pickIndividual chapters on all presidents, Franklin Roosevelt to Trump .It covers necessary lies to lies for self benefit.Well written & sharp , it informs all of us that we should get news from multiple sources & dig deeper if we have any doubts.Defending democracy may depend on it.
Probably will finish this tonight, Alterman is a good writer.This was gonna be an alcohol free week , but need a little sedation today.Not sedition, sedation.🍷
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Trump blew hot and cold on his trade war with China, but at the same time his businesses benefited from the Chinese government granting his companies thirty-nine trademarks after he became president, after having specifically rejected granting the trademarks in the past. The president's daughter, Ivanka Trump, was granted at least seven more.
It's amazing how the National Embarrassment always does something atrocious, but then eventually admits to it because he can't resist letting us know how "clever" he is for doing it.
Apparently, Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky was on par with the Holocaust.
"If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer...And a people that can no longer believe anything can no longer make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act, but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do whatever you please." --Hannah Arendt
Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse | 
