The Trump Presidency
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I wouldn't be surprised if Trump, after profit taking from his latest insane stock market boost, abandons his post and seeks asylum in Russia...
Can't be done??! Hell yeah!
Can't be done??! Hell yeah!
This is the same sentiment espoused by the Bronzed Emperor’s campaign in regards to a political ad documenting the emperors own words.
“Given the foregoing, should you fail to immediately cease broadcasting PUSA’s ad ‘Exponential Threat’, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. will have no choice but to pursue all legal remedies available to it in law and in equity” the letter states. “We will not stand idly by and allow you to broadcast false, deceptive, and misleading information concerning President’s Trump’s healthcare positions without consequence.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...eatens-legal-action-over-liberal-super-pac-ad
Here’s the offensive “propaganda” in question.
See you all in church on Easter Sunday.
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Bribery used to be illegal, instead of free speech. So did slander, btw - there were some lies one could not pay to have broadcast.
It's a consequence of the Citizen's United decision, among other changes - before that decision it was illegal.
I would expect them and their collaborators to be prosecuted when caught.
It differs in its objection to bribery and lies, rather than speech and honest claim. So from a base in reality, it's kind of the opposite "sentiment".
Bribery used to be illegal, instead of free speech. So did slander, btw - there were some lies one could not pay to have broadcast.
Why would I, or anyone with sense, agree with that?
Not until recently.
It's a consequence of the Citizen's United decision, among other changes - before that decision it was illegal.
The sources of the money are not listed under the title. Neither is the name of the author, or authors. The video itself pretends that Rossi is the author - the claims made in the video would be obvious lies otherwise, instead of hidden dishonesties.
I wouldn't.
I would expect them and their collaborators to be prosecuted when caught.
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But it’s similar in the fact that both the pro and anti Trump videos present contextual descriptions of his actions that don’t necessarily validate the stated claims.
While Russian operatives influencing our elections may not be ideal from our perspective, given the fact that their previous meddling helped put him into office, anything that they could do to get him out would be in fact a good thing. Contrary to the old saw, sometimes two wrongs do make a right.
Presenting the action of an individual in idealized context to maximize the effect of a particular message is as old as the hills.
Since when do opinion oriented media outlets make a habit of listing the sources of money behind their respective presentations? The de facto authors of such presentations are the media organizations listed in association with the videos, in this case it was the Institute of Public Affairs. Organizations such as the one in question have documented histories of their policy, membership and donors.
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is a conservative public policy think tank based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It advocates neoliberal economic policies such as privatisationand deregulation of state-owned enterprises, trade liberalisation and deregulated workplaces, climate change denial, the abolition of the minimum wage, and the repeal of section 18C within the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Public_Affairs
Luca Rossi is to IPA, as Rachel Maddow is to MSNBC, they’re both employed as scripted mouthpieces.
And you aren’t responsible for the policy goals of those given nations. All national governments engage in actions that violate the norms of civility in the name of national security. To particular governmental agencies, actions considered to be inappropriate or illegal domestically, may not be so in foreign locations. They’re criminals when caught on foreign soil, and heros back home, so what else is new? As for the domestic collaborators, they sometimes are in a position to blur the links of complicity, and escape just prosecution.
Write4U
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IMO, somewhere along the line we may begin to consider the term "sedition" when it comes to the current propaganda war against the peoples's welfare.
Of course, in this instance the sedition is practiced from the top down againt the people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition
Of course, in this instance the sedition is practiced from the top down againt the people.
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Destroying the legitimacy of elected office in American - wrecking American democracy - would be a bad thing, in my opinion, regardless of short term benefit. It would prevent removal of Republican office holders and recovery from Republican administration, for starters - so getting rid of Trump would do no good.
Maddow does not tell lies or deal in falsehoods on camera, and her entire support (financial, journalistic, etc) is open information.
She is accountable, in other words, for retailing lies and bullshit (like other people in her position, she would probably be fired for doing what Rossi did).
As should be obvious: the issue is not what Rossi is to his employers, but what he and especially his employers (since he is a dime a dozen) are to the US public.
And that is bad - right? You do understand that complicity with foreign agents in the ruination of American politics is in the eyes of sensible Americans a bad thing as well as a criminal act, I hope.
No, they are not. The authors of such presentations are in physical fact human beings - "de facto" means "in physical fact".
We have no idea what role the listed organization played in the creation of that video - for all we know they found it in the back seat of a cab. We also don't know who paid for it. Nobody - nobody at all - is accountable for the lies in it.
"Opinion oriented" ? Wingnuts don't even know what news and journalism is, any more.
Anyway, there's an easy answer: We have known who was paying Maddow, who was writing for her show, and so forth, from day one. We even know where she gets her reported facts (her show is footnoted, attributed, sourced, etc, as reputable journalism normally is).
So the answer is: Since forever. You didn't know that?
Wingnut Syntax Collapse, example 543 - it always happens eventually, that one took what, four posts?
1) Gibberish.
What "contextual description" is not a "stated claim"?
How would sufficient and timely validation of claims about the physical world be "necessarily" validating? That only works in math and other carefully designed abstractions.
2) Lies and falsehoods and misrepresentations and bullshit are different from physically accurate and evidence supported reporting of factual matters. Representation to the contrary is bs.
3) Iirc Luca Rossi presented no attempts at "contextual descriptions" of anything except the personal timelines and excluded sources of his discoveries - and those descriptions were false, as were the alleged discoveries.
Write4U
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On the rare occasion that her information was incorrect, I have heard Rachel Maddow apologize and correct the records. This is the mark of honest reporting according to the facts and is beneficial for a smart "informed citizenry".
On Fox news I have seen commentators double down on a falsehood when it is revealed as being incorrect. This is the mark of a seditious propaganda machine, which is designed to maintain a gullible "uninformed citizenry".
It's going to get interesting, like you've never seen, the things up ahead that Trump will try to pull.
He needs to stay relevant to his base; but they might be about to die off some. What's a megalomaniac to do?
He needs to stay relevant to his base; but they might be about to die off some. What's a megalomaniac to do?
Meanwhile, it seems worth noting the inevitable shift in conservative argument; propositions of equivocation as justification will, more and more, include the prescription that others undertake certain improper behavior so conservatives can have something legitimate to complain about.
I mean, compared to Democrats following conservative demand down, say, the negative advertising hole, this equivocating path would be a genuine American surrender.
That, in turn, is an undiscussed value because it's never supposed to be countenanced. Despite everything our nation fucks up along the way, the American promise and what parts we could deliver have for a century meant something very important for the rest of our human neighbors. The surrender of that promise would herald human catastrophe, but, hey, anything to help our conservative neighbors feel better about themselves, because isn't that how it always goes, or something like that.
Our neighbor's argument seems to have that sickly glint about it: If we can't equivocate to his satisfaction, then other people need to behave poorly enough that we can. And while the thesis that conservatism has always been inherently antisocial feels overstated, it seems clear that this isn't so much a left-right or liberal-conservative dispute, but, rather, a society countenancing deeply-seated antisociality.
A recent quote from the President of the United States:
Trump knows game when it's his game - and this "germ" has got it.
(One's heart would go out to the person who managed to inform Trump that none of our antibiotics would kill this virus - that can't have been easily or cleanly done, and it's surely not their fault that Trump garbles even the stuff he gets sort of right - but then one remembers that they willingly took that job in Trump's administration, and haven't quit on principle.)
Trump knows game when it's his game - and this "germ" has got it.
(One's heart would go out to the person who managed to inform Trump that none of our antibiotics would kill this virus - that can't have been easily or cleanly done, and it's surely not their fault that Trump garbles even the stuff he gets sort of right - but then one remembers that they willingly took that job in Trump's administration, and haven't quit on principle.)
Write4U
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Usually to their ruination and everlasting regret.
For now perhaps , but when , trump ( lower case because I have no respect for him ) is out of power , I'm sure respect will be given . Without ruination and everlasting regret .
Standing up for your principles , is a tough thing to do , among the majority that aren't .
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Write4U
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I agree with your statement, but that's not what iceaura said. Read the quote again......
To their credit, some did quit on principle. Those were the true civil servants deserving of respect and honor.
I agree with your statement, but that's not what iceaura said. Read the quote again......
To their credit, some did quit on principle. Those were the true civil servants deserving of respect and honor.
To your last statement ;
Absolutely .
The Russians and Americans are going to meddle in the political affairs of foreign nations whether you or I think it’s appropriate or not, so when they do it in a way that actually benefits a target nation, I’m not going to pretend that no good was accomplished. If Vladimir Putin had his agents poison you, and he later decided to give you the antidote, would his act of offering you the cure for your ills be a bad thing?Engaging in Trumpian behavior? I see no redeeming qualities in any of that actual behavior.
We can wish it.....
Write4U
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It depends on the price you have to pay to get the antidote.
Remember the stop payment on 300 million dollars to the Ukraine for a "small favor".
Is Donald Trump 73 years old or 7.3 years old?
The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that could slow their delivery by a few days, senior IRS officials said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html
The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that could slow their delivery by a few days, senior IRS officials said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html
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