“I don’t mind being called a propagandist, so long as that propaganda is based on the truth.” - Edward R. Murrow, speaking to a reporter for the Miami Herald.
"Trump has left no doubt that he is a violent authoritarian who intends to reject any election that does not restore him to power... This should be said, every day, in every medium,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes in The Atlantic Daily.
Trump Threatens to Sue After Being Asked to Pay Security Costs for His Rally
The Trump campaign is being asked to pay for security. The president isn’t taking it well via
@RollingStone
"[Vladimir] Putin’s barbarism means that it is impossible, even once the war is over, for Russia to reenter the ranks of the civilized world,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes.
"[Herschel] Walker’s candidacy is a reminder of just how much we’ve acclimated ourselves to the presence of awful people in our public life,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes.
"We should take a moment to remember that millions of people will not be wrapping presents or checking with the family to decide what to serve for dinner,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes. "Instead, they will be trying to stay alive."
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is ongoing, and although hopeful signs are emerging, “I am concerned that Americans and others in the West do not understand the immensity of the task before the Ukrainians,”
@RadioFreeTom
writes in The Atlantic Daily:
Putin "knows that time may be running out at home,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes. "After a year of war, there are only so many young men left to kill and only so many generals left to blame."
"It’s been a tough few years for democracy, but populist leaders—as they almost inevitably do—are now reminding voters that they never have very much to offer beyond angry slogans, mistrust, and paranoia,"
@RadioFreeTom
writes:
The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, is the new moderator of the PBS program now titled ‘Washington Week With The Atlantic.’ In The Atlantic Daily,
@RadioFreeTom
talks with
@JeffreyGoldberg
about his vision for the new partnership:
Malice- New essay up on .
@Stonekettle
Station . Again, once again, well worth the read & review.
The POTUS is quite literally declaring this morning the oath he swore means nothing to him. Of course, you knew that, but it's much worse than you imagined.
Stonekettle Station: Danse Macabre New essay up on Stonekettle Station: Danse Macabre: If our elected leaders don't value the citizen more than they value themselves, then they are unworthy of being our leaders.
Dan Rather on Trump’s Coronavirus Approach: ‘It’s Disgraceful’
The veteran newsman on whether the president’s press conferences are propaganda and what he would like to ask Trump via
@RollingStone
@GOPChairwoman
@trumps_feed
@realDonaldTrump
Besides SDNY, others are or maybe still involved: EDNY, Federal Court(s) in VA, States Attorney Generals including New York's, Manhattan County (Borough- NYC) DA and perhaps more...This is only the end of the beginning.
@CaslerNoel
His 757 is up a bit North of me at Steward/Newburg Airport. Was put into "long term" storage & NOT maintained. Per reporting, needs at least one new engine just to be able to fly to a facility with capabilities for major overhaul and work.
Thread by
@DemWrite
: " Our new acting Attorney General Whitaker is bad news. That's why
@MoveOn
@Public_Citizen
and many other groups have orests nationwide tomorrow. It's not just that Trump got rid of sessions. Whitaker CANNOT oversee the Mueller p […]"