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Tag Archives: Journalism
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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This week in 45* – will President Gasfeuerzeug, a.k.a. David Dennison, fire Mueller?
By ann summers No longer “if” but when, because Mighty Mango is running out of options. Amusing is how the “interview” (or its possibility) currently functions as a buffer against the firing, simply because of the motives of 45*’s lawyers to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Government, History, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, lawfare, Media, mueller, Politics, Rule of Law, trump, trumprussia
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who knew? Victoria Nuland is the Deep State
By ann summers Like WWII Gremlins, the Deep State is responsible for every snafu made in the factory for conspiracy theory machines. So it makes sense when Oleg Deripaska writes his op-ed in the Daily Cellar, that pizzeria basement where all … 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
It needed to be said. CNN reporter confronted with the truth.
by Chuck Stanley This woman speaks directly to a CNN reporter today, and tells the unvarnished truth. This has needed saying for years. I recall reading that early in her broadcasting career, Oprah Winfrey was fired from a local TV … Continue reading
Posted in Climatology, Heroism, News Roundup, Texas
Tagged CNN, Flood, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Journalism, News reporting
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#TrumpRussia gets even more tangled with dark web, deep state, and dim-orange-wit
By ann summers Apparently there was an actual corporation (LLC) for a possible conspiracy- what HRC called a “factory for conspiracy-theory machines”. The late Peter W. Smith created an entity to acquire stolen emails that included: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, … Continue reading
#TrumpRussia … Agent Orange whines about his lies hoping you won’t notice Kaspersky’s problems
By ann summers a full page of the Sunday NY Times was devoted to Trump’s lies Trump is beginning to get touchy about the tabulation of verifiable lies … as the history of other network shenanigans occurs online and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Corruption, DOJ, History, Internet, Jurisprudence, Media, NSA, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Society, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, trumprussia
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It’s still about the money … so they found convenient (t)reasons to fire Comey, #TrumpRussia
By ann summers he wasn’t under investigation because everyone around him in #TrumpRussia was under investigation He asked for more funding for the Russia investigation, so they fired him. This is exactly as bad as it looks. https://t.co/S1cPX4bbbX â … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Crime, Democracy, DNC, DOJ, FBI, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, RNC, Russia, Society, Treason, United States
Tagged comey, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, FBI, Journalism, Media, Politics, sessions, trump, trumprussia
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Trouble in Paradise…Bannon’s going to have to marry either Tiffany or Barron (see Milo Yiannopolos)
By ann summers Many reports of the decline of Bannonism fill the news cycle if only to offset a Jared Kushner fashion faux-pas and to provide cover for the actual Nazis (Gorka) who are disinforming the onrushing #TrumpRussia investigations. and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conspiracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Immigration, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, trump, White House
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Peggy Noonan wants you to leave Steve Bannon alone
By ann summers We hope for a White House food-fight but there will be a loser, if only because Bannon will have to marry Tiffany or Barron (see Milo Yiannopolos) Amusingly passive-aggressive amateur censors seem to have multiplied, considering the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, alternative facts, Conspiracy, Crime, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged bannon, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, kushner, Media, Politics
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