Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “What is it . . . about the American character that allows the long con of our politics to go on and on. . .?” – Ben Fountain, Beautiful Country Burn... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Bret: There’s a side of me that thinks that Trump is a natural culmination for a country that has spent the past 60 years besotted with television, t... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “What? Art thou mad? Is not the truth the truth?” – Falstaff to Prince Hal, Henry IV, Part 1. Falstaff, inveterate liar, throws this question at Prin... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org People at the British Ministry of Information “do not know much about the public mind . .. What is wanted in that ministry is a little less Lincoln’s... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org All right, QAnon community believes that observable reality is false and the QAnon narrative is real. There is a question as to whether that sort of... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The reptilian brain always wins in the marketplace.” — Clotaire Rapaille What do we now see as the expressions of this reptilian brain? Bullet point... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “A narrative is emerging. It is that the new meritocratic aristocracy has come to look like every other aristocracy.” — David Brooks, “The Strange Fa... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “My own view is that however ferocious the current hour feels, American history tells us that the people, when properly engaged in politics, have alw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It seems like a bad dream,” — The New York Times. March 28, 2018 Former President Jimmy Carter, recently interviewed on the PBS Newshour repeated wh... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Hope we’re not just the biological boot loader for digital superintelligence. Unfortunately, that is increasingly probable.” — Elon Musk Note that M... Read more
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. [...]
In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run for Senate or for president. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
The self-help author has twice run unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. [...]
The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. [...]
A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. [...]
