( Tomdispatch.com) – In the two weeks since Election 2020, the country has oscillated between joy and anger, hope and dread in an era of polarization sharpened by the forces of racism, nativism, and hate. Still, truth be told, though the divisive tone of this moment may only be sharpening, division in the United States […]
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US politics
The Federal Gov’t owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe it Out?
By Sarah Anderson and Margot Rathke | – ( Inequality.org) – Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would not require Congressional approval. One of the buzziest: cancellation of student debts owed to the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education owns about 92 percent of the $1.6 trillion […]
Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, which may kill as many as did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper and Lara Jakes at the New York Times get the scoop. Their sources in the White House tell them that last Thursday, in a meeting with his senior advisers, Trump abruptly asked them if there were options for a US strike […]
Republicans Aren’t Just Bad Losers — They’re Traitors to Democracy
By Mitchell Zimmerman | – Trump’s insidious rhetoric on the election won’t stop Biden from taking office, but it’s not harmless either. ( Otherwords.org) – Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the judgment of the American people might just seem like denial. But in denying the legitimacy of over 77 million votes against him, Trump and […]
After the Erratic Trump, can America Rejoin the World?
By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – It simply doesn’t make a lot of sense to entrust leadership to a country with a severe personality disorder. America may well be divided about Donald Trump, but the rest of the world isn’t. The soon-to-be-former president has gotten high marks in the Philippines […]
Trump 2024? Presidential comebacks have mixed success
By Robert Speel | – American author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that “there are no second acts in American lives.” Yet it’s already assumed Donald Trump will go on to a next act in one form or another. Will he start his own media company? Serve as a GOP kingmaker? There are even rumblings […]
Say no to Austerity for Workers: McConnell and the GOP are about to pull the “We have no money” scam
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Not surprisingly the national debt is a subject of concern. Liberal and Left economists, most of whom supported the CARES relief package, knew and predicted that once the Trump tax reduction for the rich had become law—despite the massive increases in government debt it entailed– debt would […]
Despite Losses at Polls and in Court, Trump Crowds in D. C. cry “Coup,” “Fraud” and “2nd American Revolution”
By MacKenzie Belley | – ( Cronkite News/ Arizona PBS) WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people turned the streets of Washington into a sea of flags and banners Saturday, marching and chanting in support of an embattled President Donald Trump as his election chances falter. The march went under a number of different names […]
The Goldilocks Apocalypse: No Return to Normalcy after Trump
(Tomdispatch.com) – Imagine for a moment that Hillary Clinton had won the presidential election in 2016. Imagine, in other words, that the “blue wall” of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania had held firm four years ago. Claiming election fraud, Donald Trump would have insisted on a recount and Election Day would then, too, have stretched into […]
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