Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues
James Wolcott had a hissy fit in Vanity Fair last week against parties he deems not sufficiently fixated on toppling Trump, including NC.
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Cambridge Analytica: BINGO!
Our Marina Bart was alone in debunking the supposedly miraculously propaganda powers of Cambridge Analytica, which the Guardian just trashed.
Read more...Why Popular Assemblies Sweeping the Country Are Building Blocks of Resistance
From Raleigh to Los Angeles, communities on the front lines are building the movement infrastructure for a coordinated fightback.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Trump’s Tax Sleight of Hand
A skeptical look at some of Trump’s tax proposals.
Read more...Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold
Following the money behind the campaign against public education.
Read more...Potential Phishing Equilibria Under Neoliberalism in the U.S. Medical Coding System
Medical coding systems, the ugly truths of miscoding and upcoding, and disputing your bill
Read more...NAFTA in Play: How President Trump Could Reshape Trade in North America
Three scenarios for NAFTA under Trump and an overview of the policy implications for U.S. trading partners.
Read more...Do Democratic Operatives Dream of Big Data Death Stars? The Case Against Cambridge Analytica As a Propaganda Tool
Why Big Data isn’t the propaganda threat you’ve been told it is.
Read more...New York Times Gets Budget Story About Looming Trump-Ryan Clash Almost Completely Wrong
Not only does the Grey Lady misrepresent Trump’s and Ryan’s motivations, but they muff budget basics too.
Read more...Gaius Pubilus: Obama and the Perez Election — Are the Democrats Trying to Fail?
After presiding over huge losses at all levels of government by the Democrats, Obama is determined to keep his dead hand on the party.
Read more...Col. Wilkerson: Trump’s Proposed $54 Billion Increase in the Military Budget Not for National Security
Colin Powell’s former chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson is Not Happy about Trump’s planned $54 billion gift to the military.
Read more...Hail to the Chief? Scuppering White House Press Corps Traditions
Sean Spicer makes changes to reduce the power of the traditional White House gatekeeper press and increase outsider access; Trump disses nerd prom.
Read more...EU Dings Yet Another Brexit Fantasy: “Equivalence” Deal for the City
Yet another scheme, equivalence, by which the City hope to have its Brexit cake and eat it too, looks to be a non-starter.
Read more...Democratic Party Orthodoxy in Action: “Hit With Some Serious Clinton Blame Cannons”
An example of Democratic Party pathology.
Read more...Tom Perez Elected Head of DNC
The Democrats double down on failure.
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