By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Can you doubt that we’re in a dystopian age, even if we’re still four weeks from Donald Trump entering the Oval Office? Never in our lifetimes have we experienced such vivid previews of what unfettered capitalism is likely to mean in an ever more unequal […]
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Trump blames Muslim immigrants for Turkey, Berlin Violence
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey by a member of the Ankara police force who appears to have gone over to some form of al-Qaeda-like radicalism, one person on the internet said that Turkey should never have let Muslims into its country. I […]
Trump’s Normalization of White Supremacy: Will Richard Spencer Sit in Congress?
The white supremacist revealed this week he is considering running for the Montana Congressional seat. With an incoming presidency that was embroiled in charges of using white supremacist rhetoric during the campaign trail, it’s no wonder white supremacists across the country are rising from the margins and being frontlined on mainstream platforms. The rise of […]
Top 5 Reasons Senate Dems should block all Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – We don’t need a Trump-nominated supreme Court justice. We desperately don’t need such a person. And there is no reason to have one. The Democrats in the Senate should just filibuster any nomination for the next four years. Now, you may say that a president deserves […]
Mr. Trump: Government and War are too Serious to be entrusted to the Generals
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – America has always had a love affair with its generals. It started at the founding of the republic with George Washington and continued with (among others) Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. These military men shared something in common: […]
Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite
By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | – – We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems. The heroic work of the Standing Rock water protectors represents a defining moment in the long struggle against the institutions of empire and […]
SNL Cold Open: Trump as Manchurian Candidate
NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Satiric Video Clip) “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson (John Goodman).” SNL “Donald Trump Christmas Cold Open – SNL”
Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven
By Jon Queally, staff writer | Commondreams.org | – – Leaked documents show Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State is director of subsidiary based in Bahamas Documents leaked to a German newspaper reveal that ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State, has been the quiet director […]
Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry
By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – With just over a month to go before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Muslim activists are working to block the president-elect’s long-standing pledge to crack down on their community. Trump has proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States, voiced his support for the surveillance […]