Mccarthyism

Russia Says Us Infighting On Sessions Hampers Mending Ties

... sought to play down Trump's proposal to raise military spending by 9 percent, saying that's a domestic matter for Washington. "It would hardly concern us until a rise in spending upsets the existing balance of strategic deterrence," he said. Asked to comment on the developments on Sessions, Peskov cited Trump's description of it as "a total witch hunt" and added: "We have nothing to add to the expansive definition given by President Trump.". Sessions recused himself Thursday from any investigation into communications between Trump aides and Moscow following revelations that as senator, Sessions twice spoke with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 election campaign and failed to say so when pressed by Congress. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov argued that contacts with officials and lawmakers are part of any ambassador's duties. He added that the pressure on Sessions "strongly resembles a witch ...

Nunes Warns Against New Outbreak Of Mccarthyism

... embarrassing emails from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr Nunes, a member of Mr Trump’s transition team, admitted that the White House had asked him to talk to a reporter about the probe, but hadn’t told him what to say. Former Republican president George W Bush — who publicly refused to vote for Mr Trump in November — has now criticised the president in an interview with Today magazine. The author of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq attacked Mr Trump over Russia, his travel ban on seven majority-Muslim. nations and his description of the corporate media as the “enemy of the American people.”. “I think we all need answers,” Mr Bush said of the Russia allegations. “I’m not sure the right avenue to take. I am sure, though, that that question needs to be answered.”. “We need an independent media to hold people like me to account,” he added. “Power can be very addictive, and it. can be corrosive.”. The man who founded the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and oversaw the building of a border fence ...

A Film About Mccarthyism, Edward R. Murrow, And Courage

... as he nervously takes a drag on a cigarette and quips to a colleague, “It occurs to me we might not get away with this one.”. There was real risk in doing what Murrow did. People got ruined doing things like Murrow did. There was no doubt Mc Carthy would attempt to destroy him for doing it. The camera and Strathairn do not shy away from showing us his nervy fear. He first challenges the military’s treatment of Milo Radulovich, who was told to denounce his father because the elder read a Serbian newspaper and who responded he would not do so, adding that if he renounced his parent, “I see a chain reaction that has no end to anybody.” He moved on to challenge the lack of due process in the accusations of working for the Communists that were leveled against Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon clerk. Mc Carthy responded predictably and responded by making a case that Murrow himself was a Communist. The intimidation intent ...

Joe Mccarthyism In Our Own Time

... make effective chief executives at the state or national levels. American history, first taught me by the late Russell Berry at Robert E. Lee High School and Leah Rawls Atkins at Auburn University, and by several graduate professors thereafter at AU and FSU, makes clear that our form of government, federal or state, doesn’t work well without a government consensus and without caring, competent leadership which understands and appreciates the necessity of shared governance within the context of constituency politics, within one’s inner circle of advisers and throughout the government as a whole. EDUCATION: Pike Road Schools superintendent to retire. Anytime I ruminate thus on politics, I sometimes wonder, fancifully, what would have happened if U. S. Senator Joseph Mc Carthy had run for and been elected to the office of President of the United States in 1956. “How might he have governed?” I’ve wondered, given what we know about his slash and burn style of campaigning and his notorious chairing an important Senate Committee. I no longer wonder and no longer consider such wondering to be “fanciful.”. We are seeing emanating from the White House ...

Trump Confronts New Mccarthyism

... values and because he fell short of an ideal notion of what liberal democracy is supposed to be. The fact that the U. S. government also was falling far short of those standards – from ordering targeted assassinations with minimal due process to imprisoning patriotic whistleblowers – was largely ignored by an Obama Administration that saw itself as too wonderful to have flaws. Blacklisting Dissent. So, when the U. S. confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, Crimea and the Donbas began in the summer of 2013, those of us who did not accept what was becoming the Washington Consensus, which held Putin to blame for everything, began to see ourselves as dissidents in the Soviet sense or at least in the manner of the old Mc Carthy era. In effect, we were blacklisted, largely excluded from publication in the professional journals, not to mention mainstream print and broadcast media. On campus, we mostly kept our mouths shut ...

George Clooney Subtly Compares Donald Trump Era To Mccarthyism

... with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear of one another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. If we dig deep in our history and remember that we are not descendants from fearful people, we proclaim ourselves indeed as we are the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of this president have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn’t create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it—and rather successfully. Cassius was right. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Good night, and good luck. Cassius, in this instance, refers to the character from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Clooney also swapped in a few words to bring Murrow’s words into the modern era, switching out the journalist’s “ the junior Senator from Wisconsin ” for ...

Trump, Islamophobia And The New Mccarthyism

... on Hamas, which is already included on the state department list of terrorists, but more importantly this would provide further tools to prevent or continue to frustrate a possible Palestinian unity government. Right now it is critical to recall that the Muslim Brotherhood movement is well known to Washington policy makers and strategists, and this makes the designation regarding previous events a little complicated. Indeed, the U. S. government worked and recruited the Muslim Brotherhood movement and many other Islamic sects and groups during the Cold War to confront communism. Thus, the U. S. itself had a great role in publicizing and promoting particular Islamic worldviews that played a critical part in challenging communist and socialist-oriented post-colonial leaders and political parties across the Arab and Muslim worlds. The ...

His Father Stood Up To Mccarthyism. This N.j. Congressman Shows No Such Courage

... and other members of his party can provide an answer, or summon the will to break a voting pattern that is conspicuously Draconian. Pro-Trump congressman hides from his constituents | Editorial. Groups such as the NJ 11 th For Change wonder whether Frelinghuysen even has the courage to defend his record - he hasn't met with constituents in a town hall in years - and the same waiting game is now being played in most red districts throughout New Jersey and the U. S. The congressman  says he "applaud(s) the effort" of NJ 11 th For Change to hold town halls, but he will continue to boycott them because he believes they are incapable of "civil discourse.". Meanwhile, he is batting 1.000 : Fourteen times he has cast a vote this term, and every one supports the position held by Donald Trump. He lacks the mettle to buck Trump, and maybe Frelinghuysen can live with that. But he also lacks the mettle to uphold the legacy of a father who was a true profile in courage. * * * *. Readers from the 11 th District who would like to  contact Rep. Frelinghuysen can do so at 973-984-0711 and 202-225-5034. The ...

Trump-era Mccarthyism Infects Entertainment Industry

... It’s nice for celebrities to get some attention. I do watch the Grammys; they are my annual reminder that I am really out of touch with the latest music. And by listening to it, I reconfirm that I’m not missing much. To sum up and save you from having to watch this year’s dreadful show: Adele is great, Bruno Mars is solid, most country singers are good, and Lady Gaga is smart. The rest?  Pretty awful. The Grammys were once again the same self-congratulatory, maudlin fest they have always been. Jay Z has become the moral leader of this Grammy group. A man who shot his brother for stealing his jewelry and was a crack dealer is somehow the conscience of entertainers. He can use the “N-word” throughout his songs, then call Trump an immoral racist and claim the moral high ground. In the entertainment business, that's called good people skills. Mostly out of fear and the never-ending quest to be liked, ...

The Irony Of Republicans Complaining About Mccarthyism

... The irony of Republicans complaining about Mc Carthyism. The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from Power Post. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set. By Ishaan Tharoor By Ishaan Tharoor February 28 Follow @ishaantharoor. Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's World View newsletter. A couple of days before a host of celebrities spoke out against President Trump at the Oscars, Hollywood icon George Clooney was feted at an awards ceremony in Paris. There he warned of the shadow of Mc Carthyism looming over his homeland. "We must not confuse dissent with ...