Tag Archives: propaganda

Postcards of the Resistance

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

2 October 2025 Earlier this week I wrote about ouright lies and censorship advanced by leaders of the US government. Some are breathtakingly absurd (such as the vice president’s claim that residents in his homestate of Ohio were eating the … Continue reading →

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Facts and Evidence Have No Purchase in Portlandia

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Our city has been threatened by the felon-in-charge (Trump was found guilty on 34 unlawful acts) who declared Portland “war-ravaged,” according to today’s New York Times. Our governor simply said: “Let’s not take the bait.” Tina Kotek—a rational and just human … Continue reading →

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Massaging the facts

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I am awed and distressed at propaganda that envelopes us. Sure we recognize the obvious sales pitches: • The clerk pops your prescription pills into a paper bag festooned with an ad for a new medicine • The tennis champ’s … Continue reading →

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