Emily Jones
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Tag: Republicans
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Disaster Economics: Part 1
The more useless the corporate news media becomes, the more essential it is to find good, informative podcasts. Today, I listened to a podcast from Pitchfork Economics called “Disaster Economics.” It’s worth 100 hours of listening to the gossip of Nicolle Wallace, the geek coronavirus obsession of Rachael Maddow, or the endless inspirational anecdotes of… Read.
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Podcast: Scheer Intelligence
Listen to what Dennis Kucinich has to say about the “soul of the Democratic Party.” In this podcast by journalist Robert Scheer, Kucinich and Scheer talk about: -whether the Democratic Party has a soul. Kucinich says he’s not sure that it does anymore -Clinton, as a public official, supporting interventionism and regime change. -the Clinton… Read.
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Scheer Intelligence Podcast: The Housing Crisis, the Real Culprits (More of Them) Clinton, Bush, Obama
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bipartisan-profiteers-who-demolished-american-dream/id1054586928?i=1000459492107 Review of Home Wreckers https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/kamala-harris-attorney-general-california-housing-053716 Read.
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Morning Impeachment Thoughts: Feckless Democrats, Moral Outrage, Raising Money
Morning Impeachment Thoughts I am obviously not a member of congress. Nor am I an expert on Congressional rules, but I think this impeachment debate is a terrible showing for the Democrats. The Republicans are giving impassioned speeches. Democrats are reading scripted statements. I really don’t know what they are thinking. Every event in this… Read.
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Proof of Collusion: Seth Abramson
All you have to do is read this book to see how Robert Mueller was either a Chickenshit (See book by Eisinger) or part of the project to cover up the Trump/Russia collusion. Neither alternative is a good one. Read.
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Impeachment Battle Stations: Jonathan Turley is a Sell Out
I am at impeachment battle stations this morning, surrounded by cats. One of them is already snoring. I miss my little Burmese who died recently. He had watched 21 years of CSPAN and news shows and was a kitty genius. He appreciated and would have schooled the other cats on the historical significance of this… Read.
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They Were Chosen Because They Were Sleaze
One of the main reasons we are in such a disastrous position politically in this country is the corporate media. The corporate media gave Trump tens of millions of dollars of free airtime in the 2016 election, did not cover (and have still not adequately covered) Trump’s extensive criminal financial background and associations, and continues… Read.
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Chuck Todd, Joe Manchin, Adrienne Elrod and the Corporate Media
The past week has convinced me once again that the corporate media is worse than useless. The only reason for watching CNN and MSNBC is to collect examples of outrageous normalizing and insider smugness, examples of how the corporate media has sold us out, is selling us out and will get Trump re-elected. The Joe… Read.
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Elizabeth Holtzman Deserves an Interview about her 2012 book “Cheating Justice.”
“Have we celebrated 220 years of our Constitution to reach a point where, like a banana republic, our highest elected leaders can engage in crimes of illegal surveillance, lying to take the nation into war, torture, disappearance and degradation with impunity?” (xi) Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 