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    Robert Reich Warns The Media Not to Let 'Churlish Thin-Skinned Vindictive Narcissistic' Trump Control Their Narrative

    "Don’t fall for the reality-TV spectacles he creates," Reich warned.

    1. Stop treating Trump’s tweets as news.

    2. Don’t believe a single word that comes out of his mouth.

    3. Don’t fall for the reality-TV spectacles he creates. (For example, his meeting with Kim Jong-un.) They’re not news, either.

    4. Don’t let his churlish thin-skinned vindictive narcissistic rants divert attention from what he’s really doing.

    5. Focus on what he’s really doing, and put the day’s stories into this larger context. He’s (1) undermining democratic institutions, (2) using his office for personal gain, (3) sowing division and hate, (4) cozying up to dictators while antagonizing our democratic allies around the world, (5) violating the rule of law, and (6) enriching America’s wealthy while harming the middle class and the poor. He may also be (7) colluding with Putin.

    6. Keep track of what his Cabinet is doing – Sessions’s attacks on civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights, and immigrants; DeVos’s efforts to undermine public education, Pruitt’s and Zinke’s efforts to gut the environment; all their conflicts of interest, and the industry lobbyists they’ve put in high positions.

    7. Don’t try to “balance” your coverage of the truth with quotes and arguments from Trump’s enablers and followers. This is not a contest between right and left, Republicans and Democrats. This is between democracy and demagogic authoritarianism.

    8. Don’t let him rattle you. Maintain your dignity, confidence, and courage.

    By Robert Reich


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    I thought that mindless midget died.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    I thought that mindless midget died.

    Robert Reich, born June 24, 1946, is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. He was Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997.

    Reich has been the Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2006. He was formerly a professor at Harvard and professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

    He isn't dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    Robert Reich, born June 24, 1946, is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. He was Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997.

    Reich has been the Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2006. He was formerly a professor at Harvard and professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

    He isn't dead.
    Mini me still lives!

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    Quote Originally Posted by signalmankenneth View Post
    Robert Reich Warns The Media Not to Let 'Churlish Thin-Skinned Vindictive Narcissistic' Trump Control Their Narrative

    "Don’t fall for the reality-TV spectacles he creates," Reich warned.

    1. Stop treating Trump’s tweets as news.

    2. Don’t believe a single word that comes out of his mouth.

    3. Don’t fall for the reality-TV spectacles he creates. (For example, his meeting with Kim Jong-un.) They’re not news, either.

    4. Don’t let his churlish thin-skinned vindictive narcissistic rants divert attention from what he’s really doing.

    5. Focus on what he’s really doing, and put the day’s stories into this larger context. He’s (1) undermining democratic institutions, (2) using his office for personal gain, (3) sowing division and hate, (4) cozying up to dictators while antagonizing our democratic allies around the world, (5) violating the rule of law, and (6) enriching America’s wealthy while harming the middle class and the poor. He may also be (7) colluding with Putin.

    6. Keep track of what his Cabinet is doing – Sessions’s attacks on civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights, and immigrants; DeVos’s efforts to undermine public education, Pruitt’s and Zinke’s efforts to gut the environment; all their conflicts of interest, and the industry lobbyists they’ve put in high positions.

    7. Don’t try to “balance” your coverage of the truth with quotes and arguments from Trump’s enablers and followers. This is not a contest between right and left, Republicans and Democrats. This is between democracy and demagogic authoritarianism.

    8. Don’t let him rattle you. Maintain your dignity, confidence, and courage.

    By Robert Reich

    To which I say...

    ...AMEN!

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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    Robert Reich, born June 24, 1946, is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. He was Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997.

    Reich has been the Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2006. He was formerly a professor at Harvard and professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

    He isn't dead.
    Yes he is...and still making lots of sense!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    I thought that mindless midget died.
    Another unhinged Trump cultist.

    Calls a man who has more brains in his big toe than the cultist has between his ears, "mindless" and a midget.

    Robert Reich is taller than any Trumptard can ever aspire to be.
    https://i.postimg.cc/PqVCnGks/gojoe1.jpg
    C'MON MAN!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Another unhinged Trump cultist.

    Calls a man who has more brains in his big toe than the cultist has between his ears, "mindless" and a midget.

    Robert Reich is taller than any Trumptard can ever aspire to be.
    He certainly has you fooled. Not like that is hard to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    I thought that mindless midget died.
    Trump? Sadly, no.

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    Robert Reich Warns The Media
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