Author: Noria Doyle

The news media environment of Milwaukee again revealed flaws in journalistic integrity with its coverage of Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest by federal agents. From the moment the story broke on April 25, familiar patterns emerged: aggressive framing, sensational headlines, and selective context all combined to paint a distorted picture of events. The arrest, based on an unsupported accusation by a lone deportation officer that Judge Dugan had interfered with federal immigration authorities, provided an irresistible opportunity for many local outlets to exploit public fears. Without offering basic explanations about the unusual legal circumstances — notably, the difference between an...

In the medieval world, power was a matter of proximity. Kings granted land in exchange for loyalty. Lords demanded tribute. Peasants, with no direct voice in their governance, lived and died under a rule they could not challenge. The architecture of feudalism was rigid but familiar: hierarchies enforced by violence, loyalty bought with favor, and truth subordinated to the ambitions of the ruling elite. A thousand years later, that architecture looks different, but the principles remain. In the United States under Donald Trump, both during his first presidency and again now, the reappearance of feudalistic dynamics is not academic....

This AI-generated image is a photorealistic editorial illustration and not an actual photograph. It was created to support a journalistic commentary as a political cartoon. The face Donald Trump most wants carved into stone is his own. That is not political commentary, it is the visible core of a pattern that blends psychological compulsion, political ambition, and systemic destabilization. Trump’s repeatedly stated desire to have his likeness added to Mount Rushmore is more than an idle boast. It is a symbol of a deeper drive: to project himself into the pantheon of American greatness by force of will, not...