Thanks, Dan. I wonder what all the legacy media outlets will do to replace the subscribers they've driven away with all their nicey-nicing of these vandals, and with trying their damndest NOT to describe them all with the accuracy real truth-tellers would employ. I have all of Herblock's books, a number copies of of I.F. Stone's old "Weekly," and I remember as well when you had your own weekly column at the Post, which I devoured each week. That newspaper that we revered is dead, dead, dead, and the current management killed it. I'm going to be looking to new independent news organizations, with nary a glance any more at the Post, the Times, or (God forbid) the cable networks, which have (at least in my opinion) rendered themselves irrelevant. Thanks as always for your work, which is irreplaceable!
I appreciate how you've put this whole package together. It's important to know who to trust, who to support and who to protect. I follow journalists the way some other people follow pop music and movie stars. You're so important and the dangers you risk to publish truth are real. I don't blame Joe and Mika for being afraid but I would respect them more if they didn't hadn't lied about it.
These are just the sacrificial lambs paving the way for a dictatorship. They will soon be discarded, perhaps even tried and executed for treason, to be replaced by far more aggressive puppets who will be installed to "clean up" the chaos caused by these incompetent fools. In this game, Trump is also a puppet, a useful idiot easily manipulated by the wannabe oligarchs who funded his campaign and the flood of misinformation that suckered the voters. Trump will soon be pushed off the stage using the 25th Amendment because J.D. Vance is even easier to manipulate. Trump has already set the stage for "recess" appointments when the House and Senate can no longer convene due to martial law. The script was written in Germany over 100 years ago.
Not entirely sure I agree about Trump getting pushed off the stage easily. His "brand" and unique ability to rile up the crowds on hate and division are't easily replaceable. Without Hitler, there might not have been Nazi Germany. Without Trump, 2016 and 2024 elections might not have happened this way - until someone like Trump (or Hitler) showed up.
Spot on as ever, Mr. Froomkin. This is just more of the same from the guy who put voucher proponent DeVos in charge of Education, rabid drilling enthusiast Zinke in charge of Interior, and fox Mnuchin heading up Treasury, and a series of "acting" heads of Homeland Security and its subordinate divisions.
They've been outspoken about their intention to replace career public servants with unqualified loyalists whose job will be to prevent their agencies from working on behalf of We The People.
But people who hate our government forget that the government is us.
Re: Your Nomination for Secretary of Defense — A Blatant Spectacle of Opportunism, Recklessness, and the Sinister Nexus of White Nationalism and Sex Crimes
It's not Trump that ultimately destroyed the democracy experiment - it's consumerism and the pursuit of wealth. Trump is just the edge of the cliff, and then we'll be tumbling down for a bit. This could have happened sooner - with Nixon - we just got lucky.
Media? Sure, media, along with every one of us thinking unhindered, unregulated capitalism and accumulation of wealth is OK and "we'll be fine". Consumerism could only lead to Trump.
Welcome to the USSA (United Soviet States of America). Enjoy the effing ride.
So we’ve been seeing this news coverage get worse and worse. And now news media is afraid and many seem to be “saddling up.” History repeats itself a la Hitler’s rise. The very watch-dogs are watching through fear protection of their own interests.
The “fourth arm” of government collapsed in 2015, seems to me. Seems that we’re talking about it, seeing it, naming it well, and it’s all happening anyway. What can be done?! Can anything be done? Sure seems like it’s easy to read this crystal ball and though it’s not a pretty picture, it’s happening anyway.
Kind of like seeing the train wreck ahead and all the breaks are failing - and there are a few folks trying desperately to get the emergency break to work.
Support independent news outlets. The Philadelphia Inquirer is funded by a non-profit foundation. ProPublica is another. The Guardian. Look at what Bluesky is doing to Twitter. We can do the same with bad journalism.
Wong on Kennedy and Gabbard. He wants to clean up corruption in any agency he oversees, as well as Big Pharma, the processed food (addictive on purpose; check out the obesity here) and GMO agriculture that's killing Americans who live in the worst health environment, have the sickest population, and we're 46th in the world for healthcare. As for Gabbard: "unqualified"? You must be kidding. She's a high ranking military officer, now in reserve. She has been to war, seen its horror up close, unlike all the Congress yahoos who love to send other people's families into bloody battles to make the stay at home warmongers bloody rich. The idea of communication with other world leaders is anathema to the Democrats? Rubio wants wars with Iran and China. That's what a Sec. of State should do? No diplomacy mentioned. He is, yes, a bad pick. Please, as a journalist, you should know not to make accusations without proof, none of which was found regarding sexual malfeasance, no indictment of Gaetz or whatsisname. Enough already.
Thanks, Dan. I wonder what all the legacy media outlets will do to replace the subscribers they've driven away with all their nicey-nicing of these vandals, and with trying their damndest NOT to describe them all with the accuracy real truth-tellers would employ. I have all of Herblock's books, a number copies of of I.F. Stone's old "Weekly," and I remember as well when you had your own weekly column at the Post, which I devoured each week. That newspaper that we revered is dead, dead, dead, and the current management killed it. I'm going to be looking to new independent news organizations, with nary a glance any more at the Post, the Times, or (God forbid) the cable networks, which have (at least in my opinion) rendered themselves irrelevant. Thanks as always for your work, which is irreplaceable!
Wow! As usual, you get to the meat of the problem.
I’ve also read (per these nominated people as incapable) that there will be White House Czars to make all the real decisions. This is a sham cabinet.
Demolition team.
I appreciate how you've put this whole package together. It's important to know who to trust, who to support and who to protect. I follow journalists the way some other people follow pop music and movie stars. You're so important and the dangers you risk to publish truth are real. I don't blame Joe and Mika for being afraid but I would respect them more if they didn't hadn't lied about it.
These are just the sacrificial lambs paving the way for a dictatorship. They will soon be discarded, perhaps even tried and executed for treason, to be replaced by far more aggressive puppets who will be installed to "clean up" the chaos caused by these incompetent fools. In this game, Trump is also a puppet, a useful idiot easily manipulated by the wannabe oligarchs who funded his campaign and the flood of misinformation that suckered the voters. Trump will soon be pushed off the stage using the 25th Amendment because J.D. Vance is even easier to manipulate. Trump has already set the stage for "recess" appointments when the House and Senate can no longer convene due to martial law. The script was written in Germany over 100 years ago.
Not entirely sure I agree about Trump getting pushed off the stage easily. His "brand" and unique ability to rile up the crowds on hate and division are't easily replaceable. Without Hitler, there might not have been Nazi Germany. Without Trump, 2016 and 2024 elections might not have happened this way - until someone like Trump (or Hitler) showed up.
Spot on as ever, Mr. Froomkin. This is just more of the same from the guy who put voucher proponent DeVos in charge of Education, rabid drilling enthusiast Zinke in charge of Interior, and fox Mnuchin heading up Treasury, and a series of "acting" heads of Homeland Security and its subordinate divisions.
They've been outspoken about their intention to replace career public servants with unqualified loyalists whose job will be to prevent their agencies from working on behalf of We The People.
But people who hate our government forget that the government is us.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PETE HEGSETH
Re: Your Nomination for Secretary of Defense — A Blatant Spectacle of Opportunism, Recklessness, and the Sinister Nexus of White Nationalism and Sex Crimes
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/an-open-letter-to-pete-hegseth?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
It's not Trump that ultimately destroyed the democracy experiment - it's consumerism and the pursuit of wealth. Trump is just the edge of the cliff, and then we'll be tumbling down for a bit. This could have happened sooner - with Nixon - we just got lucky.
Media? Sure, media, along with every one of us thinking unhindered, unregulated capitalism and accumulation of wealth is OK and "we'll be fine". Consumerism could only lead to Trump.
Welcome to the USSA (United Soviet States of America). Enjoy the effing ride.
So we’ve been seeing this news coverage get worse and worse. And now news media is afraid and many seem to be “saddling up.” History repeats itself a la Hitler’s rise. The very watch-dogs are watching through fear protection of their own interests.
The “fourth arm” of government collapsed in 2015, seems to me. Seems that we’re talking about it, seeing it, naming it well, and it’s all happening anyway. What can be done?! Can anything be done? Sure seems like it’s easy to read this crystal ball and though it’s not a pretty picture, it’s happening anyway.
Kind of like seeing the train wreck ahead and all the breaks are failing - and there are a few folks trying desperately to get the emergency break to work.
"What can be done?!" -Debra Whitehead
Support independent news outlets. The Philadelphia Inquirer is funded by a non-profit foundation. ProPublica is another. The Guardian. Look at what Bluesky is doing to Twitter. We can do the same with bad journalism.
Wong on Kennedy and Gabbard. He wants to clean up corruption in any agency he oversees, as well as Big Pharma, the processed food (addictive on purpose; check out the obesity here) and GMO agriculture that's killing Americans who live in the worst health environment, have the sickest population, and we're 46th in the world for healthcare. As for Gabbard: "unqualified"? You must be kidding. She's a high ranking military officer, now in reserve. She has been to war, seen its horror up close, unlike all the Congress yahoos who love to send other people's families into bloody battles to make the stay at home warmongers bloody rich. The idea of communication with other world leaders is anathema to the Democrats? Rubio wants wars with Iran and China. That's what a Sec. of State should do? No diplomacy mentioned. He is, yes, a bad pick. Please, as a journalist, you should know not to make accusations without proof, none of which was found regarding sexual malfeasance, no indictment of Gaetz or whatsisname. Enough already.
Rob