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\"Robert
Robert Mueller: Into the Swamp, illustration by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you haven\u2019t seen it, Matt Taibbi\u2019s withering critique of journalistic folly over Russian election collusion, \u201cIt\u2019s Official – Russiagate is This Generation\u2019s WMD<\/a>,\u201d then trust that it is well worth your time as an exercise in grappling with media herd instinct and the folly of putting our grand papers of record at the head of the herd. It\u2019s also a great contemplation of the journalistic ethics and cautions that have been cut adrift, the sort the Columbia Journalism Review and journalism schools across the country might take note of.<\/p>\n

Long and carefully documented, for this slow reader, it was a pleasure hanging-in. It\u2019s much more richly detailed than this still worthwhile summation Taibbi recently published in Rolling Stone, \u201cAs the Meuller Probe Ends, New Russiagate Myths Begin<\/a>,\u201d which also updates the next round of folly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The one encouraging item in that piece is that the median age for CNN viewers is 60 and the median for MSNBC is 65, so I feel more youthful just for not having cable.<\/p>\n

Coming after he set the stage with this piece on\u00a0unaccountable media that enabled the WMD con that waltzed us into invading\u00a0Iraq<\/a>, I think Taibbi ought to earn a Pulitzer or some such for media criticism.<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t catch the\u00a0Democracy<\/em>\u00a0Now!<\/em>\u00a0debate between Glenn Greenwald and David Cay Johnston, “Watch a Contentious, Constructive Debate on the Media and Political Humiliation from the Mueller Report<\/a>,” it\u2019s also sobering. It does come with the guilty pleasure of sideswiping MSNBC and Rachel\u00a0Maddow\u00a0 who\u2019ve used their hot pursuits of Russia collusion to challenge FOX in taking up the task of proving Orwell\u2019s enduring wisdom on propaganda.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m now bracing under forty lashes administered by this Intercept podcast<\/a>\u00a0which includes Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada, Taibbi and Naomi Klein, a good wrap-up perspective with a transcript option, if the unseen voices of a Beckett play are unsettling.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve certainly had my fun with Trump, such as Inauguration Day Weather Forecast: 54 Degrees, Cloudy, Light Wind, Chance of Golden Showers<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (scroll down at the link)<\/span>. But like many who\u2019ve dipped into journalism, I know the comforts of having it both ways, so I also took such occasions to work in skepticism over the Russian election collusion narrative. I\u2019ve always been of the mindset that even if true, I didn\u2019t care what snake hands me an apple off the Tree of Knowledge as long as it gives me the straight poop. Other than interesting intrigues, I don\u2019t much care if truth comes via a hack or a walkaway thumb drive. After all, which more greatly damaged our Eden\u2019s already fractured democracy, the DNC\u2019s anti-democratic thumb on the scales during the 2016 presidential primaries, or providing the public with proof confirming the weight of the thumb? I\u2019m picking door number one. If media had been doing its job, no such choice need apply. Instead we were left to wonder at mainstream media\u2019s devotion to the Divine Right of Queens, and if it went so far as to grease the skids for the ratings-meister who was conveniently also the opponent Hillary most desired.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also never bought into the significant impact so many claim Putin\u2019s Nightriders had on the election. Whatever they might have done, I could never imagine that results from their puny efforts were anything but miniscule next to impact of Internet mischief and other dark deeds fueled by millions in dark money expenditures by America\u2019s homegrown election vandals.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Gothic Revisted 2, by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If something later comes along regarding explorations I\u2019ve long thought had greater potential, such as if there were violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or, as Howie Klein has often underscored, potential money laundering via real estate portals and other foreign players, etc\u2026, then great, to the ramparts. But should they occur, most enlightenments would be better left to the remedy of elections, not coveting President Mike \u201cEnd of Days\u201d Pence.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I hope the Democrats can now fully focus on explaining the dangers of galloping venality in this godforsaken presidency, of which Howie has supplied a cornucopia. Topping the list is the risk that the financial sector is again exposing the country to after those trusted with oversight again willfully take their eyes off the ball. Catch up on that queasy feeling by perusing the topics at\u00a0Wall Street on Parade<\/em><\/a>, I\u2019m pleased to note that after a brief absence that site has fired up again. It is not a cure for insomnia.<\/p>\n

\"Revolving
Revolving Door, by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Who
Who Murdered Jamal Khashoggi? by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Given the invasion of Iraq, the current drumbeat on Iran by the usual suspects and the weird alliances with Saudi Arabia which\u00a060 Minutes<\/em>\u00a0alleged uses Israeli spy technology to monitor dissidents like murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>, Israel\u2019s and Saudi Arabia\u2019s influence has always seemed more of a fright than Russia\u2019s. But we\u2019ll not likely see either party\u2019s leadership\u00a0seriously push investigations of those actors. The bipartisan\u00a0construction of a pillory for Rep. IIhan Omar\u00a0at the\u00a0recent\u00a0AIPAC extravaganza in Washington\u00a0was as disgusting and as disheartening\u00a0a political spectacle as I\u2019ve ever seen. Stop it. Apart from the injustice of it,\u00a0the politicians who partook looked like\u00a0a parade of frightened fools.<\/p>\n

By the way, last Friday there was a uniquely contrarian conference<\/a>, on the Israeli lobby\u2019s influence on American policy, for which video<\/a>, and audio<\/a>\u00a0are now available, with transcripts coming along. Which is a great thing, because you won\u2019t hear a peep out of mainstream media. I scribbled on it here<\/a> (scroll down at the link)<\/span>. Take a breath and consider that in adjusted dollars we\u2019ve spent far more on foreign aid to Israel than we spent under the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WWII<\/a>. Now tell me it\u2019s not all about Benjamins flowing freely.<\/p>\n

Beyond her undeniable cat-wrangling skills, one of the big selling points for Rep. Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker was her fundraising ability with big donors. For me her fundraising prowess was a red flag about whom she might be quietly mortgaging worthy Democratic Party values to, from Big Money to Big Tech to those looking to gloss over America\u2019s soul-numbing complicity in the plight of the Palestinians. And what can one say about Chuck Schumer, Wall Street\u2019s Manchurian Senator? For too many Democratic politicians, and for those in the growing military-industrial-fundraising-consulting complex that enables them, Russia was a great distraction from attending to issues on which those politicians and enablers are as for-sale as Trump. Trump is not Washington\u2019s only distraction artist.<\/p>\n

\"King
King of Diamonds, by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The silver lining<\/strong>\u00a0is that maybe Russia\u2019s creaky ship and the poisoner\/kleptocrat at its helm will now stop sucking the air out of the room. That will enable Bernie and the like-minded to better spotlight their critical issues and keep coaxing the party to sail on better currents. And as important, they can now step out of the background noise to make their case to the independent voters they will have to win over to succeed at the ballot box. That goes hand in hand with beating back America\u2019s worst impulses as embodied by Trump and the Republicans, now busy about the game of whittling down health care and all aspects of government that diminish inequality and the wealth gap. Highlighting the contrast has always been the best route to take Trumpster to the dumpster. It\u2019s the cure for the Mueller hangover<\/p>\n

So bon voyage, Russia, and for now, good riddance.<\/p>\n

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