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keep_left's JournalHi to all...
...listening to Mike on the Netroots stream. 
Link: http://netroots-main-1.stream.creek.fm:8000/stream
Nuzzi apparently didn't do her homework when it comes to political...
...book publishing: make sure you have sugar-daddy "think" tank funders lined up to make massive bulk-order buys of your book, to be given away at rubber-chicken GOP fundraisers (or as premiums for joining a GOP organization). Whatever can't be given away or sold for pennies on the dollar ( e.g. "conservative book clubs" ) goes to the shredder. The NYT started keeping track of these bulk buys a few years ago; they apparently have moles inside the big booksellers who report unusually large bulk orders. The NYT Book Review makes note of these bulk buys with a little dagger or cross next to the title. Naturally, this kind of factual reporting on the manipulation of book markets results in much wailing and gnashing of teeth when it comes to the "think" tank set on K Street.
Apparently, Nuzzi has no K Street constituency willing to part with their $$$. IIRC, Meghan McCain had the same problem a few years ago with one of her books. 
I'll bet this is the latest trendy concept from one of the MAGA "think" tanks...
...like the Claremont Institute. IIRC, they have a ridiculous make-work "journal" called American Greatness whose writers slave like stevedores to defend the indefensible on a daily basis. I can just see this as a headline on one of their moronic publications: "Trump stands for American Realism, not Utopian Idealism!". I'm also quite sure that in the near future, the "intellectuals" at Claremont will begin sounding like far-right Maoists: "Follow the Shining Path of Trumpism!". 
Wow...you said it. That's what the kids call a "mic drop"!
Reminds me of a line from a movie.
(See 0:52-1:29).
Trump has a particular obsession with Somali people in general...
...and Rep. Ilhan Omar in particular. This is at least partly due to the malign influence of Laura Loomer on the Trump regime. Ilhan Omar is a favorite bête noire for Loomer. She made a phony "documentary" about Omar in 2019, with the assistance of Ali Alexander and Jacob Wohl.
https://democraticunderground.com/100220835193#post10
https://democraticunderground.com/100220801772#post12
Engineered and produced by Alan Parsons, who elevated the song into...
...what can almost be called "musical cinematography". I'm always amazed that a song of this length (nearly 7:00) could get played on the radio, let alone become an international hit, but then again, this was 1976, and radio had not turned into the giant cartel it is today. Wiki mentions that there is a single version clocking in at 4:38, so commercial pressures still existed back then, at least for some stations. (I think I remember hearing this "radio edit" version years ago; the intro/outro were shortened, and I think all the solos were removed except for the last few bars of the sax). 
"He's not hurting the right people!".
That's a paraphrase from a quote in a NYT article about (delusional) working-class Trump voters.
https://democraticunderground.com/100220834675#post13
As usual, Trump's logic is entirely inscrutable, as is his fascination...
...with returning the nation to the days of coal-fired power plants. Here's a clip from the David Pakman show. Trump is interviewed by the execrable Maria Bartiromo on her Sunday show for Fox "News". (See 0:35-1:57).
Trump: "We don't want windmills, we don't want solar--we're doing coal!"
Trump is also reposting Laura Loomer conspiracy theories...
...without attribution, of course. Loomer has made a surprisingly lucrative career out of promoting conspiracy theories about Somalis in Minnesota, and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in particular. Here is the 2019 "documentary" Importing Ilhan, where Loomer joins Ali Alexander and Jacob Wohl in Minneapolis to "report" on Omar.
https://democraticunderground.com/100220801772#post12
"He's not hurting the right people!".
That's paraphrased from a quote in a NYT article about (delusional) working-class Trump voters. Rachel Maddow mentioned it prominently on her show a couple of times.
https://democraticunderground.com/10143562639#post38
https://democraticunderground.com/100219776302#post82
https://democraticunderground.com/100220076901#post11
https://democraticunderground.com/100219566515#post2
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/florida-government-shutdown-marianna.html
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