Make America Great Again, out of the Barrel of a Gun
Submitted by Big Al on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 9:50pm
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Basic Reason to Block Trump SCOTUS Pick: Justice
Submitted by hungeski on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:21pm
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(Analysis.) Many liberal thinkers have put forth good reasons for senators to reject President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. People for the American Way, one of a coalition of groups that delivered block-Gorsuch petitions with one million online signatures, cited his ...
troubling views and record when it comes to siding with wealthy and powerful interests, over the rights of working people, women, and the disabled.
Is Donald Trump Off His Rocker?
Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 11:22pm
(Edit: Evidently the article I linked from Counterpunch was unlabeled satire that I didn't catch. Fake news if you will which Counterpunch should be a little leery of since they're on the oligarchy's fake news list. Doesn't change my opinion of Trump's mental state though.)
Vox as neoliberal propaganda for "intellectual" narcissists
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 3:38pmEven though, as I pointed out in my previous diary, the "Left" is at best a point of pride on a few Facebook profiles, the Right feels obliged to restrain any sort of deviance because, you see, austerity planning has its beneficiaries. So they run articles in places like Vox warning us that phenomena like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are not the solution to our problems.
When You Play With Fire, You're Going To Get Berned...
Submitted by Oldest Son Of A... on Sun, 03/12/2017 - 4:05pmI was originally writing this as a comment to "Russian Trolls Fooled Sanders Voters, Including on Here" when I got carried away and realized I had written an essay of my own...
Trump Administration WARNS they will Blow up the Planet
Submitted by Big Al on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 11:37pm
Trump's U.N. Ambassador, Nikki Haley, is proving to be every bit the rabid warmonger Samantha Power was/is. Trump is proving to be every bit the Imperialist his predecessors were. "Make America Great Again". Wasn't that a clue? I thought it was.
"The United States has said "all options are on the table" to deal with North Korea."
Trump vs. the Deep State vs. Reality
Submitted by Big Al on Mon, 03/06/2017 - 8:14pm
I hate the narrative that "the people" elected Donald Trump because they were tired of the status quo, that those who voted for him were those most affected by the jobs leaving the country, the white poor from the rust belt and rural areas, the "working class", the "99%".
Bringing some sense to the Russian-Trump relation controversy
Submitted by mimi on Sun, 03/05/2017 - 4:06amGood Morning, America, I was sliding into the "madness" here in Germany lately, so I don't like you to do the same on your side of the world. In order to help you along with avoiding it, listen to Paul Jay, whose rational thinking offers you a way out of it.
Just listen.
Righteous Locals Help Syrian Refugee Family Settle in Pennsylvanian Town
Submitted by hungeski on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 9:07am
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. -- Jesus of Nazareth
On January 27, President Donald Trump issued an order banning entry to the U.S. of persons from certain Muslim-majority countries, and of all refugees. The sudden enforcement of that order drew 1000's of people to the nation's airports, and elsewhere around the world, to stand against religious discrimination and for due process of law, and to support refugees and those blocked by the travel ban. It also drew this comment from one person who has been working to help refugees settle:
“When I see refugees now being shut off like that, I think, ‘How on earth can we be so hardhearted,’ ” said Harley Kooker, who first worked with refugees in Vietnam as a conscientious objector to that war. “I was always taught that we love whoever regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, you know, that’s who my Jesus is, that’s what my Jesus taught.”
Reflections on the election of 2016
Submitted by Nastarana on Sun, 02/26/2017 - 2:21pmI think enough time has gone by that we can begin to assess what did happen, what went wrong and what was done right. For what it might be worth, here is my modest contribution to doing just that.
