A torrent of b.s.: the bulwark's war on American patriots

N.S.: I freelanced briefly for bulwark-founder Bill Kristol in the late 1990s, when he was the founder of the weekly standard.

Under the leadership of Kristol and his "cousin," John Podhoretz, and David Brooks, neo-conservatism degenerated into a class war movement against working-class Americans of all backgrounds. That's why Kristol, et al., hate the President; they hate his base. Then again, what is true of neocons is equally true of the republican party, in general, notwithstanding that gopers are completely dependent on working-class Whites.

Thus, Kristol cannot be trusted to tell the truth. He will tell any lie, just to hurt the President.

By the way: Kristol's boss, Philip Anschutz, terminated him as editor-in-chief (while giving him a face-saving title as editor-at-large, or some such) in december 2016, and killed off the weekly standard in december 2018, based first on Kristol's attempt to sabotage the Trump candidacy, and then based on the magazine's massive losses in paid readers (100,000 to 72,000) over its last few years.


from: Jim Swift - the bulwark <thebulwark+overtime@substack.com>
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sent: friday, october 4, 2024 at 07:33:18 p.m. edt

subject: a torrent of b.s.: Trump-led lies about hurricane relief spark fears





"a torrent of b.s.: Trump-led lies about hurricane relief spark fears

By Jim Swift oct 4

SAM STEIN AND TIM MILLER: "a torrent of b.s.: Trump-led lies about hurricane relief spark fears

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has given way to a torrent of disinformation, rumors, conspiracies and lies about the federal government's response to the disaster.

"much of it appears to be pushed by Donald Trump and his allies, who have accused the Biden-Harris administration of a host of actions that government officials insist is simply untrue.

"Trump has argued that fema has depleted its storm relief funds because it spent much of that money 'housing' illegal migrants. his allies have accused fema of confiscating property, of making people apply for help, of asking for cash donations, and of preventing everyone from Elon Musk to the department of defense from helping out with the response efforts. virtually all of them have pushed stories insisting that Kamala Harris told storm victims they could get only $750 in aid. (That's just one type of assistance they can get quickly, not the full amount available.)

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