TIME MAGA-zine Kisses the Ring Yesterday, Donald Trump was named TIME‘s “Person of the Year” for 2024. That means he is now a two-time member of a distinguished club that also includes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Vladimir Putin. TIME Magazine characterizes the qualifications for Person of the Year as “The individual who, for better or for worse,… Read More
Frenzied Silicon Valley Orgy Continues Continuing the Tech Trump Bukake, OpenAI (ChatGPT) Sam Altman came forth with a $1billion donation to the Trump Inauguration Fund. He joins the likes of tech moguls Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Benzos in normalizing the fascist president-elect.… Read More
LA Times owner blocks anti-Trump op-ed Soon-Shiong has been fostering an atmosphere at the paper more favorable to Trump, according to LA Times staff, leading to the departure of three employees, including major op-ed contributor Harry Litman. It would seem that he is one of the many falling like dominos in a race to be more ‘balanced’ in the wake of… Read More
Alberta steps up border security under Trump tariff threat Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new sheriff patrol to shore up security at the US-Canadian border at the southern portion of Alberta. This seems to be in response to Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs on Canadian imports until they put an end to illegal immigration and drug trafficking at the Canadian border. However, Alberta… Read More
Mitch McConnell: Hey This Trump Guy Might Be Dangerous Mitch McConnell may have arguably let Donald Trump be the wind that set the GOP ship sailing farther right while he was at the helm. But after enjoying the convenience of Trump’s momentum, he did finally criticize him for the January 6th insurrection, calling his actions that day a “disgraceful dereliction of duty.” He’s finally… Read More
FBI Director to Step Down Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI under Biden, waved the white flag today. He announced his intent to step down from his position as FBI Director as of Joe Biden’s last day in office. What high officials gain by stepping down, rather than waiting to be fired, is unclear to me.… Read More
Zuckerberg wants to play in the Mar-a-lago Clubhouse too! After having banned Trump from Meta social platforms (Facebook, Instagram) the first time around, Mark Zuckerberg is the latest to kiss the ring. During his campaign, Trump threatened to punish Zuck and Meta. But now, likely in the wake of Elon Musk riding shotgun to Trump, Zuckerberg is hopping on the appeasement train. He met… Read More
Hosts of ‘Morning Joe’ kiss the ring and make capitulating apology on-air Morning show hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago shortly after the election to “restart communications.” The duo had previously been critical of Trump, and Scarborough called Trump a fascist just a year earlier. Critics from Vanity Fair, to the NY Times, to The View were suspect of the timing… Read More
Out of the Mouths of Bayes: An AI Primer on Media Appeasement in the Early Stages of Hitler’s Rise to Power OP: I am noticing that since Trump won the election that major media outlets are pivoting to be in line with him. Did this happen with German media when Hitler came to power? ChatGPT said: The dynamic between media and political power can vary greatly depending on the historical, cultural, and institutional context. Comparing the… Read More
Fetterman Minimizes Trump’s Fascist Threat After saying that fellow Democrats need to “stop freaking out” about Donald Trump’s fascist designs for the presidency, John Fetterman is now suggesting that Trump should be pardoned. It would seem that Fetterman is the first Democrat in Congress to appease Trump.… Read More