Decorum Propels DC Deceit

Tags: Big Government, Cronyism and Corporatism, Politics, War and Foreign Policy

02/26/2023 James Bovard

The president’s SOTU speech has become an annual presentation of a new set of White House lies. But official Washington believes it is worse to publicly boo false statements than to make them.

Original Article: “Decorum Propels DC Deceit”

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