Mendacity
America, Bigotry, History, Mendacity, Politics, Race, Wisconsin, WISGOP
WISGOP Treasurer Brian Westrate ‘Well Understands’ Nothing
by JOHN ADAMS •
A horde of ignorant, but racially motivated, men infest the Wisconsin GOP. Brian Westrate is a good example of playing to this bad condition: in an attempt to discourage racist Republicans from displaying Confederate banners at a protest, he erroneously (and outrageously) contended that he did “well understand that the Confederacy was more about states…
Bad Ideas, Business, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Development, Foxconn, Government Spending, Mendacity, WEDC, Wisconsin
Foxconn’s ‘Innovation’ Centers: Still Empty a Year Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the national tech website The Verge, Nilay Patel reminds that a year later, Foxconn has still done nothing with the ‘innovation’ centers that foreign corporation promised it would open around the state. They’re still empty: See FOXCONN’S BUILDINGS IN WISCONSIN ARE STILL EMPTY, ONE YEAR LATER. In Whitewater, the ‘Greater Whitewater’ Committee…
Coronavirus, Depravity, Mendacity, Trump
The Dead Enders
by JOHN ADAMS •
Those who have committed to Trump, and remain committed, will not yield now. Even his failures during a pandemic will not shake their resolve. On the contrary, they’ll say anything, and perhaps do anything, in support of their prior commitment. One should not be shocked by this — Hobbes was right, at least regarding the…
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Television
They Protected Themselves. They Lied to You.
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images In the first 10 days of March, some of the commentators on Fox News and Fox Business played down the threat of what would soon be recognized as a pandemic. Many of the networks’ elderly, pro-Trump viewers responded to the coverage and the president’s public statements by taking the virus less seriously than…
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Television
Fox & Fiends
by JOHN ADAMS •
Babbittry, Boosterism, Coronavirus, Corporate Welfare, Disinformation, Economy, Mendacity, Newspapers, Opioids, Public Health
A Newspaper’s Boosterism During a Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS •
A worthy person – a man or woman committed to reason, honesty, and seriousness of purpose – would have little respect for the Janesville Gazette. This critical view is not a new one, truly: the paper’s work has been inferior during the Great Recession, during an opioid crisis, during cheerleading for countless state and local…
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Trump
False Promises
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit
Trump’s Coronavirus Calendar
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit
Failed to Act
by JOHN ADAMS •
Boosterism, Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health
Grim Reality Forces Fox News to Abandon Its Ignorant Boosterism
by JOHN ADAMS •
Disinformation, Mendacity, Speaker Vos
Assembly Speaker Vos: Disinformation Troll
by JOHN ADAMS •
Congress, Mendacity, Trump
Speaker Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s Manifesto of Mendacity
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Mendacity, Misconduct, Trump
Trump Operative Lev Parnas on the Rachel Maddow Show
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last night (1.15.20), Rachel Maddow aired an interview with Trump & Giuliani operative (and federal criminal defendant) Lev Parnas. (Parnas sat with his lawyer while speaking to Maddow.) Parnas played a key role in Trump’s pressure campaign in Ukraine, a campaign designed to compel Ukraine to help Trump smear an American political opponent. If you’ve…