Tag Archives: Trump

Trump’s Telephone Tangle, Untied

Fox and Friends interview Trump 4-26-2018

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In an interview, the interviewers generally ask questions and the interviewee answers as best he can. Here’s an analysis of Trump’s interview with Fox and friends this morning.

I listened to it, and then I listened to it again, writing down the questions and only anything, any combinations of words, that formed direct answers. I did need to paraphrase here and there. Then I timed my reading the questions and the actual answers: just a little over two minutes. The interview lasted thirty minutes, so obviously he said a whole lot more, but the rest of it was  just a lot of static and deflection and stream-of-consciousness filler. Continue reading

Covert Centralization?

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“ICE and the Justice Department: Covert Government Centralization?”

Propaganda’s for Chumps

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“Hitler and Trump: Propaganda for the Poorly Educated in Mein Kampf”

The November 4 Demonstration

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“Talking Fascism With Militia and Homeless at Fake Anti-Trump Demonstration”

Fascism in America 11: Conclusion

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“Conclusion: American Fascism Won’t Be Gone After Trump”

Fascism in America 10: Suppression of Dissent and Propaganda

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“Propaganda, Censorship and Other Suppression of Dissent”

Fascism in America 9: From Toxic Masculinity to Annihilation?

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“Toxic Masculinity: Male Aggression, Anti-intellectualism, Dictators, War”

Fascism in America 8: Violence and Intimidation

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“Government Violence, Militias and Intimidation in American History”

Fascism in America 6: Authoritarianism

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“Authoritarianism: Respect for Authority — the President, Teachers, Police”

Fascism in America 2: Exceptionalism

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“American Exceptionalism Is a Dangerously Naive Form of Nationalism”

Fascism in America 1: Introduction

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“What is Fascism and What Does American Fascism Look Like?”

From Nationalism to Patriotism, Again

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“Charlottesville: From Patriotism to Nationalism to Malignant Nationalism”

From Nationalism to Patriotism: A Girl Can Dream

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“Recognizing Fascism: Introducing History Education in Post-Trump America”

 

Whenever You’re Ready

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“American Re-education: America After Trump”.

Open Letter To Livid Boy Scouts Parents

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“To Livid Boy Scouts Parents: Trump’s Speech at the 2017 National Jamboree”

How to Find a Balance

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Image: amazon.com

Sometimes I think that I should take a break from the news, just turn the car radio to music and not read my Flipboard or Facebook feed for a few days, because it gets too stressful. But right after that I think, what a luxury to be able to contemplate turning it all off for a while because it’s too hard to hear, too much to read about. Continue reading

How Stupid Is This? Let Me Count the Ways

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“Millions of Illegal Immigrants Committed Voter Fraud, Trump Insists”.

Civil, Angry, Civilly Angry?

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Image: snopes.com

My friend and neighbor had a dilemma two days ago. He wanted to “like” my post to support my family going to the march, but he himself has started holding meetings in Austin to discuss how we can bring back the civil discourse, and my last post wasn’t that civil. Continue reading

I Pledge Intolerance to Bigotry

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“The Safety Pin: My Pledge of Intolerance to Bigotry: Bullies Beware”

America, I Just Want to Slap You!

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“Last Chance to Prevent Fascism in America: The Electoral College”

The Days After

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“The First Days After Donald Trump Wins the 2016 Presidential Election”

Land of the Free to Be Ignorant and Ridiculous

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In the spirit of refueling, I downloaded an app with Dutch news from different media. And right away an article in Elsevier caught my eye.

It’s about a Muslim school in the town of Zaandam, that sued four parents of former students for slander and libel. Continue reading

Narcissists and Power

Here’s a good article about narcissists, and why they should never be given as much power as Americans could give Trump in November.

Will Trump Become Presidential?

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“2016 Presidential Election: Trump Is the Presumptive Republican Nominee

Empty, Spent, Blank, While the Pundits Catch Up

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“Trump is the Republican Candidate: It’s a Bit Late to Face American Fascism”