Who else is interested in the concept of "power-with," as opposed to the model of power we are used to, power-over? I always thought Starhawk coined the phrase. But today I learned that a woman named Mary P. Follett coined the term in 1924! Quote to follow...
Reclaim witchcraft.
There it is! I’ve been waiting for Trump’s godbotherers to accuse Kamala of using witchcraft to destroy Yam Tits in the debate. Careful there, motherfuckers! If she can do it to your Golden Calf, she can do it to you, too! 😹 www.newsweek.com/maga-pastor-...
The pastor said the vice president was able to use "occult-empowered deception" against Trump.
Love this: "performative fairness." "But why does the media sanewash Trump? It’s all a part of the false-equivalence I’ve been writing about here in which candidates are equalized as an ongoing gesture of performative fairness."
“Like whitewashing a fence, sanewashing a speech covers a multitude of problems. The Urban Dictionary definition: Attempting to downplay a person or idea’s radicality to make it more palatable to the general public … a portmanteau of “sane” plus “whitewashing.””
It's 'sanewashing' — and it's what journalists keep doing for Trump
I love that the term "sanewashing" is exploding this week, for how the "mainstream," corporate media newsrooms are sanitizing Trump's insanity. Here's the article that set it in motion, as far as I can tell. Sadly, our nation's so-called paper of record is leading the way. We see you, @nytimes.com
The political press’s efforts to rationalize Trump’s incoherent statements are eroding our shared reality and threatening informed democracy.
@dworkin.bsky.social FINALLY!
With President Biden no longer in the race, former President Donald J. Trump would be the oldest person ever to serve in the Oval Office. But his rambling, sometimes incoherent public statements have ...
Who else is urgently worried that the mainstream media - not the rightwing media - could tip the election just enough that Trump will win? And if so, what can we DO about it? excellent piece here: newrepublic.com/article/1855...
A truly idiotic Politico headline. A deeply embarrassing Times piece on Trump’s housing “policy.” How can these people be doing this again?
As someone in a rural, red County, I found the second half of this article informative too - setting up an independent door-knocking operation to talk issues and get around people's identity politics (meaning - deep commitment to Republican Party).
