“Fake news.” How many times? How often has Donald Trump used that throw-away slur to deflect news coverage he doesn’t like? Hundreds? Thousands? It’s an effective dodge for questions from actual reporters for actual newsrooms for whom credibility and accuracy are their coin of existence. “Fake news.” For the right audience, it has a “Seig,…
For Martin Baron, April 5, 2018, is the day the euphemisms died. No more “untruths.” No more “misstatements of fact.” No more “bending the truth.” The Washington Post, of which Baron was editor, would now call Donald Trump’s lies what they were. Lies. In his book “Collision of Power,” Baron writes that the paper’s prior…
“Highly anticipated,” said the TV anchor. Highly anticipated? Come on, dude. For millions of Americans, the first criminal trial of Donald Trump is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Ramadan, all in one. Throw in Toyotathon. It’s the first criminal trial ever of a former president — he who swore to uphold our laws and now pleads “King’s…
Digging deep for a pretext to ignore what the 14th Amendment prescribes for insurrectionists, one ex-president in particular, the Supreme Court acceded to wringing its hands. Giving states the power to keep Donald Trump off their ballots, the court equivocated, might be what the law requires, but it would unleash — um — “chaos.” We…
Its handle is golden-sheathed. Its cup is bronzed and monogrammed. It’s the Trump Flush America plunger. “The plunger is my favorite tool,” says the golden pitchman. “I use it daily.” “Make your toilet great again.” OK, that’s a joke. I need to make that clear. Considering what else Donald Trump has hawked – parts of…