Tag: Media

Media And The Midterms — Tell The Truth About The Horror Of Republicans: ‘Goal Of A Responsible News Organization Is Not To Get People To Vote A Specific Way. But It Is To Make Sure That Everyone Understands What’s At Stake’

by History, Journalism, Literary, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Republicans

As we approach the midterms, the biggest obstacle in the way of democracy being upheld is the real rule of journalism — tell the actual, f*cking truth. A nifty, right-on piece directed at the root matter of journalism, which I originally missed/overlooked with all the other shit filling the in-box of the nowadays (h/t tweet…

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Jen Psaki’s Last Day — End Of An Era

by History, Jen Psaki, Journalism, Media, Politics

A little blustery and cool this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley; any delay of the heat is always welcome — another weekend is quickly at hand. One noted, though sad, event today: Jen Psaki spent her time at the Joe Biden White House press-briefing podium as press secretary and she will be sorely…

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Vlad’s ‘War Of Choice’ Has Gone To Shit

by Health, History, Lying, Madness, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Ukraine, Vlad Putin, war crimes

Spotty sunshine with thick, white cloud cover this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — also, a brisk breeze all day long has kept the outside ambiance remarkably cool. Reportedly expected to stay this way all week with more-seasonable weather (i.e., hot!) forecast for the weekend, and most-likely to continue warming up until triple-digit…

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SCOTUS Opinion Clashes With Ben Franklin, Early Americans — ‘Safe And Accessible Abortion Was A Matter Of Simple Math’

by Ben Franklin, Health, History, Madness, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Republicans

(Illustration: From ‘The American Instructor.’ via American Antiquarian Society, and found here). In the shadow of this week’s SCOTUS bomb, the American scene has been in some kind of turmoil — hardcase cruelty exposing Republicans as living/breeding a hypocritical lie that could drown us all. Yet history has already set the precedent. Molly Farrell at…

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Leaked! Roe v. Wade ‘An Essential Gift’ From One Generation To Many Others Maybe Now Gone Forever

by History, Health, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Republicans

Tidal wave, bomb, blow-out, and maybe hundreds of other words could have been used today to describe the SCOTUS leaked opinion from last night, and the punch back from everyone with a thought on the matter, yet there’s only one real meaning to this shit — cruel and usual circumstances at last on the podium…

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Republicans Crash And Burn On Earth Day — McCarthy, Meadows, Greene, All Free-Fall Lying

by Bullshit, Donald Trump, History, Joe Biden, Lying, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Republicans

Bright with a brisk wind this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — supposedly the first day on a run of a-many sunshine-filled days ahead along with increasing temperatures as summer looms like a swollen and dry lymph node. Non-relative humor and insanity work best sometimes when it just gets too crazy to be…

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News Media Falling-Down On The Job — Cut The ‘Trope’ Crap

by History, Journalism, Lying, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Republicans

Late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley as the weekend quickly comes to a close in seemingly record time — and starting tomorrow another high-speed workweek consisting of an overflowing outhouse of every kind-of-bad-shit. Rain forecast for here tomorrow, too, so there’s that, but again, a shit-kick in the wind. I saw this earlier and…

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Ukrainian Conflict Springing Into World War: ‘Why Not?’

by History, Jen Psaki, Journalism, Media, Politics

Bright, sunny late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central valley — windy and a bit still on the refreshing side even with Thursday and Friday forecast for 90-degrees or worse. We’ll take our cool when and where we can, plenty of time ahead to lament the heat. As the Ukrainian situation gets uglier and uglier, the…

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