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Shortly after the election, president-elect donald trump decided he was no longer going to take part in his daily intelligence briefings. For those who may not already know, the daily intelligence briefings are designed to keep the president abreast of the constantly changing threats around the world. The world’s currently most famous daily intelligence briefing, or presidential daily brief (PDB for short) was issued in August, 2001, and was titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” That briefing was famously ignored by the president with consequences some of us might remember. In light of history’s possibly most obvious lesson, it seems both alarming andRead More →

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In a seeming effort to prove he is not beholden to or allied with or has ties to Russia, President-elect trump is reportedly poised to name as his pick for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil and recipient of Vladimir Putin’s Order of Friendship award. Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter but should… Patton Oswalt, comedian extraordinaire and, in a world where the voices of the allegedly sane and rational have become insane and irrational, one of the only reasonable voices speaking loud enough for all to hear, perfectly articulated what this Russian hacking scandal means for us. Read it here.   AndRead More →

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President-elect trump has decided that his favorite media weirdo will not be a part of his administration. On December 9, Rudy Giuliani, formerly known as the former mayor who couldn’t go a minute without reminding everyone he was the mayor of New York City on 9/11, announced that he had removed himself from consideration for a trump administration post, immediately sparking speculation that a scandal is imminent. President-elect trump, while making his statement, declined to remind everyone that Rudy Giuliani was the mayor of New York City on 9/11. source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/rudy-giuliani-removes-himself-from-consideration-for-trump-cabinet-post/index.html   Meanwhile, This Matters… Today in the trial of Dylan Roof, the racist charged with killingRead More →

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NBC announced today that, along with his busy schedule as president, President-elect Donald Trump will also serve as executive producer of The New Celebrity Apprentice, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. NBC, understanding the obvious conflict of interest, hastily added that they will not be paying Mr. Trump. Trump has been highly critical of NBC’s Saturday Night Live for their satirical portrayal of him. Many questions have been raised regarding the president’s ability to influence other programming decisions on the network, as well as questions about NBC’s news division to remain truly objective toward Trump, who has also been highly critical of NBC journalists. I’m left wondering if anyoneRead More →

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Professional wrestling was confrontational reality TV long before confrontational reality TV was a thing. Jerry Spring owes his success to pro wrestling. The Real Housewives of Atlanta/New York/Beverly Hills/Podunk, Kansas owes their success to professional wrestling. Professional wrestling made a mockery of both sports, soap operas, and TV dramas, and wrapped into a testosterone-riddled package perfect for rage-roid’ing men long before road rage became socially acceptable. Donald Trump made a mockery of our political process and won the presidency in the process. It should be no surprise, then, that President-elect Trump would turn to the wrestling world to help populate his administration. After flipping offRead More →

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Following President-elect Trump’s much ballyhooed tweet about Boeing in which he stated “Cancel Order!” following a brief, error-filled statement, Trump spokesman Jason Miller stated during a conference call with reporters that Trump “sold all of his stock back in June.” However, in a May, 2016 financial disclosure statement, Trump claimed over $20 million in stocks and bonds. The incoming Trump administration decline to offer any evidence that the incoming president had any financial interests that might influence his decisions as president. source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-stock-sale-claim_us_58470dbbe4b0fe5ab6935709?section=us_politics   Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… Adult Swim, an irreverent comedy/cartoon network, finally bowed to public pressure and canceled the show “Million DollarRead More →

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“Screw ’em.” That was the unsolicited response by Trump economic advisor Stephen Moore in the wake of President-Elect Trump’s Twitter storm regarding China’s economic and military policies as to how he would respond to China if they expressed displeasure with Trump’s Twitter tirades.Read More →

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Fake news will be the death of us if we don’t do something about it. As a “free” society, we have been arguing about the rights and consequent responsibilities of our media since someone first penned their first pamphlet sometime in the late 18th century. Once radio took off and we decided that the airwaves across which radio stations broadcast belonged to the public, we tried to find a way to make sure that the people enjoying the privilege of using those airwaves provided a valuable service to the public. Thus, we saw the passage of the Mayflower Doctrine in 1941, which required radio broadcasters to “provideRead More →

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Five times in history a person has been elected president of the United States after losing the popular vote: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and now, Donald J. Trump. President-elect Trump, unable to accept he is not lovingly adored by a majority of the voting public, insisted, via Twitter, that the only reason he lost the popular election was due to voting by undocumented migrant workers (tolerantly referred to as the “illegals”, by people who vote for people like Trump). Vice-President-elect Mike Pence appeared on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos and attempted to defend President-elect Trump’s comments byRead More →

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I hope every self respecting White [sic] parent does not take their children to this atrocity.” This was just one of hundreds of comments made in the wake of Minneapolis’ Mall of America’s decision to hire a black man to portray Santa Claus during their Holiday shopping season. It should not go without notice that capitalizing the word white when describing the white race is a white supremacist tactic. Before pearl-clutching right-wingers put on their Poutrage Pajamas and blast me for implying that the above comment is racist, please continue reading the comment: Santa Claus was a German character from centuries ago when blacks wereRead More →