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"United States President Donald Trump is well advanced in his systematic
campaign to undermine the American media and eviscerate its function of holding
him and others in power to account.
Since the late 18th century this function has often been called the fourth
estate. It’s the idea the media is a watchdog over the other three estates
which, in modern democracies, are parliament, the executive government and the
judiciary.
In the US, Trump has had considerable success in weakening the other three.
His Republican Party controls both Houses of Congress, and they have shown no
sign of wishing to restrain him.
He has stacked the executive government with cronies and ideological fellow
travellers, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr (and his anti-vaccination agenda) as
secretary of health, a brief stint by Elon Musk as head of the Department of
Government Efficiency, and former
Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defence
secretary.
He has secured the support of the Republican Party to stack the Supreme Court
with politically aligned judges who have routinely struck down lower court
decisions against Trump, most notably in the matter of deporting migrants to
countries other than their homelands."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
