UNDERNEWS: Stupid Washington Post tricks

May 21, 2015

Stupid Washington Post tricks

Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post- [On TPP] Obama has had to fight a lonely battle against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), unions and anti-trade activists, with mere fact and logic his most notable allies. More responsible Democrats should be trying to sideline these voices instead of running in fear of them.

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Anonymous said...: The key phrase is "anti-trade'. Of course the Post and Obama and TPP are anti free trade, but they know the password into the speakeasy always with an eye on the prize of capitalist liebensraum. Sidelining the
opposition, the Post as enforcer, like ordering cement shoes or Hiroshima. The intellectual center of the US empire steeped in unselfconscious Capone-ism.; May 23, 2015 at 10:05 AM

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