Doctrines come from the stories that a church or a political party or some other group tells about itself.  In that sense, the stories people tell themselves create the reality that they believe in.  Powerful stories tell them what’s true and what’s false.  It gives them heroes and villains and victims, and an explanation for why things are the way they are.

And right now we are experiencing a huge war over who gets to tell the stories of what's happening.  And for once, the good guys are winning that battle.

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Also welcome back to the fight as, at long last, Democrats are "floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee."  Are we finally back to the days of "Give 'em Hell, Harry"? We hope so!  And the Donald Trump campaign has at least three "vendors" taking millions and no one knows what's being done with the money.  (We can guess, though).  More at proleftpod.com.

Links for this episode:

The Educated Imagination from 2010: What's wrong with the New York Times Part 3?  https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2010/05/16/whats-wrong-with-the-new-york-times-3-2/

Will Bunch: "How the media blew 2024′s election"

 https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/media-elections-dnc-kamala-harris-military-20240827.html

Mark Sumner at Daily Kos:  “Trump raises less money than Harris—and how he spends it is a mystery.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/26/2265800/-Trump-raises-less-money-than-Harris-and-how-he-spends-it-is-a-mystery

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No fair remembering stuff only applies to Republicans. 

Democrats get to celebrate THEIR past! 

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Driftglass on the Bradcast 8/21/24: https://bradblog.com/?p=15139

Brian Baez, Content Creator: https://x.com/MentallyDivine/status/182630516407842

Mad Men, "Carousel": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus

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Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to us!  We celebrated by enjoying Night One of The Democratic National Convention, and attending a dear friend's funeral.  We are reminded again this week that the Mainstream Media feeds respectable and legitimized propaganda to right-wing outlets because "even" the New York Times covers BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi, Solyndra, Fast and Furious, Uranium One, tan suit, Seth Rich, baby parts, Pizzagate, 'her emails,' death panels, Dominion, and the tarmac. 

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Well, it's worth a try.  The news of the week continues to prove Republicans are weird.  The three Jell-O molds the mainstream media tries to form "news salad" into.  And DG brings back "shelter culture."  More at proleftpod.com.

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Doc Searls Weblog: Where Journalism Fails https://doc.searls.com/2019/07/23/where-journalism-fails/

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Sir, many people have told us that Trump might drop out.  Several important people said that Trump should drop out of the race.  Some people say he should flee the country. I've even heard one person say he's a flight "risk," and that's what they call it, a "risk"- that he'll flee the country. 

Many things we thought would last forever didn't. 

Democratic messaging on housing, pollution, autism. 

Driftglass notes, "I, too, am in Hell."

Explore the critical role of media in shaping political narratives with a spotlight on Lawrence O'Donnell's blunt critique of media transparency failures. We compare the divergent coverage of the Hillary Clinton email scandal and the Trump campaign's secretive activities, underscoring the biased nature of media decisions. In addition, we touch on Hillary Clinton's compassionate engagement with autism issues and highlight the significance of urban planning initiatives, drawing lessons from the successful strategies in Arlington, Virginia, versus Chicago's past housing project failures.

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Works in Progress:  How DC [Arlington VA] Densified: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-dc-densified/

Show artwork via "Break Your Own News": https://breakyourownnews.com/

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A busy week?  Wait until October!

Meanwhile, the Illinois State Fair unveiled their annual butter cow, and Harris/Walz kicked some ass while the Republican Party had a meltdown.

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Driftglass and Digby on The Bradcast 8/7/2024.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has a "humble brag" about ActBlue.

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We're so excited.  Also, some weird news of the week, including RFK Jr's bear hunt (eww) and Trump's Mar A Lago / WinRed forever grifting. 

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Driftglass will be on the BradCast on Wednesday August 7 with Digby of Hullabaloo.

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Driftglass and BlueGal dive into Trump's blatant racism and why the media can't seem to call it what it is. 

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DG and BG on the BradCast 7/31/2024: https://bradblog.com/?p=15116

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A deep dive into the word "weird," from Shakespeare's "weird sisters" in The Scottish Play alllll the way to JD Vance and the Republican tone police, who really don't like us calling their entire QAnon Trump-humping cult of grifting, "weird." 

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The three weird sisters:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnc0pOjr1qY

Judi Densch Plays Lady Macbeth, 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHlngY6Bgk

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