The Operation American Greatness Gallery (In Progress)

February 3, 2017 | Posted in Operation American Greatness | | No Comments ↓

The unveiling today of some rather extraordinary magazine covers seems occasion enough to justify presentation of the OAG Gallery as it happens to stand at the moment. Since, during the course of normal business at this site, the images appear only in thumbnail size, as randomly selected from a set of images, it occurred to me that I should somewhere display them un-cropped, full-size, and with whatever information I happen to possess about them.

Suggestions for additional images are welcome! (Just paste the urls, if you have them, in a comment box.) The only criterion for inclusion in the gallery consists of “happened to strike CK as striking, or objectively were striking enough to him for him to bother to grab them.” Most appeared without attribution in my Twitter feed, but, where artist information is available, I’ve provided it. The selection does not include very many photographs, mostly because the best ones are owned by the photographers or their syndicates, and this site respects the creative rights of artists.

“America First” by Edel Rodriguez – Der Spiegel

America First by Edel Rodriguez

“Liberty’s Flameout” by John W. Tomac – The New Yorker

"Liberty's Flameout" by John W. Tomac

The Operation American Greatness Gallery (In Progress):

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Regarding “Operation American Greatness”: The Posts collected as “OAG – The Series” are all original posts written by the blogger, and now include this post. The posts collected in “Operation American Greatness” the archive will be comprised of a larger number of items including OAG – The Series, but largely taken up by “Noted and Quoted” pieces, including “The Russian Angle” and any other sub-categories to come.


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What It’s Like To Have Your Anti-Trump Art Go Mega-Viral – Co.Design
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So, does Mitchell make any money on the work, which has been shared so many times? He uploaded a high-res image of the symbol and granted permission for anyone to use it personally for free. But for those who want to support his work or simply want something readymade, you can also buy T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and journals emblazoned with the symbol through Threadless.“I really just want to spread the image as much as possible and cement it in history,” Mitchell says. “In all honesty, the amount I’ve made from my Threadless shop so far is still less than my hourly rate, so I don’t really see it as a big deal. If you look at my Twitter, half the replies are people wanting to know where they can buy a shirt. Threadless is happy to help them out with that, and so I’m happy to let that happen.”Now that the symbol has flooded our streets and our timelines, Mitchell just has one request: “Impeach this idiot already,” he says.

From: What It’s Like To Have Your Anti-Trump Art Go Mega-Viral

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Steven Pearlstein: Mark this date: Donald Trump is now a lame-duck president – The Washington Post
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This is a Waterloo moment for Trump, the tea party and their alliance.  They have been stopped in their tracks not only by Democratic opposition but because of a mutiny within their own ranks. Although never particularly liked or respected, it is now clear that they are no longer feared. The bankruptcy of their ideas and their incompetence have been exposed. Their momentum has been dissipated. Their rejection of political norms has itself been scorned. Our long national nightmare may finally be coming to an end.

From: Mark this date: Donald Trump is now a lame-duck president - The Washington Post

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Jonathan Freedland: With Trump it’s time to go beyond mere disgust – The Guardian
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Jonathan Freedland: With Trump it’s time to go beyond mere disgust – The Guardian
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One seasoned Democrat told me that among the reasons Trump won in 2016 was that a long year of Crooked Hillary talk, about emails and Goldman Sachs and the like, had steadily demoralised and demobilised the liberal base. If sustaining fury at Trump helps keep those same voters energised, so they eventually turn out to defeat him, it’ll be worth it, he says.

But it can’t just be in the form of world-weary, if witty, tweets. What’s needed is a coherent argument, one that explains why Trump’s repulsive behaviour matters. For Americans, that will surely centre on the state of their society. The civic realm is being degraded by Trump’s lies, vanities and insults. The national conversation is being coarsened. The basic democratic assumption, that disagreements can be resolved through discussion rather than coercion and violence, is being eroded from the very top. Note the language of Scaramucci’s outburst: “I want to fucking kill all the leakers.”

From: With Trump it’s time to go beyond mere disgust | Jonathan Freedland | Opinion | The Guardian

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2017-07-22 16:05:36
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+ BTW, I recently upgraded some this and that on the back end of the blog, and it does seem to make comments post much faster [. . .]
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For WordPress self-hosted people, there is already a "restore legacy editor" plugin, even though Gutenberg hasn't been installed yet as the default.

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+ I thought you were on WordPress.com, not self-hosted WordPress. I can't find any info on WordPress.com and Gutenberg or Gutenbergerish editing, so I don't know [. . .]
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