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"When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution"

Blog Fascism Justice Politics

NinaIllingworth March 22, 2025May 11, 2025 anti-trans pogrom, Big Law, blog, ceasefire, censorship, CNN, colonialism, counterterrorism, courts, dictatorship, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, federal judges, Gaza, genocide, Imperialism, Israel, JA5, Justice, Media, MP6, MSNBC, Nina Illingworth, Pam Bondi, Paul Weiss, Politics, prison, Tesla, The Skinny, trans rights, Vichy Establishment, WD7

The Skinny: Courting a Fascist Dictatorship

As we reach the Ides of March in the second Trump era, America has a would-be Caesar but as of right now there appears to be no resistance plot in sight.

media Neoliberalism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth April 11, 2021November 17, 2022 Alex Shephard, American colonialism, American Prospect, AP News, Aviva Chomsky, Baltimore Sun, Biden's Central America policy, Branko Marcetic, CA4, Central America, colonialism, concentration camps, Daniel Denvir, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, FA1, family separation policy, fascism, foreign policy, Greg Grandin, immigration, Imperialism, jails for kids, Joe Biden, John Washington, Jonathan Lemire, Josh Boak, Jude Joffe-Block, Latin American, manufacturing consent, Marcia Brown, Media, Mehdi Hasan, Mexico, Michael Parenti, Migrant Rights, migrants, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, MSNBC, nativism, neoliberalism, New Forever War, Noam Chomsky, Nomaan Merchant, PBS, pig empire, police state, Politics, prison industrial complex, pro-business Central America policy, Propaganda, propaganda model, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Reich, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, soft power, ST2, Stephen Miller, the border, The Intercept, The Nation, The New Republic, the wall, Theory, war, WD7, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

Six Things I Think: A Bipartisan Propaganda Frontier

An extremely granular look at the how the propaganda model predicts the mind-warping media discussion around the so called “migrant crisis at the border.”

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2020November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, 2016 US Election, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, conspiracy theory, David Renton, Deep Dives, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, for profit medial propaganda model, Fox News, Fox News Fear Factory, Hannah Arendt, Harvey Weinstein, How Fascism Works, Hugo Weaving, Inventing Reality, Iraq War, James Clapper, Jason Stanley, Jeff Epstein, Joy Reid, Julius Evola, left wing theory, lie, Lügenpresse, mainstreaming white supremacy, manufacturing consent, Matt Taibbi, Media, Michael Lynch, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, New York Times, News Corp, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, pig empire, Political Mind Games, Politics, Poor Democracy, Pork Reich, Rich Media, Robert Paxton, Roy Eidelson, Rupert Murdoch, Russiagate, ST2, The Daily Beast, The Establishment, the New Authoritarians, Theory, Washington Post, white genocide is a nazi conspiracy theory, white nationalism

Theory Discussion: On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving

An lengthy discussion about why propping up corporate “liberal” media is no antidote to the rise of white nationalism; triggered by reading an interview with Hugo Weaving.

Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Politics

NinaIllingworth March 24, 2020April 15, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, against the left, analysis, Article Links, Bernie Sanders, CAP, censorship, coronavirus, corruption, Covid 19, criminality, Deathmatch Primaries, Donald Trump, Election Fraud, Essays, FA1, Facebook, fascism, GOP, informal writing, insider trading, Joe Biden, Journals, Joy Reid, martial law, Mastodon, MP6, MSNBC, Neera Tanden, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, police state, political analysis, Politics, Pork Reich, Richard Burr, rigged, rigged primaries, social media, The Skinny, Twitter, William Barr

Link: The Skinny – “My Carona & Other Oddities” March 2020

The Skinny is back and we’re talking about killing the poor for profit; rigged Dem Primaries, debate night fallout and coronavirus criminality on my free to read Patreon blog.

Analysis media Media Madness Politics

NinaIllingworth November 22, 2019April 20, 2025 16 negative articles, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, analysis, August, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, Branko Marcetic, centrist, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, FiveThirtyEight, In These Times, Joe Biden, Liz Warren, manufacturing consent, Media, Media Madness, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, September, WaPo

Analysis: The Bernie Blackout is Very Real

In the lead up to the 2020 Democratic Party Primary race, it’s time for everyone to admit the Bernie Blackout is real and MSNBC has its thumb on the scale.

Blog media Media Madness Politics

NinaIllingworth May 17, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 538, Bernie Sanders, blog, Comcast, Comcast was in the tank for Biden, corporate media, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, Five Thirty Eight, Joe Biden, liberal establishment, liberals, Media, Media Madness, MP6, MSNBC, MSNBC was in the tank for Biden, Nate Silver, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, political propaganda, Politics, Propaganda, rigged, smearing Bernie Sanders, US politics

“Kingmaking II: Confidence Games” on Media Madness

A link to a short blog post about how the media was already rigging the 2020 Dem Primary, just under a year in advance.

Essays media Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth January 16, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Dem Primary, 2020 US Election, Alex Thompson, Anderson Cooper, Arturo Carmona, Bernie 2016, Bernie 2020, Bernie Bros myth, Bernie Sanders, Bill Velazquez, California Nurses Association, Chuck Todd, civil law, class war, CNN, Colin Moir, corporate media, Deep Dives, defamation, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Eoin Higgins, Essays, Fantastic Lies, felt, feminism, Forward, framing, Friends of Bernie, gender based discrimination, Giulianna Di Lauro, harassment, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Jeff Weaver, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Katie Benner, Kristian Denny Todd, liberal establishment, Linda Sarsour, Marco Antonio Regil, Masha Mendieta, Me Too, Media, Medicare for all, Meet the Press, MP6, MSNBC, Nevada, New York Times, Obama boys, Our Revolution, Politico, Politics, Propaganda, ratfucking, Rich Pelletier, Robert Becker, RoseAnn DeMoro, Sady Doyle, Sarah Slamen, Senator Sanders, sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Sydney Ember, The Hill, toxic masculinity in US politics, Virginia Jeffries, Winnie Wong, women's rights, Zoey Jordan Salsbury

Fantastic Lies: Special Ratf*cking Edition Part Two

The battle for the 2020 Dem Nomination has started early this time and the corporate media smear machine is already after Bernie Sanders – Part 2

Blog Essays media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth February 1, 2018November 5, 2022 American Civil War, blog, civil war, conservative, corporate media, Democrats, Essays, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Fox News, GOP, informal writing, Jonathan Chait, Journals, liberals, Media, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Politics, Rachel Maddow, Republican, Sean Hannity, ST2, Theory, Tom Friedman, tribalism

Facebook Journal: Two Truths

An informal essay from early 2018 about fascism, neoliberalism, tribalism and media falsehoods.

Essays media Neoliberalism Social Justice

NinaIllingworth May 26, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Bill O'Reilly, cable news, Chris Matthews, coercion, Democratic Party, Democrats, education and awareness, Essays, eulogy, FA1, Fantastic Lies, Fox News, Hypocrisy, JA5, Joe Scarborough, LGBT, liberalism, liberals, Meagan Kelly, Media, Meme, misogyny, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, News, Politics, Rachel Maddow, rape culture, rapist, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Roger Ailes, Roger Ailes forced women to perform sexual favors, Roger Ailes harassed 20 women, Roger Ailes is dead, Russiagate, Sean Hannity, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, sexual violence, sexual violence against women, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, the Rachel Maddow Show, US EEOC, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, US media, why Democrats lose, why liberals lose, women voters

A Brief Thought: Rachel Maddow, Roger Ailes & Why Liberals Lose

A longer, well-cited essay about why Rachel Maddow’s decision to eulogize Roger Ailes was bad for women, the LGBTQ community and the liberal establishment at large.

Essays News Russiagate Videos

NinaIllingworth March 28, 2017November 17, 2022 "hack" vs "leak", 2016 US Election, Abby Martin, Amanda Erickson, Baffler, Ben Norton, Ben Smith, Beth Lynch, Bloomberg View, Brandon Sutton, Breaking the Set, Buzzfeed, Clinton campaign, Clinton Email Server, cold war, conflict, conspiracy theory, Counterpunch, Crowdstrike, cybersecurity, Deep Dives, Democracy Now, Democratic National Committee, disinformation, DNC, DNI report, Donald Trump, Donna Brazile, Essays, Fantastic Lies, FBI, FBI investigation, Flint, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Beck, Glenn Greenwald, GRU-Ukraine Artillery hack, HA Goodman, hacking, House Intelligence Committee, Huffington Post, IISS, independent media, International Institute for Strategic Studies, IP addresses, Iraq War, James Clapper, James Comey, Jeffrey Carr, Jimmy Dore, John Podesta, Jordan Chariton, Julian Assange, Kremlin, Kremlin puppet, Kurt Eichenwald, Leonid Bershidsky, lie, Louise Mensch, low reach, Masha Gessen, Matt Taibbi, McCarthy, McCarthyism, McCarythyite, Media, Michael Morell, Michael Tracey, Miriam Elder, Moscow, MSNBC, new cold war, News, Nina Illingworth, no evidence, no smoking gun, NoDAPL, NYTimes, ODNI report, Oleksiy Kuzemenko, On Contact, Paul Street, Pete Cobus, Politico, poor process, President Trump, Progressive Army, Prop or Not, Putin controls Trump theory, Putin critics, Rachel Maddow, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robbie Martin, Rolling Stone, Ron Placone, RT, RT News, Russia, Russia conspiracy hysterial, Russiagate, Russian Hacking, Russian hacking claims, Sam Biddle, Sean Hannity, silver bullet, Six Things I Think, smears, spoofing, Steele dossier, Stef Zamorano, teleSur, The Intercept, The Young Turks, Tor nodes, Trent Lapinski, Trump, Trump campaign, Trump Manchurian Candidate theory, Trump Russia Scandal, Trump wire tapping claims, Trump-Russia conspiracy, TYT Network, TYT Politics, Ukraine artillery app, Ukrainian military, US Intel, US Intelligence, US-Russia relations, Vault 7, Video, Vladimir Putin, VOA News, WaPo, war, Washington Post, Wikileaks, World War Three, WW3, X-Agent, Yasha Levine

Recommended Reading: Giant Russia Theory Edition

Nina takes an exhaustive look at 33 articles debunking aspects of what is now known as Russiagate in US political circles.

Blog media Take Downs Wall of Shame

NinaIllingworth January 1, 2017December 30, 2020 Amanda Marcotte, blog, Brockbot, Business Insider, cancer, Clara Jeffery, Clay Travis, collaborator, collusion, Cosmopolitan, fake conservative, fake progressives, Fantastic Lies, Fox Sports, Humor, Jamelle Bouie, Jamil Smith, Jason Whitlock, Jill Filipovic, Joan Walsh, Jonathan Capehart, Jonathan Chait, Josh Barro, Josh Marshall, Joy AM, Joy Reid, Kurt Eichenwald, liar, liberalism, Matthew Yglesias, Media, mendacity, message crafting, Michael Cohen, Mother Jones, MSNBC, neocon media, neoliberal media, New York Times, Newsweek, Nina Illingworth, NY Daily News, paid shills, Paul Krugman, Peter Daou, Politics, Propaganda, propagandist, Rants, Sady Doyle, Salon, shitheels, Site Updates, Slate, speech boy, sports hot take media, Take Downs, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, The Nation, Tom Watson, trashfire, Vox, Wall of Shame, Washington Post

Wall of Shame: New Year’s Update Special

Nina takes a special look at our site’s illustrious Wall of Shamers as 2016 turns into the new year of 2017.

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