Steve Bannon is probably the most dangerous man in the White House
Steve Bannon is likely the most dangerous person in the White House. Trump is dangerous because of his skill with vitriolic rhetoric and his total incompetence at nearly everything else. Bannon on the other hand, is a fiercely intelligent strategist and propagandist who latched onto Trump early. Bannon built Breitbart into a media headquarters and assembly ground for Trump’s offensive against “the establishment.” Bannon then guided Trump to victory when he took over his faltering campaign late last summer.
Now Bannon is Chief Strategist of the executive branch. While Trump comes off as a small minded bully motivated mostly by winning and appearing respected, Bannon appears to be motivated by the personal accumulation of power and launching a powerful movement based in white nationalism. Earlier in the summer, Bannon described Trump as “a blunt instrument for us,” referring to either Breitbart, or the movement. …
Donald settles into the new job he won.
And Trump’s transformation from reality show candidate to budding fascist to screetching human-eating parasite.
It begins. It’s March 2015 and progressives are clamoring for Elizabeth Warren to run for President. For reasons not explicitly stated, she didn’t seem particularly interested.
The first direct piece on the election came July 2015. 15 months ago. I worked with writers at The Gabbler to come up with Tinder profiles for 6 of the candidates.
And I hope that the substantive discussion gave undecided voters like Ken Bone the important details they need to decide whether to vote for Clinton or the creature from The Thing (1982) for President of the United States.
A comic featuring the U.S., France, Germany, and a very big mistake.
There’s something going on there
And the next one, and the next one.
I made a very simple chart in case this isn’t obvious.
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