Trump attempted a coup.
He stole classified documents.
He called for the "termination" of the Constitution.
He doxxed Barack Obama, making him a target of a would-be assassin.
Yet tens of millions of Americans still support Trump.
It's madness.
My latest opinion piece for Courier Newsroom on how news media prefer feelings to facts on the economy.
https://couriernewsroom.com/news/facts-or-feelings-inside-the-medias-misleading-economic-coverage/
Facts or Feelings? Inside the Media’s Misleading Economic Coverage
Why do the media focus on polls more enthusiastically than on economic data? Perhaps because polls provide answers without a reporter having to interview experts and sort through the often-conflicting economic indicators. Polls are easy. They’re a snapshot. Economic trends are difficult, and they’re constantly changing.
MAGA politicians exploit gun lust and paranoia for votes. If people die because of that — and they do — it’s a trade that Republicans are willing to make.
I don’t understand why journalists covering the biggest story of their career — the attempted overthrow of democracy — want to act like it’s routine politics. It’s as if they're covering the flood of the century and decide to save it for the regularly scheduled weather report.
A Supreme Court justice voted to cover up his wife’s coup plotting. He also took secret favors from a billionaire. And he endorsed discrimination against gay people based on a fraudulent lawsuit.
But sure, it’s my fault that respect for the Supreme Court is in the toilet.
Rich people aren’t smarter than the rest of us, but they do have special abilities, often involving deception.
One of the frightening things about life during an ongoing fascist coup is how many people have no idea there’s an ongoing fascist coup.
It’s been 800+ days since the attempted coup, and not a single politician has been charged. Yes, I know DOJ is “working on it.” But so are the insurrectionists.
Do pro-gun Republican lawmakers worry that when they invoke "thoughts and prayers" after every mass shooting they turn prayer into a meaningless throwaway concept?
Why do I even bother asking? It's obvious they don't give a shit.
Florida Bill Would Shield DeSantis’s Travel Records
A bill advanced by state legislators would exempt the governor, as well as other officials, their families and staff members, from having records of their trips released to the public.
