Gitlin’s Fakebook inside the Facebook
What to do about a global info-and-disinfo pipeline, and who can do it?
BY TODD GITLIN | NOVEMBER 7, 2017 --First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/fakebook-inside-facebook/#
The Fakebook Inside Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg's...
Guantanamo on My Mind
There is nothing I like better than reading memoirs of converted commies who, just before pension saw the virtues of the system they once...
Who’s the Democrat?
We cannot be sure whether President Obama got sick of ThePotholeView calling him names or whether he just woke up and decided to get...
Chag Sameach: Wishing You a Happy Passover
The White House emailed us the letter below, and with gratitude we wish the TPV intern friend Chag Sameach, too. The belated answer was...
Todd Gitlin’s Gibberish in the White House
Gibberish Is the White House’s New Normal - The bad art of the non sequitur.
Once upon a time, there were presidents for whom English seemed...
Time’s Up, Upper, and the Uppest
Eight actresses sick of their spouses, the loved or tolerated significant other, or just "not in a relationship" brought gender and racial justice activists...
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,...
De Blasio Picks State Official to Lead City Children’s Agency
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio named a top state social services official to serve as his child welfare commissioner, because she is a mother. Gladys...
Warren’s hypothetical IMPERATIVE
Obama Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Absolutely Wrong’ on Trade Deal, because, Marquel read the text, Obama thinks her criticisms are 'hypotheticals.' Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Hypointellectual Black...
Whatever Works
After decades of introspection, the government of Pakistan has reportedly recognized the importance of “whatever” and is willing to do “whatever” it takes to...
Hill’s Time or Indictment Time?
President Obama must have read TPV's recent article on Hill's trouble with Clorox and must have decided it's time to act.
Obama surely believes that Hillary...
Jewish Outreach; It’s Purim Let’s Care. ObamaCare
As always TPV is only the messenger. Here is another email from the White House to us and from TPV to you. A bit...
In the Age of Trump Reminiscing the Old Days of Racism
The American Nation has a race problem. Understandable, because its cradle was made by Native Americans, currently occupying reservations usually designed to help animal species on their painful...
Upon Dropping in Polls, HIRRARY Asks TWATTER 4Policy Solutions Written in Emoji, Drops 2...
Tandy, Wyoming (Estate Sale) - via Kindleberry -
“How does Hirrary make you feel? Tell MHV in Three Emojis or Less,” Croshondola, the Pothole...
