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undit panel every hour during the a block you really don t need to be on pundit panels at all investigate verify report stop worrying about access access is highly overrated access didn t break open the tea pot dome scandal nor did it bring into light the watergate scandal access gives you information someone wants you to have investigation gives us information the rest of us need to have please follow the loose ends see if the dots connect uncover what you can reveal what you can verify we will be better off for your efforts share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading comments off on loose ends dots and access filed under health care media politics tagged as khashoggi mcconnell putin russia saudi arabia trump july 29 2019 4 04 pm gop and their silent night some thoughts on what s been being shown on my television set recently item the chatterati are opining about republican silence in regard to trump s racist commentary i m not so sure this is entirely accurate true republican members of the house and senate haven t flocked to the cameras to denounce the egregious tweets but silence may not be the most accurate characterization either several republican members have made it very clear right out in public they ve no intention to run for reelection in 2020 those announcements might easily be construed to mean that while they don t wish to incur the wrath of the tweeter in chief they also don t care to associated with his regime this isn t indicative of any great level of intestinal fortitude but it is a form of statement item senate majority leader mcconnell is bent into pretzelian contortions because of criticism aimed at his refusal to bring election security measures up in the senate woe he cries it s mccarthyism to suggest his disloyalty note to the majority leader hurling epithets doesn t answer the question why will you not bring these bills up for consideration further he declares the democrats are exploiting an issue for partisan advantage first let s notice that at least one of the bills is a bipartisan product and secondly be aware that all issues relating to all legislative matters may at some point be advantageous for one side or the other however we d be remiss not to observe mcconnell s comments as predictably convenient whenever legislative consideration is sought on matters related to gun regulation reform or election security the majority leader can be counted upon to declare this a matter of partisan exploitation this refrain is getting tiresome dear majority leader if you don t want to be festooned with the hash tag moscowmitch then do something to distance yourself from the deripaskas of this world hint that aluminum plant deal in kentucky isn t helping share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading comments off on gop and their silent night filed under elections politics racism tagged as mcconnell politics racism republicans trump july 26 2019 6 25 am could a person get some news nothing hammered home the shallowness of so called in depth reporting this week quite like the treatment of director mueller s testimony before two congressional committees here are a few reasons my television set is now turned off breaking news is broken first if something was reported at 7 in the morning it is no longer breaking at lunch time breathless repetition will not endow the item with any more immediacy nor will splendid graphics or dramatic music it was news at 7 in the morning it is not news at 7 in the evening secondly while i appreciate the need for the broadcasters to fill air time i don t need endless panels to explain to me what i just watched for one thing this all but invites gaslighting for another i really am capable of comprehension and some context is welcome but speculation is often ridiculous speculation should be left to the investment markets remember the video of the rat dragging a slice of pizza the little clip that went viral going a step beyond the previous paragraph why should a person ever get the sinking feeling that somewhere a pundit was opining on what the specter of the smallish rat with the large pizza slice portended for urban politics in a polarized political landscape mercy was there a chatterer out there wondering aloud if the rodent were an analog for the gentrification of neighborhoods after all it was a large slice of pizza or was it emblematic of urban blight yet unaddressed yes it was a rat spare me there are less imaginative instances i m certain nearly everyone including the boor at the end of the bar perhaps especially the boor at the end of the bar has an opinion on each and every topic possible during a domestic broadcast pack enough of these people onto a set run the cameras and there s an instant time stuffer pack a sufficient number of generalists and the time is filled with a light fluffy concoction analogous to a news version of cotton candy there s not even enough substance for our rodent to bother with if you like sports but aren t terribly good at one join a fantasy league the obvious manifestion of this problem remains the horse race journalism associated with national elections how many of us are there who really could go for one entire 24 hour period without receiving a single report of the latest poll the one which may or may not have a large sample size and may or may not have a margin of error larger than the gap between the candidates included in the polling walter cronkite was no raging beauty telegenic is as telegenic does the camera may love bonita bombshell or howard stalwart but if they are delivering drivel it s still drivel here s a thought if you can t book a list guests for the afternoon grill how about filling the time with news there are things going on in the world not generally noticed by an increasingly myopic american broadcasting system for example there s an ebola outbreak in africa the greeks have a new government and guatemala is experiencing severe drought death due to gun violence in the us has now surpassed that from traffic accidents and chinese economic growth has slowed down however the chances bombshell and stalwart are devoting time to these topics are fat and slim so the television remains silent i ve no particular interest in game shows or contests to see which individuals can make the greatest fools of themselves i could watch a ball game sports talk about sports makes sense i could select one of the plethora of shows about ancient egypt or true crime enough of that already or i could wonder of wonders read a book thus avoiding all the problems listed above share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading comments off on could a person get some news filed under media politics tagged as cable news media mueller pundits trump july 25 2019 1 52 am it s been a long time coming trump wasn t built in a day the mueller hearing july 24 2019 laid bare the current differences between the modern renditions of republicans and democrats in a stark flash illuminating what s been going on since 1964 at least and why there are no silver bullets to resolve the constitutional issues the hearings took 7 hours the problems it highlighted are freighted with 65 years worth of history viewed from this perspective trump isn t the disease he s the major symptom if there s a handy label for the current political shape of the republican party i m not aware of it but what we are looking at is an amalgam of revitalized dixiecrats and long range planning by the national association of manufacturers as described in the 1971 memo authored by lewis powell there are more than enough tomes on both the rise of corporate power and the insidious spread of racist political foundations to fill library shelves all we need do is see the spectacle of gop apologists for russian interference in our elections as another mile marker on an already paved road part of the pavement is composed of the vestiges of those states where the decision in brown v board of education was not well received and those states where the battle flag went back up when it was discovered that they really were going to have to integrate their schools and public accommodations does anyone believe it s an accident senate majority leader mcconnell is jamming through judicial appointments of those who are hedging on whether brown was correctly decided does anyone cling to the fiction that the anti abortion culture war alliances don t trace back to school desegregation orders does anyone doubt the blatant racism of stephen miller s immigration proposals trump hasn t changed the racist nature of modern republican political ideology he s just said the quiet part out loud the other part of the mixture recalls the days when the national association of manufacturers decided to move their headquarters to wasington dc the road map was drafted in lewis powell s 1971 memo the american economic system is under broad attack powell advocated a long term gradual but steady advance of corporate interests it wasn t too difficult to combine the residual mccarthyism with the call for less government to achieve the unlikely scene of so called populist ultra conservatives avidly supporting a racist president against the commies and socialists in a hearing room it just took time and patience please give latitude to my cynicism impeaching trump would be a very constructive activity but it won t solve the problem the gop will simply find another possibly less boorish model who will be all the more dangerous for being better able to keep his and it will be his thumbs and mouth under control one who won t say the quiet part at decibel levels associated with aircraft engines the better view may be to take a longer approach and one which draws from their own playbook hit em where they think they re strongest in this instance hit trump on the very issue he intends to ride to a 2020 victory immigration he s already doubled perhaps tripled down on the racism embedded in his approach as he angles toward a base turnout election when an opponent is digging himself into a hole hand him a larger shovel it shouldn t be too difficult to brand trump s policies as racist which they patently are nor should it be too much effort to clothe him in these soiled philosophical garments yes the stock market is doing well but what are we to make of the fact that some children are being detained away from their parents in squalid conditions some message discipline required but if democrats can tag every interview with a brief inquiry about children in cages us citizens being detained or why the republicans won t discuss daca recipients the frog may start to boil then we can add the health care issue there is no gop plan to replace the aca add one measure of immigration attack why won t the gop listen to dreamers why are children locked away to one measure of specifically what is your plan to cover those with pre existing medical conditions what is your plan to provide maternity care mental health and addiction abatement care why can t we address gun violence as a question of public health and safety as once members of the left avoided the term liberal because the right wing talkers besmeared it let right wingers know how the racist heartless radical label grates we could strengthen and broaden the democratic message and take an opportunity to begin a longer phased approach to reclaiming the social contract binding citizens to their government patience discipline progress it s possible a pendulum swings both directions share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading comments off on it s been a long time coming trump wasn t built in a day filed under conservatism family issues gun issues health care immigration politics racism tagged as 2020 election daca health care immigration powell memo racism republicans trump july 22 2019 8 36 am please don t mistake what s left behind after the elephants for the parade i ve been amused at the number of pundits attempting to provide context and analysis in the wake of trump s racist spewage this past week several appear to have confused the elephant debris with an actual parade let s begin with two commonly accepted premises first mr trump is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier perhaps he s the quintessential taco short of a combo plate h t the great ann richards secondly he s impulsive and undisciplined there have been more than enough whines from the executive office concerning how his tweets send underlings scampering to catch up to drive home that conclusion based on these two notions the following conclusion isn t too difficult to reach there is no strategy there is no plan what we are witnessing are staffers deputies and media stenographers attempting to make sense of the obvious nonsense uncertain of this then consider the usual timeline and the latest debacle fits into the pattern of obvious nonsense initially trump is trump boorish illiterate illogical and racist then he lies he didn t do it whatever it was or someone made him do it whomever they were out come the explainers the president really didn t actually couldn t or truly was misrepresented by the evil press unfortunately for the explainers there is video or a nice screen shot or two translation the elephant has defecated in the street again and the explainers are deployed with their brooms and dust pans now that the debris is swirling the secondary explainers launch what they pontificate all over my television screen does this mean the easiest thing would be to park at square one and conclude the president is boorish illogical not very bright and a racist surely not the chatterati opine there must be more there must be strategy tactics ramifications implications proximate and approximate results why does there have to be anything after all is said and said and said it s not the president who provides all this icing on the inedible cake it s the punditry it s a brilliant move to fire up his base a strategy to drive the narrative away from his real agenda and take up air time a deflection 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