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'Russia, Russia, Russia' Is Not a Hoax
Years before former President Donald Trump seized upon the Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen, he insistently promoted another supersized falsehood -- namely that charges of Russian interference in the 2016 election were "a hoax." His minions in the media, from Fox News down to the lowliest web trolls, have incessantly...Read more
Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit: Unsavory and Unsurprising
Try for just a moment to imagine the explosion of anger on the right if a Democratic presidential candidate -- or any Democratic candidate -- barged into Arlington National Cemetery for a campaign photo op. Imagine the fury on Fox News if such a Democrat had then posted video of herself, on TikTok, with an idiotic grin and thumbs-up pose over ...Read more
Military Service, Partisan Smears and the Parody of Patriotism
The Trump campaign's attack on the military record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz -- who served honorably as a volunteer in the National Guard for 24 years -- invites us to remember the military service of former President Donald J. Trump.
Except there isn't anything to remember concerning Trump's military service since he never served. Neither ...Read more
Why Kamala Harris Laughs at J.D. Vance
With his former vice president sidelined by that near-death experience on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump had to name a new running mate at the recent Republican National Convention. But his campaign had scarcely announced the selection of J.D. Vance, the very junior senator from Ohio, before they began to feel pangs of regret.
Not only...Read more
Steve Bannon and the Culture of Impunity
Among right-wing Republicans, the impending incarceration of Stephen K. Bannon has provoked a torrent of sputtering rage.
"I stand with Steve Bannon!" was the defiant slogan barked by scores of prominent figures on the right, after a federal judge ordered the fascist media personality and adviser to former President Donald Trump to report to ...Read more