Michael Tomasky on how a dissident, if realistic, assessment of the economy became mainstream
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Altercation: The Billion-Dollar Campaign for Right-Wing Extremist Judges
The man who reshaped the Supreme Court has just been handed $1.6 billion to degrade every other court.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: President Biden Spoke the Truth About Trump. Corporate Media Threw a Fit.
Trump himself continues to spew lies and insults about Democrats every day.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Ron DeSantis Is an Honest-to-God Semi-Fascist
And it’s past time for the mainstream media to say so.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: How Peter Baker’s Feelings Become ‘News’
Or, how our paper of record substitutes reporters’ opinions for historic breakthroughs
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: ‘News’ Without Context
Imagine that the MSM actually noted that democracy was under threat and went so far as to say from whom.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: It’s Not Wokeism That Threatens Our Democracy
So how come editors so often boost it into a threat to the cosmic order?
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: By the Usual Standards of American Politics, Most January 6th Testifiers Would Be a Disgrace
They countenanced or took part in the kinds of scandalous acts that brought more ‘normal’ presidents down.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Do We Really Need to Appreciate Coup Expertise?
CNN’s interview with self-proclaimed coup-meister John Bolton, assessing the January 6th insurrection, airily passed over some horrific U.S. misdeeds.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Altercation: New York Times Headline Whitewashes Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
America’s most influential news source bends over backward to shade the truth about the bullet that killed the beloved Palestinian American journalist.
