Category: Election 2020

• There’s A “Why” Behind “The Big Lie” That Our News Media Refuse To Ask

  Every last bit of the legitimate press agrees: Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was “stolen from him” is monstrously untrue and he knows it. That makes Trump’s claim — by actual definition — a lie. We’ve gussied it up by calling it “big”. Donald Trump lost the election fairly and squarely and now…

  A L Katz

  October 21, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Bullies, FBI, Kevin McCarthy, National Security Threat, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Republican Base, Sense Of Humor, Treason, Trump Lies, Washington Post

• Every Time A Journalist Fails To Call “Corruption” What It Is, They Normalize Corruption A Little Bit More

  Here’s a question for every single American journalist — or journalist who’s working the American beat: how much corruption does it take for you to witness personally before you will call that thing “corrupt” professionally? Maybe I’m asking the wrong question… Do American journalists even recognize corruption as corruption anymore? That’s a terrifying thought —…

  A L Katz

  October 20, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Banana Republican, But Her Emails, Corruption, Cynicism, journalism, Mexicans Are Rapists, Pussy grabbing, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Voter Restrictions, White grievance party

• The Terrible Truth Is: Donald Trump Knows Us Better Than We Know Ourselves

  Let me be clear first: with one profound exception, Donald J Trump doesn’t “know” anything! His bloated, orange treason-head is utterly devoid of coherent thought beyond how to keep filling his greedy maw. All that cobwebby space between Trump’s ears and beneath that awful haircut is filled nearly to bursting with one piece of absolute…

  A L Katz

  October 13, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  American Civil War, American News Media, Bullies, But Her Emails, Drink The Kool-Aid, Joe Manchin, Kool Aid, Pussy grabbing, Second Civil War, Spycraft, Storytelling, Tony Soprano, Vladimir Putin

• When Are We Going To Stop Being So Permissive To Criminals And Are We Being So Permissive Because Those Criminals Are White?

  On January 20, 2021, at noon, Donald Trump ceased being POTUS and reverted to being Citizen Donald: former president with a few perks-of-the-office still but, in most other ways, just another American beholden to the rule of law. So, when Trump told those subpoenaed by the January 6 Commission to ignore those subpoenas, he was…

  A L Katz

  October 11, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Des Moines, E Pluribus Unum, George Floyd, January 6 Commission, January 6 Insurrection, Level Playing Field, Originalism, Racism, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• How To Argue With A Republican

  Step One: Don’t. That is, don’t argue with a Republican on their terms. That’s because Republicans don’t really have terms. They’re hell bent on winning all arguments purely for winning’s sake and it doesn’t matter how they win. That means if you enter an argument with a Republican thinking there are some kind of “rules”,…

  A L Katz

  October 10, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Arguments, Billable Hours, Cheating, January 6 Insurrection, Kevin McCarthy, Nihilism, No Sense Of Humor, Rabbit Holes, Ron DeSantis, Treason, White House Press Corps

• Basic Math: Republicans + Power = Corruption

  Fascism succeeds, in part, by obfuscation. They deliberately undermine our collective faith in “the truth”, our sense of security and our future then insist they’re the only ones who can fix the mess (they made). But, as chaotic and complicated as this faux-world seems, it isn’t. Republicans are simple creatures motivated by simple things: greed…

  A L Katz

  October 10, 2021

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, Racism, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Treason, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, But Her Emails, Corruption, Fascism, Kevin McCarthy, Kompromat, Math, Obstruction Of Justice, Permanent Minority Rule, Pussy grabbing, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Simple Math

• We’re At Our “Brokeback Mountain” Moment With Oil

  The world has always had an oily relationship with oil. America’s relationship with it has been even oilier. We know how bad oil is for us. We’ve seen it wash up on our beaches and murder wildlife wholesale. We know it’s the cause of multiple wars and even mass murder (oil played a part in…

  A L Katz

  October 9, 2021

  Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, Republicanism

  Armenian Genocide, Brokeback Mountain, California Highway 46, Cambria, Corruption, Mass Murder, Morrow Bay, Oil

• Our News Media Doesn’t Understand What “Integrity” Is (Or Why It Matters)

  Everyone is born with the same amount of integrity: one hundred percent. As we drop from the womb, we haven’t betrayed any principles yet, haven’t gotten lazy when intellectually challenged, haven’t let anyone down. If we “say” we’re hungry that’s what we mean. If we say we’ve pooped or peed ourselves, we have! If we’re…

  A L Katz

  October 8, 2021

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Donald Trump, Honesty, Integrity, News Media, Progressives, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Relationships, Trump-Russia, Trumpism, Truthiness

• The Solution To Our Constitutional Crisis Isn’t Political — That’s Why The Department Of Justice Matters So Much Right Now

  The rule of law, unfortunately, cannot enforce itself. Granted, the rule of law itself is a human creation and so, flawed, but, for some reason, our inability to enforce the rule of law reveals far deeper flaws in our nature. Or in how we frame the rule of law. Racism remains built into our architecture.…

  A L Katz

  October 5, 2021

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, SCOTUS, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Bill Barr, Department Of Justice, Framing, Jeff Sessions, Kevin McCarthy, Merrick Garland, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Racism, Roy Cohn, Rule of Law, violating the law

• This ‘Democracy Thing’ Is Waaaaaaay Harder Than It Looks

  We Americans have it in our heads that we are what “democracy” looks like. Democracy has news for us: no, we’re not. If the bottommost line there is in what sets democracies apart from other forms of government is voting — by the total number of citizens legally qualified to vote — then, historically, America…

  A L Katz

  October 4, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Adlai Stevenson, Democracy, Election Integrity, Freedom isn't free, Gerrymandering, Great Depression, Racism, Voter Suppression, Voting