By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I used the word “suppressed” in the title quite deliberately. Corporate television media in the United States is colluding in a cover-up of the threat of climate change, and they have specifically blacked out the climate change issue with regard to this election. The guilty parties […]
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US politics
FBI Faction Hostile to Clinton Possibly Behind Leaks
TeleSur | – – Current FBI agents have told outlets that there are elements within the agency leaking info in order to favor Donald Trump. FBI Director James Comey was driven in part by a fear of leaks from within his agency when he decided to tell Congress the FBI was investigating newly discovered emails […]
How we gave up the Freedoms the Greatest Generation Fought & Died For
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – To say that this is the election from hell is to insult hell. There’s been nothing like this since Washington forded the Rubicon or Trump crossed the Delaware or delivered the Gettysburg Address (you know, the one that began “Four score and eleven women ago…”) — or […]
The Trump Golem Runs Amok
By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos.com ) | – – A year ago, as U.S citizens of both political parties were developing a fascination with Donald Trump, no pundits came forth with a mythic or religious way to understand Trump’s appeal or his ability to strongly repel those not attracted to him. As I teach […]
Are Arabs White?
Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Vidoe Report) | – – “White” – without the privilege. Arab-Americans are ready to check their own box on the U.S. census. Dena Takruri explains.” AJ+: “Are Arabs ‘White’?”
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?
By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but America has turned into a kind of permanent Halloween for Nazis and white supremacists. This week former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke shared a Louisiana Senate debate […]
Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When I trained as a lifeguard they warned us that you have to be very careful how you approach a drowning victim flailing around. They will be so happy to be rescued that they will grab you and pin your arms and freeze up, and then […]
Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’
TeleSur | – – Hopewell Baptist Church is damaged by fire and graffiti in Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., Nov. 2, 2016. An online fundraising campaign was also set up to help the church rebuild and repair the damages and donations have reached almost $60,000 within hours. A Black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with […]
If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession
By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of elections and other political decisions fast approaching in Europe, now is a good time to ask whether the global economy is in good enough shape to withstand another major negative […]
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