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Trump’s FCC Moves to Choke Internet Access

July 1, 2017 theFAULT 0

Camille Stewart: “The assault on current Internet protections continues, with the latest target being the principle of the free and open Internet we enjoy today.” “On May 23, the Federal Communications Commission made its final […]

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White House Scales Back Press Access

June 21, 2017 theFAULT 0

“Over the course of the Trump administration, the White House’s daily press briefings have been pared progressively further back; they are now shorter, less frequent, and routinely held off-camera,” according to The Atlantic. “It feels […]

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Clapper: Democracy ‘Under Assault’ By Trump

May 15, 2017 theFAULT 0

“James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, has accused Donald Trump of placing American democratic institutions ‘under assault’ following the sacking of James Comey – and cautioned that the former FBI director’s removal is […]

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In the Shadow of Nixon

May 9, 2017 theFAULT 0

In an historic move, Republican President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey amid the bureau’s ongoing investigation into the administration’s ties to Russia, The Atlantic reports. “The details are unlike anything that’s happened in American history—it […]

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Of Mice and Strongmen

May 2, 2017 theFAULT 0

“President Donald Trump can add the name of another controversial, authoritarian leader to the list of so-called strongmen that he has praised: President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines,” ABC News reports. “Trump has also in […]

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For-profit Prisons to Flourish in Trumpland

February 23, 2017 theFAULT 0

According to The Guardian, “The Trump administration has scrapped Barack Obama’s program of ending the justice department’s use of private prisons, embracing an industry that has come under sharp criticism from civil rights advocates.” “The […]

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Times Like These

February 19, 2017 theFAULT 0

Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler, in an article for Los Angeles Review of Books, writes about the parallels between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, and their treatment of the media: “There is, of course, no comparison […]

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Trump Tweet Trashes Constitution

February 18, 2017 theFAULT 0

Lashing out at the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Republican President Donald Trump tweeted the following: The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it […]