Tag: CNN
Authoritarian: Sanders describes Trump after the administration attacks the free press
"Trump describes the free media as an "enemy of the people"; attacks leaders of democratic countries while cozying up to authoritarian nations; and now uses his influence to try to stop the counting of votes in FL and GA."
Warning of ‘dangerous chilling’ of Free Press, CNN sues Trump for...
Defenders of free expression and members of the media denounced the president's move as a "clear attack on the First Amendment."
Trump blames media for inciting ‘anger’ after bombs sent to CNN...
All of the targets have been vilified by President Trump in the past.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 21
Microplastics in beer, CNN "fact check" on Medicare for All is bogus, ZInke caught red handed trying to sell off public lands, and more.
Medicare for All fact check from hell persists as Sanders rebukes...
"The question that must be asked is why would the corporate media put their blind faith in a far right-wing economist whose past reports have been so thoroughly discredited by mainstream economists and experts?"
White House bans CNN reporter from press event for asking questions
“We stand in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for our journalists as part of a free and unfettered press.”
‘That’s pretty pathetic:’ Bernie Sanders on Trump’s immigration policies
"I think that's pretty pathetic, but I think ultimately that's his strategy."
Mistakes in the news are not fake news
And tantrums from the faker-in-chief don’t make them so.
CNN and Fox News use the same climate change denier to...
It seems to be a media rule: If you’re “not a scientist,” pick the wrong one you like as your go-to authority.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.