#100hardtruths Main Menu Pledges and lists written over the first 100 days A path through the primer focusing on the several pledges and lists of hardtruths I wrote during the first 100 days of the Trump administration 24 #100hardtruths authored by invited contributors A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths written by scholars, artists, activists, and friends Art Answers to Phony Questions A path through the primer focusing on speaking hardtruths about and through poetic, abstract, formally reflexive, non-indexical Art Forms Virality is Virility A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that connect a macho growing of digital stature to real world violence Fake News R Us A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that reveal our complicity Some #100hardtruths on Digital Media Literacy A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about reading, writing, participating and understanding Digital Media Literacy Some #100hardtruths on Racism A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about ethnicity, nationality, zenophobia, immigration and racism Some #100hardtruths on Sexism A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about gender, sexuality, sexism, and misogyny Some #100hardtruths on Images A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about photography, visibiity, and the power of images Some #100hardtruths on Advertising A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about corporate greed, getting eyeballs to content, the monetization of the Internet and Ads Some #100hardtruths of the Internet A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that attempt to reveal the structure, logic, uses and power of the Internet Some #100hardtruths on Freedom of Expression A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about journalism, freedom of speech, and the power of Expression Some #100hardtruths on and through Film and Video A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about or spoken through film and video 35 #100hardtruths highlighting the work of others A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths produced by journalists, scholars, artists, activists found online Credits About the makers of this Scalar book. Old home page that links to Wordpress Some #100hardtruths in poetry Poems that were produced as a result of radical digital media literacy workshops Some hardtruth poem responses and readings

Some #100hardtruths on the Law

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A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about legislation, (il)legality, public institutions, and the power of the Law.

"Donald Trump ends his 100 days with the lowest approval rating of any U.S. President in the history of Gallup’s poll, begun in 1953. The reality is that Americans are paying attention. They do not believe Trump’s lies, and are resisting. Republicans are listening: Trump has been unable to move a single piece of legislation requiring Congressional action even though his party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress. The only policies he’s succeeded in implementing are those he does himself. These have been disastrous, and the American public, the courts, the media, and policy makers have all responded." (Antonia Juhasz, #95)

Contents of this path:

  1. #19: our bill of rights isn’t up for debate
  2. #10: YouTube is a performatively self-aware political-economy
  3. #20: stress related to immigration status is one result
  4. #24: the 1st Amendment includes the right to receive information
  5. #35, science is real
  6. #38, the NEA matters, fight for the least-seen to speak truth to power
  7. #39, reward responsible disobedience
  8. #45, oil at any cost
  9. #48, seek enlightenment from historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events
  10. #51, arming youth with digital skills needed for a more sustainable, safe and equitable world
  11. #61, connect voting rights, disability and the market place of services
  12. #63, the health of nations demands knowledge applied to decision-making
  13. #64, efforts to parse truths, reveal contradictions, or negotiate with this mode of power are disguise what it is: a new fascism
  14. #73, it’s about xenophobia, racism, and sexism
  15. #78, foreign policy should be rooted in evidence and results, not ideology and the politics of punishment
  16. #91, we need the NEA and NEH to know how to imagine ourselves as a nation
  17. #95, people actually DO get it