Category: Election 2016

• Kevin McCarthy CAN’T Be Speaker Because He’s A TRAITOR!

  Our news media – as always – remains light years behind the curve on the biggest story any of them will ever cover. Unfortunately for us, it’s also the same story we are living through. You’d think a story about treason would inspire journalists to heights of greatness. Alas, Donald Trump befuddles them and always…

  A L Katz

  December 20, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Adam Entous, Both Sides Do It, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Politics, Rohrbacher, Secrets, Security Threat, Speaker of the House, Treason, Washington Post

• The Media’s “Breaking News” Culture Is Broken

  Dear American News Media: Breaking news that broke more than an hour ago, is no longer “breaking”. The fact that you continue breaking it all day regardless? That is broken. The same goes for your whole “breaking news” culture. I write this to you as an avid consumer of your product. By “avid”, I mean…

  A L Katz

  December 12, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, The Branding Age, Trump

  Brain Trust, Breaking News, First Amendment, Free Press, journalism, News Media, Oleg Deripaska, Originalism, Paul Manafort, Polling Data, Richard Nixon, Skin in the game, Watergate

• Prosecutions Will Be Election 2024’s Soundtrack

  Herschel Walker wasn’t Tuesday’s only loser. Donald Trump lost big, too. So did the entire Republican Party. Herschel lost because he was the world’s worst candidate. Whatever skill sets Herschel has, running for office isn’t one of them (never mind the office for which he’s running!). But, Herschel didn’t make himself a candidate. Trump did…

  A L Katz

  December 7, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2022, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Social Media

  Drumbeat, Herschel Walker, Jack Smith, Kevin McCarthy, Merrick Garland, Mitochondria, Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort, Paul Ryan, Putin Pays Trump, Roger Stone, Trump

• Republicans Have Become Literal (As Opposed To Movie) Monsters

  In my professional life, I’ve put words into the mouths of a few monsters: Freddy Krueger, He Who Walks Behind The Rows and the Crypt Keeper. In order to write a good, successful monster (one that audiences will want more of), you have to get inside the monster’s head. You have to know what makes…

  A L Katz

  December 1, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Racism, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Crypt Keeper, Donald Trump, Freddy Krueger, Joe McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Mexicans Are Rapists, Monsters, Movie Monsters, Nixon, Pussy grabbing, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump

• Where Do Republicans Go From Here? Nowhere

  The GOP knew from the jump that Trump was Putin’s chump.

  A L Katz

  November 17, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2022, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, National Security Threat, Obstruction, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Road To Nowhere, Russia if you're listening, Speaker of the House, Treason, Ukraine, Whigs

• In America, Rich White Guys Have A “Margin Of Error”

  What can explain the fact that Donald Trump – a criminal’s criminal – walks around a free man after all the crimes he’s committed? America is built on “innocent until proven guilty” – but only in theory. Rich, white men certainly get the benefit of every conceivable doubt when it comes to assessing their innocence…

  A L Katz

  November 16, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2022, Racism, Republicanism

  America's legal system, American News Media, Architecture, Corruption, Donald Trump, Horse Races, Innocent until proven guilty, Legal system, margin of error, Trump 2024

• Trump’s Power Over The GOP Isn’t Cultural, It’s CRIMINAL

  To this very day, our news media doesn’t understand Donald Trump or his power over the GOP. Though the press itself has reported the “why” many times, they don’t seem to consume their own news product. Or, if they do consume it, they don’t believe it. They certainly don’t make it part of the ongoing…

  A L Katz

  November 13, 2022

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", Bill Barr, Dana Rohrbacher, Kevin McCarthy, Louie Gohmert, Mueller Report, News Media, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Rod Rosenstein, Secrets and lies, Trump's hold on GOP, Vladimir Putin

• S2E7: Dirty Laundry

  If you really want to know what’s happening on any film or TV set, the last people you should ask are the executives. We know nothing of value. We may have a pretty good fix on where the budget is, but we have no idea who’s sleeping with whom. Film and TV sets are emotionally…

  A L Katz

  November 1, 2022

  Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Magical Thinking, Movie Reviews, Movies, Russia, Showbiz Stories, Team Biden

  Budget, Dirty Laundry, Documentarian, Film Set, Gossip, Greg Shuker, Hurry up and wait, Mick Garris, Motion Picture Home, Paramount Pictures, Randall Thropp, The Shining

• America Feels Crazy Cos It’s Fighting Two Wars

  How crazy does America feel right now? Fighting two wars concurrently will do that to a nation. For starters, one of our two political parties doesn’t want to play “Democracy” anymore. That is, they don’t want to play American Democracy if it means losing elections. And they definitely want no part of a diversified America…

  A L Katz

  October 24, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Cold War, Confederacy, Democracy, Fallout, Greater Russia, History, Neutron bomb, Newt Gingrich, Party of Lincoln, Slavery, Southern Strategy, WW III

• Kevin McCarthy Can’t Be Speaker Of The House Cos He’s A TRAITOR!

  GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to replace Nancy Pelosi as next Speaker of the House. On the one hand, it’s nice that incompetent, talentless toads like Kevin aspire to big things. On the other, that’s absurd. A cynical, power-mad traitor like Kevin has no business being second in line to the American presidency because Kevin…

  A L Katz

  October 20, 2022

  Corruption, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Adam Entous, Keeping Secrets, Kevin McCarthy, Mafia, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Speaker of the House, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Washington Post