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So it’s entirely fitting that Gingrich is back atop the GOP. In a sense, he never left.

February 5, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Dana Milbank sums up what I’ve felt for years about Newt – he is the pivot point that turned the GOP in to the monster it is today. Opinion: Newt Gingrich started us on the road to ruin. Now, he’s back to finish the job. By Dana Milbank 02/04/2022

Posted in: History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: anti-democratic, Fox News, Kevin McCarthy, Newt Gingrich, vitriol

Why Isn’t the FOP Outraged?

August 5, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over on the Atlantic, Adam Serwer writes about the Fraternal Order of Police and their reaction to the January 5th insurrection. The Capitol Rioters Attacked Police. Why Isn’t the FOP Outraged? Police unions aren’t usually bashful about defending officers, but they’ve been conspicuously subdued in discussing the January 6 attacks. … What you won’t find … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Racism, Trump Tagged: activist judges, Black Lives Matter, Black-rights activists, Capitol rioters, Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Fox News, January 6 attacks, law enforcement, looting, National Fraternal Order of Police, Newsmax, Police union, progressive policies, rogue prosecutors, trespassing

How Murdoch’s Empire Influences the World

April 14, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the April 4, 2019 New York Times: Part 1: Imperial Reach Part 2: Internal Divisions Part 3: The New Fox Weapon

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 20th Century Fox, Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Fairness Doctrine, Fox News, James Murdock, John Major, Lachlan Murdock, Margaret Thatcher, New York Post, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdock, Sky Television, The Sun, Theresa May

The World That Trump and Ailes Built

June 6, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Archibald MacLeish, Briton Hadden, Edmond Taylor, Fact Checking, Fox News, Henry Luce, Mein Kampf, Office of War Information, Propaganda, Roger Ailes, Trump

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