In the 2016 and 2020 United States elections, there was opposition party shutdowns and mass voter polling places closed. Where was The New York Times then?
I imagine the same place when the protests against the Iraq invasion -- the largest the world had seen -- marched right by their offices and they gave it page 6 treatment, to much anger and embarrassment for the self-described paper of record.
I guess with Judy Miller's stenography on the cover, there simply wasn't room.
You should thank those bedbugs when you come roaring back with fire like this. Yes, America, please just shut the fuck up about practically everything. There's really nothing else to say.
So true, Caitlin! I have been particularly horrified not so much by the corporate media pro imperial chorus on Nicaragua, which is par for the course, but by the burgeoning number of leftwing sources that echo it. What's up with that? What do they gain by cheering for, and repeating, imperialist interventionist propaganda, when they often maintain decently critical positions in other areas?
Trump in 2024: at least he mocks these people. It’s fun to watch and yes he’s a pig and greatly degrades public discourse but it is such a comeuppance for their highfaluting self congratulatory exultation. Trump properly understood the source of his success, he gamed the system beating both the R’s and the D’s. The source of that success: mocking. Caitlin helps us see it clearly but I think we all intuit the manipulation that’s foisted on us. So along comes the Trump monster and he says it right out load - the elite, politicos are lying idiots. That’s what he said coming down that escalator on day one.
Don’t be confused, in power Trump was standard R, fully of and for the empire; he’s no different except for the mocking and of course his enormous incompetence.
America deserves Trump, he is your personification, resistance is futile.
still no mention about Australia's Orwellian lockdowns...vaxxine mandates...or the obvious scamdemic? Eve Bartlett called you out about your lies by omission....pretty pathetic...now ban me
One should gain some knowledge of a writer's subject matter before launching criticisms of same. It appears the journalistic standards of Rich's Newsletter falls far short of this simple requirement.
What caitlin does is hold up a mirror to our corrupt society.If you dont like reality based journalism, dont read caitlin, just watch fox. Or as we sometimes say : Read a book. a good start would be howard zinnia's. a peoples history of the united states.
The ignorance you show is amazing . Stunning. Stupefying. But keep talking. You should really try to live by this Mark Twain quote:“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
Our entire voting system is primed for abuse. Each state has different methods; machines instead of paper ballots; slow and murky methods for tabulating votes; having partisan politicians in charge of the process; gerrymandering; long lines, particularly in minority communities; two parties controlling who gets to debate; and a corporate media "reporting" it all. Simply horrible.
I believe the Founders didn't have to contend with parties; that came later. Essentially, un-American. About half of Americans are independent so either party only represents 1/4 of the country, and even that 1/4 is ignored in favor of the elites and their donors. Hell of a system we've got here, still defended by a very vocal minority.
They did have parties of opinion, but they weren't codified the way they are today.
The pro-Federalist party and the anti-Federalist party were at each other's throats, and each had pet newspaper editors that didn't scruples to write the most scurrilous gossip about the leaders of the other party.
This was why George Washington warned against a two-party system.
In the 2016 and 2020 United States elections, there was opposition party shutdowns and mass voter polling places closed. Where was The New York Times then?
Yes
I imagine the same place when the protests against the Iraq invasion -- the largest the world had seen -- marched right by their offices and they gave it page 6 treatment, to much anger and embarrassment for the self-described paper of record.
I guess with Judy Miller's stenography on the cover, there simply wasn't room.
Fantastic Paula Fox and well said
Amen!
You should thank those bedbugs when you come roaring back with fire like this. Yes, America, please just shut the fuck up about practically everything. There's really nothing else to say.
So true, Caitlin! I have been particularly horrified not so much by the corporate media pro imperial chorus on Nicaragua, which is par for the course, but by the burgeoning number of leftwing sources that echo it. What's up with that? What do they gain by cheering for, and repeating, imperialist interventionist propaganda, when they often maintain decently critical positions in other areas?
Trump in 2024: at least he mocks these people. It’s fun to watch and yes he’s a pig and greatly degrades public discourse but it is such a comeuppance for their highfaluting self congratulatory exultation. Trump properly understood the source of his success, he gamed the system beating both the R’s and the D’s. The source of that success: mocking. Caitlin helps us see it clearly but I think we all intuit the manipulation that’s foisted on us. So along comes the Trump monster and he says it right out load - the elite, politicos are lying idiots. That’s what he said coming down that escalator on day one.
Don’t be confused, in power Trump was standard R, fully of and for the empire; he’s no different except for the mocking and of course his enormous incompetence.
America deserves Trump, he is your personification, resistance is futile.
still no mention about Australia's Orwellian lockdowns...vaxxine mandates...or the obvious scamdemic? Eve Bartlett called you out about your lies by omission....pretty pathetic...now ban me
One should gain some knowledge of a writer's subject matter before launching criticisms of same. It appears the journalistic standards of Rich's Newsletter falls far short of this simple requirement.
I cant comment on her covidiot posts because she never writes about it...now go get your shot like a good sheep
But you actually did comment on them, Rich. Idiotically. That's the point.
US democracy = replacing one clown with another, preferrably with a convenient-at-the-moment skin color and reproductive organ
the upside is, fewer people really care what corporate presstitutes bladder.
Ouch Jackie: your stinging rebuke .
What caitlin does is hold up a mirror to our corrupt society.If you dont like reality based journalism, dont read caitlin, just watch fox. Or as we sometimes say : Read a book. a good start would be howard zinnia's. a peoples history of the united states.
The ignorance you show is amazing . Stunning. Stupefying. But keep talking. You should really try to live by this Mark Twain quote:“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
Our entire voting system is primed for abuse. Each state has different methods; machines instead of paper ballots; slow and murky methods for tabulating votes; having partisan politicians in charge of the process; gerrymandering; long lines, particularly in minority communities; two parties controlling who gets to debate; and a corporate media "reporting" it all. Simply horrible.
Yeah, and I'm so glad that Bernie Sanders fought so hard against...oh, wait.
And other judges -- the Supreme Court -- said money equals free speech, so where the hell do we go from that?
To the streets! Watch How to Start a Revolution DVD documentary and read From Dictatorship to Democracy the book. They tell us how to do it.
Gene Sharp wrote many other books: especially The Politics of Nonviolent Action in three volumes teaches the nuts and bolts of it.
I believe the Founders didn't have to contend with parties; that came later. Essentially, un-American. About half of Americans are independent so either party only represents 1/4 of the country, and even that 1/4 is ignored in favor of the elites and their donors. Hell of a system we've got here, still defended by a very vocal minority.
They did have parties of opinion, but they weren't codified the way they are today.
The pro-Federalist party and the anti-Federalist party were at each other's throats, and each had pet newspaper editors that didn't scruples to write the most scurrilous gossip about the leaders of the other party.
This was why George Washington warned against a two-party system.