Sunday, August 06, 2023
A Little Light Treason
We're in round 2 of "spray a bunch of shit against the wall and see what sticks."
Which reporters will bite on this one? Give it to Maggie, she'll eat anything!Former President Trump may have committed a “technical violation of the Constitution,” but doing so doesn’t mean he broke any criminal laws, John Lauro, Trump’s criminal defense attorney, argues on @MeetThePress. https://t.co/dPWrWdZwgB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2023
Saturday, August 05, 2023
A Play In Three Acts
The Mag Habs Maneuver:
And the quiet Haberman acknowledgment:
Savage isn't a political reporter, unlike Haberman.
If only they had some editors over there!
The Charlie Savage retort:2/2
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 5, 2023
And they absolutely went with it on the inside page.
Essay question: How does this differ from the way Fox would have framed the news? Or Trump's own team? pic.twitter.com/6xyVS704wE
And the quiet Haberman acknowledgment:
I actually understand what happened now. The Trumpkins were anticipating certain things in the indictment, Jack Smith didn't deliver, but they had already pre-briefed their favorite reporters who of course ran with it anyway.Worthwhile read from @charlie_savage https://t.co/kSopfXiGGp
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 5, 2023
Savage isn't a political reporter, unlike Haberman.
If only they had some editors over there!
Freeze Peach
I shouldn't be amazed, but on the first page of the indictment, Jack Smith basically wrote, "Look you chucklefuck political reporters, Donald Trump can lie as much as he wants because of your blessed free speech, this isn't about that," and all those chucklefucks ran with it being a free speech issue anyway.
Charles, Andrew, and Hanania
Hanania's non-pseudonymous writings were barely better than the stuff uncovered here, which is why his promotion by various individuals (centrist dipshits, billionaire tech guys, Tyler Cowen) and entities (New York Times) didn't require this excellent piece to cast light on the degree to which skull-measuring racism is very popular in The Discourse.
Not that long ago this would've made him completely radioactive forever, now he'll probably be joining the Harvard Institute of Politics.
Playing The Game
I've been making the same complaint since the beginning of this very fine blog, but one reasons Dems (electeds, funders) are absolutely horrible at playing the game is they are absolutely uninterested in supporting and empowering left of center media outlets. There's a reason we hear about all the conservative media outlets constantly - Fox, Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan, etc.. etc.. - but rarely hear about "The American Prospect" unless you are a reader of the American Prospect.
Okay there are several reasons, but a big one is that one. "They" had a pretty good and successful one - Think Progress - and they killed it because it was unionized, with editorial independence from CAP, and too lefty. Too independent, in other words.
Occasionally donors step up to fund such things, but they're disasters, and the people behind them just fail upwards.
Okay there are several reasons, but a big one is that one. "They" had a pretty good and successful one - Think Progress - and they killed it because it was unionized, with editorial independence from CAP, and too lefty. Too independent, in other words.
Occasionally donors step up to fund such things, but they're disasters, and the people behind them just fail upwards.
Lock Him Up!
He's just going to keep pushing, hoping for a showdown.
Prosecutors cited the post in their request for a protective order — routine in criminal cases — prohibiting Trump and his lawyers from publicly disclosing evidence they receive during the discovery process.
Friday, August 04, 2023
Lock Him Up!
Judge said don't do that!
Upadhyaya told the former president that "the most important condition of release is not committing any new crimes while on release, which could lead to him being detained and could add to the sentence he may eventually face," according to NPR. "She told Trump that it is a crime to 'influence a juror or try to threaten or bribe a witness or retaliate against anyone' connected to the case. Trump said he understands."
What If We Made Our Product Shit
Plenty of examples of companies coasting on their brand names, taking a once good product and turning it into cheap shit while assuming (correctly) it will take a long time for people to notice. A bit strange to turn your product into shit while simultaneously removing the branding!
The Perfect Post
I posted this because it came up when I was searching for something else and it was an amazing representation of that precise moment in time.
- Claiming Tim Russert is "the toughest questioner in the business."
- Putting Saint Rudy on a pedestal
- Calling his ability to respond with vapid misleading answers to Russert, knowing no serious follow up would appear, "virtuoso." For the entire hour!
Will They Expel Them Again
I suppose they shouldn't have complained about the quality of the banh mi in the cafeteria.
Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the state legislature in April over their participation in a gun-control protest won back their seats late Thursday.
Wokeness
If you have time read this whole story from Texas Tribune.
Meanwhile our dipshit centrists are focused on one student complaining about bad banh mi in the school cafeteria. These dipshists believe in hierarchy much more than conservatives do - including polite versions of the skull measuring kind. The exercise and abuse of power by people who are "entitled" to it bothers them much less than people daring to try to correct their betters.
Several high-level Texas A&M University System officials — including the board of regents and the flagship campus’ president — were involved in discussions about how to handle a Black journalism professor’s job offer after conservatives criticized her hiring, according to an internal report released Thursday.The Tribune article goes on to make clear just how much everyone at the top lied, and how this latest report makes clear how brazenly and insultingly they were lying. It's quite an amazing story and I suggest reading it all the way through. Lots of lies, here's the insulting part:
The details of the report contradict former Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks’ earlier claims that she was unaware that the school had watered down its offer to Kathleen O. McElroy after the pushback. Banks abruptly retired last month amid turmoil spurred by the botched hiring.
The day the Tribune’s initial story published, text messages show Banks and Bermúdez expressed anger that McElroy shared her story with the media.Actually a rare situation in which there were actually resignations, but the rot at the top is something to behold. People with power behave incredibly badly, and rarely face consequences.
“I think we dodged a bullet. She is a awful person to go to the press before us,” Banks said. “We will learn from this and move on ... Just think if she had accepted!!! Ugh.”
Meanwhile our dipshit centrists are focused on one student complaining about bad banh mi in the school cafeteria. These dipshists believe in hierarchy much more than conservatives do - including polite versions of the skull measuring kind. The exercise and abuse of power by people who are "entitled" to it bothers them much less than people daring to try to correct their betters.
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