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Before 2015 ends, the United Kingdom joins in the effort to try to crush Trump. A half-million people sign a petition to ban him from Britain. British prime minister David Cameron weighs in, calling the GOP candidate “stupid” and “wrong.” Most people don’t know it, and the news media doesn’t report it, but there’s a Clinton connection here, too. Ca
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Ken Burns lays into Donald Trump during Brandeis speech sparking MAGA outrage
independent.co.uk
William F. Buckley had spent the previous decades decreeing what conservatism meant—and purging entire classes of dissenters who argued to the contrary.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Andrew Sullivan • Andrew Sullivan: See You Next Friday
Every single group comes suited up to play hardball: think tanks, super PACs, PR firms, LLCs, and operatives who have been smearing for decades on both sides of the aisle—David Brock and Rick Berman, to name a couple. All of them, left and right, have one man in their crosshairs: Donald Trump. Trump is hit with smear after smear—some of them based
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
The Common Purpose Project was another Media Matters–related attempt to coax the news narrative to the left, this time in coordination with the Obama White House. Started in 2009, it was a politically oriented tax-exempt 501(c)(4). Organizers held weekly meetings on Tuesdays at the Capitol Hilton with officials from a variety of familiar left-wing
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
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