Month: January 2020
Bloomberg Equates His Success with His Race
“As someone who has been very lucky in life, I often say my story would only have been possible in America, and that’s true. But I also know that my story might have turned out very differently if I had been black, and that more black Americans of my generation would have ended up with far more wealth, had they been white.”
— Michael Bloomberg, quoted by The Hill.
K.C. Radio Station to Broadcast Russian Propaganda
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A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator, the Kansas City Star reports.
Trump’s Latest Lie Tally: 1,620
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Number of lies Donald Trump has told as of January 2020, year three of his presidency, according to the Washington Post’s fact checker.
Deplorables for the Defense: Starr, Dershowitz, Bondi and Ray
On Friday, when Trump announced his defense team, Monica Lewinksy tweeted: “this is definitely an ‘are you fucking kidding me?’ kinda day.”
Here are the career low lights of several high-profile members of Trump’s team of misfits:
How to Worship Trump: Rick Wilson’s Rules for the GOP Cult
All cults have rules, and the Republicans’ Trump cult is no exception. Renegade Republican Rick Wilson has come up with a set of rules intended to provide guidance for members of the cult and those who aspire to bask in Supreme Leader’s radiance.
Fortunately for members, the rules for cults of personality are all pretty much the same — whether Dear Leader is Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Jim Jones or Donald J. Trump.
