Gitlin’s Latest Question: Who’s Afraid of Antifa
First published here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/antifa-trump-charlottesville.html
By TODD GITLINAUG. 28, 2017
A counter protester holds a “Antifa” sign at the Boston Free Speech Rally earlier this month.Credit Stephanie Keith/Reuters
During his speech...
Gitlin’s View on Charlottesville: A Step-Up Moment for Leadership
The fire that burns the length and breadth of American history has burst through a firebreak.
BY TODD GITLIN | AUGUST 14, 2017
First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/charlottesville-step-moment-leadership/
Charlottesville...
Trump to the GOP: You, Dopes
Right before switching to "Made in Trumpland," President D. Trump remembered Trumpcare. He ramped up his outreach to the Hill and hosted a handful of...
Gitlin’s HISTORY: Summer of Love and Rage
First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/summer-of-love-and-rage/
HISTORY: Summer of Love and Rage
If you were in the ghettoes of Newark, Detroit or scores of other cities that summer, you...
If anybody’s okay, that’s not T
Recently, T found himself in the Oval Office and decided to make random phone calls. No one wanted to pick up.
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Pres pool watched...
Gitlin Watches What He Tweets When Alone
First published here http://billmoyers.com/story/watch-what-trump-tweets-but-also-what-he-does/.
Watch What He Tweets but Also What He Does
@realDonaldTrump in action
BY TODD GITLIN | JUNE 19, 2017
The Twitter accounts of President Donald Trump, @POTUS and...
Gitlin’s Take on George Orwell on Sean Spicer
First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/george-orwell-on-sean-spicer/
George Orwell on Sean Spicer
A note on the uses of stupefaction.
BY TODD GITLIN | JUNE 2, 2017
The Trumps’ nine-day journey outside the...
Let’s Fire Trump While Abroad
In a tweet last week, Trump dismissed the FBI and congressional probes into his Russian connection as a "witch-hunt".
Today, The Washington Post writes:
Trump made...
Gitlin on Trump’s War – A Sport and a Pastime
First published http://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/syria-bombs-tv-news.php
WAR IS THE BLOOD SPORT of television. Devastation on the ground—someplace the viewer doesn’t live but where other human beings do, and gasp,...
Gitlin’s Bannon
First published - http://billmoyers.com/story/bannon-bounced/.
Bannon Bounced
Chaos is the new normal at the White House.
BY TODD GITLIN | APRIL 6, 2017
Bannon Bounced
Steve Bannon, chief strategist for President...
You said TPV Rocks. Here is the proof
Classic rock mix for your morning workout from the desk of The Pothole View. Yes, we know. There is no shortage of workout music....
Gitlin’s Punches
First published here - http://billmoyers.com/story/times-still-pulls-punches/
The ‘Times’ Still Pulls Its Punches
Why is the leadership of the “opposition party” still mincing words?
BY TODD GITLIN | MARCH 28,...
Trump’s Twitter Course in Un-American History
Trump-the-TwitterMan is in learning mode, when the teaching does not require more than a few characters. Certainly, he's willing to increase his word-usage, especially if...
Who’s Trumping Democracy? The Weakling Democrats
Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chose to continue the failed Clinton strategy of prioritizing wealthy donors over the activist base. In Atlanta, Democrats chose Tom...
