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Altercation: How the Democrats’ Economics Changed
Michael Tomasky on how a dissident, if realistic, assessment of the economy became mainstream
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.