Ukraine Invasion Day 18: Zelensky – “Look for ways to cause maximum damage”

An “operative lull” seems now ready to end. Bombardment resumes and the messaging about “foreign fighters” increases with the slowing of the Russian advance to take major cities. Smaller cities … Read More

The Scary Prospect of ENABLING

It is usually a minefield of critical backlash, and what about(s), when you compare the oppression of Jews to the descendants of enslaved Africans in America, but I am going … Read More

Russia, Facebook, and Trump: Facebook still eased fact-checking rules for conservative pages

So much for having things both ways. Disinformation flooding continues. x “Can Trump place Facebook ads that feature Nazi symbols? Yes… Can he spread lies about mail-in fraud? Yes. Can he … Read More

Brad Parscale out as Trump campaign manager (Remember the Manafort!)

Today in disinformation: the plan continues to be no plan, increasing our information search-costs. The best example of that is removing as campaign manager, Brad Parscale, the real manipulator of … Read More

Like the “Muslim ban”, Trump's COVID-19 travel ban exempts countries where his resorts are located

Self-serving as ever, no Trump policy ever negatively affects a Trump property. President Donald Trump’s new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect: They exempt nations where three Trump-owned golf resorts … Read More

Trump as underpants gnome is no better in the German: “Trumpregierungsschlamasselschmerz.”

The NewYorker’s Susan Glasser finds a single word to describe the Trump era that really isn’t about underpants gnomes, even if it applies to most Trumpian policies, such as they … Read More

According to NBC, Hunter Biden and Rudy Giuliani Worked On Same Side in Romania.

Looks like we now have a better idea how Rudy Giuliani and Trump zeroed in on Hunter Biden’s work as a way to attack his dad Joe Biden.  Both Hunter … Read More

Trump warms the climate for a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine

“Today Putin-puppet Trump condemned ‘corrupt’ Ukraine, ordered US withdrawal in Syria, cancelled Open Skies.” Pulling out of the Open Skies treaty may blind some aspects of monitoring Russian militarization of the Ukrainian … Read More