Thursday, March 29, 2018

Rothschild conspiracy theories

A March 21st Washington Post piece by Yair Rosenberg, about the subject of Rothschild conspiracy theories (below). The piece grew out of a recent story in Washington; the story concerns a D.C. Council member who claimed that the Rothschild family had been involved in controlling the weather--and had, as a Post reporter noted in a prior story, "also contended that the Rothschilds — a European business dynasty and frequent subject of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories — control the World Bank and the federal government." The council member has apologized for his remarks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/03/21/conspiracy-theories-about-the-rothschilds-are-a-symptom-the-problem-is-deeper/

Here, too, is the previous Post story referred to above:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-lawmaker-who-said-rothschilds-control-the-climate-also-said-they-the-control-federal-government/2018/03/19/a51307c6-2b9b-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html

Sunday, March 18, 2018

John Brennan's tweet, about President Trump

Former CIA Director John Brennan's tweet, directed at Mr. Trump: "When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America...America will triumph over you."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/john-brennan-donald-trump-mccabe-firing/index.html

Monday, March 12, 2018

President Trump: "King of Chaos"

A good essay, from last week (March 4th), by New York Times columnist Charles Blow:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/opinion/trump-king-of-chaos.html