POPULAR DEVIATION
may 2025 |
In political ideology, a deviationist is a person who expresses a deviation: an abnormality or departure. This same deviation drives most news sources in the age of social media. This is good and bad...but mostly bad.
|
ED NOTES=Zorek Richards
|
May 3, 2025:
CNN's Audie Cornish: Not Saying Hegseth Has Become A 'Joke,' But . . .
Finally, Kristen Soltis Anderson, a Republican strategist and pollster. Though certainly not MAGA, she made the solid point that when it comes to assessing the political damage to Trump from news of this second Signal chat revelation: "I just think any damage you would have already seen would have come from the first revelation." (News Busters 5/3/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Finally, Kristen Soltis Anderson, a Republican strategist and pollster. Though certainly not MAGA, she made the solid point that when it comes to assessing the political damage to Trump from news of this second Signal chat revelation: "I just think any damage you would have already seen would have come from the first revelation." (News Busters 5/3/25) READ MORE>>>>>
May 2, 2025:
Kids TV’s Unlikely Dominant Duo: Ms. Rachel & Mickey Mouse
She’s a 42-year-old new mom and he’s a 96-year-old animated rodent. As pairings go, they couldn’t be more different. And yet Ms. Rachel and Mickey Mouse do have one thing in common: They’re the most watched U.S. children’s programming in streaming year to date, according to Luminate Streaming Viewership (M) data. Since its Jan. 25 debut on Netflix, Ms. Rachel has taken the top spot occupied last year by Avatar: The Last Airbender, which had received a boost from Netflix’s original live-action version of the series. But what has helped establish Rachel Accurso as the reigning queen of kids TV has been her presence on YouTube.
(Luminate 5/2/25) READ MORE>>>>>
She’s a 42-year-old new mom and he’s a 96-year-old animated rodent. As pairings go, they couldn’t be more different. And yet Ms. Rachel and Mickey Mouse do have one thing in common: They’re the most watched U.S. children’s programming in streaming year to date, according to Luminate Streaming Viewership (M) data. Since its Jan. 25 debut on Netflix, Ms. Rachel has taken the top spot occupied last year by Avatar: The Last Airbender, which had received a boost from Netflix’s original live-action version of the series. But what has helped establish Rachel Accurso as the reigning queen of kids TV has been her presence on YouTube.
(Luminate 5/2/25) READ MORE>>>>>
May 1,2025: Priscilla Alvarez: CNN: Trump administration weighs sending migrants to Libya and Rwanda, sources say
April 25, 2025:
Trump’s poodles on Fox News
Watching Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity cover the Trump tariff debacle recently demonstrated that Fox’s evening lineup consists not of real reporters committed to the truth but of two high-powered anchors competing for the title of the President’s poodle. On April 9, the day the stock market soared following the administration’s announcement that it was pausing the hefty tariffs on dozens of countries around the globe, Ingraham informed her Fox viewers that Trump had just made a “brilliant move,” that he was a genius, and that all of his critics had egg on their faces. (CT Mirror 4/25/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: Fox’s evening anchors have betrayed the original slogan of the news channel, which was “fair and balanced” reporting. Many of its news broadcasters like Ingraham and Hannity do not even pretend to be fair and balanced, opting instead to feed their viewers a steady diet of pro-Trump propaganda.
Watching Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity cover the Trump tariff debacle recently demonstrated that Fox’s evening lineup consists not of real reporters committed to the truth but of two high-powered anchors competing for the title of the President’s poodle. On April 9, the day the stock market soared following the administration’s announcement that it was pausing the hefty tariffs on dozens of countries around the globe, Ingraham informed her Fox viewers that Trump had just made a “brilliant move,” that he was a genius, and that all of his critics had egg on their faces. (CT Mirror 4/25/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: Fox’s evening anchors have betrayed the original slogan of the news channel, which was “fair and balanced” reporting. Many of its news broadcasters like Ingraham and Hannity do not even pretend to be fair and balanced, opting instead to feed their viewers a steady diet of pro-Trump propaganda.
April 24, 2025:
Democrats Urged to Fight GOP’s Dark Agenda on Fox News
Democrats avoid Fox News to avoid legitimizing what they see as propaganda. Skipping these platforms allows Republicans to push extreme views unchallenged. Rep. Yassamin Ansari demonstrated effective countering on Fox News. She emphasized due process and the rule of law despite attacks. Engaging on such platforms is crucial for presenting Democratic perspectives.(Digital Chew 4/24/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: This dilemma was highlighted by Greg Sargent in his recent article. He argues that while Democrats are cautious about legitimizing right-wing media, their absence could lead to further polarization. Without their voice, fringe outlets may push consumers further into extreme viewpoints, unanswered by opposing arguments.
Raw Story: 'Get in there and disrupt!' Critic orders Dems to take fight directly to Fox News New Republic Columnist Greg Sargent says Republicans are showing a “dark endgame” on Fox News and other right-wing outlets, but Democrats have an opening to fight it--and they’d better.
Democrats avoid Fox News to avoid legitimizing what they see as propaganda. Skipping these platforms allows Republicans to push extreme views unchallenged. Rep. Yassamin Ansari demonstrated effective countering on Fox News. She emphasized due process and the rule of law despite attacks. Engaging on such platforms is crucial for presenting Democratic perspectives.(Digital Chew 4/24/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: This dilemma was highlighted by Greg Sargent in his recent article. He argues that while Democrats are cautious about legitimizing right-wing media, their absence could lead to further polarization. Without their voice, fringe outlets may push consumers further into extreme viewpoints, unanswered by opposing arguments.
Raw Story: 'Get in there and disrupt!' Critic orders Dems to take fight directly to Fox News New Republic Columnist Greg Sargent says Republicans are showing a “dark endgame” on Fox News and other right-wing outlets, but Democrats have an opening to fight it--and they’d better.
April 21, 2025:
ABC News anchor presses Homan on whether Trump could get Bukele to cooperate in Abrego Garcia case
ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl pressed Trump border czar Tom Homan on whether he thinks President Trump could get El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. In an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Homan recognized that the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from Salvadoran custody and return to the U.S. — after the administration previously acknowledged he had been mistakenly deported.
(The Hill 4/20/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: “It' always interesting how Trump cabinet always claim to not be involved in conversations that affect their own job: "But you said that El Salvador would have to cooperate. You have no doubt that if President Trump wanted him returned, that he could ask President Bukele to return him, right?” Karl asked. “I mean, President Trump could make this happen.” Speaking over the ABC anchor, Homan responded, “I am not involved in the discussion. I can’t comment on something I don’t know. “ “I can’t comment on a discussion I’m not involved in,” Homan added.
ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl pressed Trump border czar Tom Homan on whether he thinks President Trump could get El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. In an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Homan recognized that the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from Salvadoran custody and return to the U.S. — after the administration previously acknowledged he had been mistakenly deported.
(The Hill 4/20/25) READMORE>>>>
NOTE: “It' always interesting how Trump cabinet always claim to not be involved in conversations that affect their own job: "But you said that El Salvador would have to cooperate. You have no doubt that if President Trump wanted him returned, that he could ask President Bukele to return him, right?” Karl asked. “I mean, President Trump could make this happen.” Speaking over the ABC anchor, Homan responded, “I am not involved in the discussion. I can’t comment on something I don’t know. “ “I can’t comment on a discussion I’m not involved in,” Homan added.
April 16, 2025:
President Trump wants to see dialogue, discussion with Iran: WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke about the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran and shared that US President Trump held a conversation on Tuesday (US Local time) with the Sultan of Oman and thanked the latter for hosting the first direct meeting between the two countries. She reiterated in her remarks that the US stands firm on Iran not being able to obtain nuclear weapons.
Karoline Leavitt said, “The maximum pressure campaign on Iran continues, but as you know the President has made it clear — he wants to see dialogue and discussion with Iran while making his directive about Iran never being able to obtain nuclear weapons, quite clear.”
(Rising Kashmir 4/16/25) READMORE>>>>
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke about the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran and shared that US President Trump held a conversation on Tuesday (US Local time) with the Sultan of Oman and thanked the latter for hosting the first direct meeting between the two countries. She reiterated in her remarks that the US stands firm on Iran not being able to obtain nuclear weapons.
Karoline Leavitt said, “The maximum pressure campaign on Iran continues, but as you know the President has made it clear — he wants to see dialogue and discussion with Iran while making his directive about Iran never being able to obtain nuclear weapons, quite clear.”
(Rising Kashmir 4/16/25) READMORE>>>>
QUOTE BYTE: April 14, 2025:
"The persistent U.S. trade deficits mean that, by definition, Americans are purchasing more goods and services from abroad because they prefer the quality and cost combinations offered by these products. Since the dollars must come home, it also means that the U.S. must have a capital surplus, meaning people from other countries, on net, invest more in the U.S. because they prefer the diversity, return, and risk benefits available in the U.S. markets.”What Trump is mad at, apparently, is that Americans are so rich they’re buying from companies around the world and those companies in turn are investing back in America. If only we had a mechanism to rein in poorly thought-out sentiments. Oh wait, we do, it’s how our government was designed in the U.S. Constitution. Congress, not the president, is supposed to be setting trade policy.
But Congress mostly doesn’t want to do its job. Instead of acting like a branch of government, it’s largely content cheering on whatever the executive branch is doing. Which is how America, for the last two decades, has repeatedly found itself embroiled in pointless wars around the world and now stoking trade wars based on whatever the president wants to do. Neither Trump, nor any other president, is a king. At some point, Congress might want to get around to curtailing the ability of whoever is president to conjure up phony emergencies and threaten to bring down the world economy because the president doesn’t understand basic economics.
--Economist Wayne Winegarden from the Pacific Research Institute in a recent Southern California News Group op-ed
But Congress mostly doesn’t want to do its job. Instead of acting like a branch of government, it’s largely content cheering on whatever the executive branch is doing. Which is how America, for the last two decades, has repeatedly found itself embroiled in pointless wars around the world and now stoking trade wars based on whatever the president wants to do. Neither Trump, nor any other president, is a king. At some point, Congress might want to get around to curtailing the ability of whoever is president to conjure up phony emergencies and threaten to bring down the world economy because the president doesn’t understand basic economics.
--Economist Wayne Winegarden from the Pacific Research Institute in a recent Southern California News Group op-ed
April 12, 2025:
Fox News is Already Downplaying Trump's Unreleased Health Report Because Trump...Looks Great?
This week Donald Trump went to Walter Reed Medical Center for the first annual physical of his 2025 reoccupation of the white House. As usual, there has been nothing released about the results of the examination, except for what Trump told a reporter on Air Force One. Trump's account of his health was a predictably glowing example of a superior human specimen whose 78 year old body has another 78 prime years left in it. Never mind that he can barely navigate a slight inclined path or play nine holes without his golf cart. And that's not even addressing his obvious and long-standing cognitive deficiencies.
(Daily Kos 4/12/25) READMORE>>>>
This week Donald Trump went to Walter Reed Medical Center for the first annual physical of his 2025 reoccupation of the white House. As usual, there has been nothing released about the results of the examination, except for what Trump told a reporter on Air Force One. Trump's account of his health was a predictably glowing example of a superior human specimen whose 78 year old body has another 78 prime years left in it. Never mind that he can barely navigate a slight inclined path or play nine holes without his golf cart. And that's not even addressing his obvious and long-standing cognitive deficiencies.
(Daily Kos 4/12/25) READMORE>>>>
April 8, 2025:
Matt Lauer’s private struggle a year after firing: ‘He is not doing well’
Matt Lauer, who had been hugely invested in the Olympics, is hating the fact he won’t be covering the games in Paris. A source reveals to In Touch exclusively that it’s been gut wrenching for the presenter to watch others cover it and another painful reminder of how far he’s fallen. “It’s very agonizing for him being out in the cold, still,” the source says. Matt, 66, first cohosted the Olympic Games in Beijing, back in 2008. Since then, he’s racked up an impressive resume befitting an Olympian presenter, including cohosting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada, the London 2012 Summer Games, 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and lastly the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016. The source continues: “He cohosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympics, both summer and winter, and he was excellent at it, in his own estimation.”
(Marin Independent Journal 4/8/24)READ MORE>>>>>
Matt Lauer, who had been hugely invested in the Olympics, is hating the fact he won’t be covering the games in Paris. A source reveals to In Touch exclusively that it’s been gut wrenching for the presenter to watch others cover it and another painful reminder of how far he’s fallen. “It’s very agonizing for him being out in the cold, still,” the source says. Matt, 66, first cohosted the Olympic Games in Beijing, back in 2008. Since then, he’s racked up an impressive resume befitting an Olympian presenter, including cohosting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada, the London 2012 Summer Games, 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and lastly the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016. The source continues: “He cohosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympics, both summer and winter, and he was excellent at it, in his own estimation.”
(Marin Independent Journal 4/8/24)READ MORE>>>>>
April 7, 2025:
Maggie Haberman Says Donald Trump Is Done With 1 Thing In His Second Term. And It Shows.
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman suggested President Donald Trump long ago “stopped caring about certain optics” and has made it clear that during his second term he is “going to do what he wants.” Haberman’s comments on CNN came amid backlash to Trump’s weekend golfing, his dismissive attitude amid recession fears sparked by his proposed global tariffs, and his skipping of a ceremony honoring the return of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. (HuffPost 4/7/25) READMORE>>>>
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman suggested President Donald Trump long ago “stopped caring about certain optics” and has made it clear that during his second term he is “going to do what he wants.” Haberman’s comments on CNN came amid backlash to Trump’s weekend golfing, his dismissive attitude amid recession fears sparked by his proposed global tariffs, and his skipping of a ceremony honoring the return of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. (HuffPost 4/7/25) READMORE>>>>
April 5, 2025:
Jesse Watters Shares Creepy 'Deep Dive' On Elon Musk's Ex-Girlfriends
Fox News host Jesse Watters is here to defend the sex appeal of the world’s richest man.
The conservative pundit declared on Friday’s edition of “The Five” that Elon Musk “never had a problem with getting girls,” rebutting jokes made by comedian Bill Burr about the Department of Government Efficiency head. “He said Musk and his DOGE boys were nerds who couldn’t get girls when they were young,” Watters said Friday. “Now, I went and did a deep dive on the girls they were getting. Musk’s girlfriend in college was very pretty. Very pretty.” (HuffPost 4/5/25) READMORE>>>>>
Fox News host Jesse Watters is here to defend the sex appeal of the world’s richest man.
The conservative pundit declared on Friday’s edition of “The Five” that Elon Musk “never had a problem with getting girls,” rebutting jokes made by comedian Bill Burr about the Department of Government Efficiency head. “He said Musk and his DOGE boys were nerds who couldn’t get girls when they were young,” Watters said Friday. “Now, I went and did a deep dive on the girls they were getting. Musk’s girlfriend in college was very pretty. Very pretty.” (HuffPost 4/5/25) READMORE>>>>>
"If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence,
there is no need of writing a second one." --Arthur Brisbane
there is no need of writing a second one." --Arthur Brisbane