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The term useful idiot, for a foolish person whose views can be taken advantage of for political purposes, was used in a British periodical as early as 1864. [3] In relation to the Cold War, the term appeared in a June 1948 New York Times article on contemporary Italian politics ("Communist shift is seen in Europe"), [1] citing the Italian Democratic Socialist Party's newspaper L'Umanità []. [4]
Mona Charen Parker [1] [2] (née Charen / ˈ ʃ ɛər ə n / SHAIR-ən; born February 25, 1957) [3] is an American columnist, journalist, and political commentator. She has written four books: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First (2003), Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us) (2005), both New York Times ...
Walter Duranty (25 May 1884 – 3 October 1957) was an Anglo-American journalist who served as Moscow bureau chief of The New York Times for fourteen years (1922–1936) following the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War (1917–1923).
“In essence, many of the Jan. 6 participants have said that they were useful idiots,” said NBC News legal analyst Joyce Vance, a former top federal prosecutor. “Trump literally cannot do ...
For Dave Gianoni, the best-ever Marx toy was a cabled, two-foot tall robot made by the company in the 1960s. Gianoni's grandmother, Ligia Yacobozzi, worked at Marx Toys and often gave toys to her ...
Katie Halper(born July 11, 1980/1981), activist, comedian, writer, filmmaker, podcaster, political commentator; host of The Katie Halper Show; co-host of Useful Idiots with Aaron Maté. Willy Holtzman – screenwriter, playwright; Humanitas Prize, Writers Guild Award, Peabody Award
CNN pundit Van Jones says Democrats’ media strategy is a major reason Vice President Harris lost this week’s presidential election to former President Trump. “We got beat because the ...
Useful idiot is a political term for naive supporters of a cause who are taken advantage of. Useful Idiot or Useful Idiots may also refer to: "Useful Idiot" , an episode of the television series Homeland; Useful Idiots, a podcast hosted by Aaron Maté and Katie Halper "Useful Idiot", a song by band Tool from their 1996 album Ænima