{"id":19826,"date":"2022-06-07T01:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19826"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:15:31","slug":"rasputin-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19826","title":{"rendered":"Rasputin update&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19833\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy-300x164.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19836\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-trump-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19835\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-trump-copy.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-trump-copy-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-trump-copy-768x548.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>AMERICAN RASPUTIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Bannon is still scheming. And he\u2019s still a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/author\/jennifer-senior\/\">Jennifer Senior<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JUNE 6, 2022, 6 AM The Atlantic<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click link for article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/07\/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat\/638443\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/07\/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat\/638443\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/07\/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat\/638443\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You can discern much of Bannon\u2019s mad character and contradictions in these exchanges. The chaos and the focus, the pugnacity and the enthusiasm, the transparency and the industrial-grade bullshit. Also, the mania: logomania, arithmomania, monomania (he\u2019d likely cop to all of these, especially that last one\u2014he\u2019s the first to say that one of the features of his show is \u201cwash rinse repeat\u201d). Garden-variety hypermania (with a generous assist from espressos). And last of all, perhaps above all else, straight-up megalomania, which even those who profess affection for the man can see, though it appears to be a problem only for those who believe, as I do, that <strong>he\u2019s attempting to insert a lit bomb into the mouth of American democracy.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19830\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy-1200x857.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bannon-4-copy.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Resputins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19838\" width=\"1000\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Resputins.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Resputins-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Resputins-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19833\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rasputin_PA-copy-300x164.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19845\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bannon-3.jpg 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMERICAN RASPUTIN Steve Bannon is still scheming. And he\u2019s still a threat to democracy. By&nbsp;Jennifer Senior JUNE 6, 2022, 6 AM The Atlantic Click link for article https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/07\/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat\/638443\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share You can discern much of Bannon\u2019s mad character and contradictions in these exchanges. The chaos and the focus, the pugnacity and the enthusiasm, the transparency and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19826\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rasputin update&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19826"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20785,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions\/20785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}