Michael Chertoff is exaggerating the price increase involved in paying farmworkers a living wage by roughly 600 to 1,200 times.
Demagogue-in-Chief
Trump is the sick expression of a dysfunctional political system and mass culture that celebrate the most depraved aspects of humanity. He is a demagogue.
Trump to name Exxon CEO Tillerson secretary of state: NBC News
Exxon chief Rex Tillerson emerged on Friday as Trump’s leading candidate for U.S. secretary of state and met with him Saturday morning, a transition official told Reuters.
Fast Food Automation, an Old Idea, Gets New Life to Bash Fight for 15
Putatively liberal outlet Vox spends a great many column inches trying to stop the national labor movement known as “Fight for 15” from increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
What the Election Analyses Are Leaving Out That You Should Know About
People are examining the voting patterns in the 2016 Presidential election and saying the election was based on urban, suburban or rural voters, etc.
Some GOP Voters Skittish On Full Repeal of Obamacare, Poll Finds
Some Republican voters are growing hesitant about outright abolition of the Obamacare and instead favoring a more circumspect approach of scaling it back.
Corporate Welfare Will Bring Back Jobs vs. Jobs Will Never Come Back
If Barack Obama had tried the same corporate welfare maneuver, he’d probably have drawn criticism for intervening in the free market.
If We Care About the Constitution, Trump Has to Sell His Empire
The Constitution explicitly prohibits the president from taking payments and gifts from foreign governments. Trump must sell his business?
Euphemism as Journalism: Distracting the Audience by Focusing on Trump’s Skill at Distraction
Euphemism isn’t journalism, but conflating the two can be irresistible for mainline journalists when candor might seem overly intrepid.
Christiane Amanpour Drops Truth Bomb On Trump Era Press: ‘I Believe In Being Truthful, Not Neutral’
This week CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, received the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.