
Tagged Congress, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, Russia, trumprussia, White House
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