Trump

We need a new campaign. Convince Donald.

One of the smartest thinks Trump could do is to hire Bernie in some advisory capacity. The fear we should all have is that Trump is going to be surrounded by Republican operatives. Let's start a campaign that brings Trump back to his democratic days.

Seriously. We need to move immediately to bring more liberal voices into his government. We need to stress this over at ToP etc. It is the only thing we can do.

Trump's casino bankruptcy case still helps shield Wall St from fraud cases today.

David Sirota over at IBT has been doing some amazing investigative work this cycle (some of it focused on Democrats). Along with Avi Ascher-Schapiro, he has an article today about a court case from the 1990s: How Donald Trump Used Fine Print To Make It Harder To Sue Wall Street For Fraud

To My Friends on the Left: Hillary Clinton Is Not the Enemy

Jeffrey Isaacs published a letter today in The Nation. I would quibble with a few things in it, for example, it is addressed to a successful professional audience and is somewhat oblivious to the travails of those who are not. Hillary’s foreign policy is certainly “within a bipartisan mainstream” as Issacs says. Yet this should only be taken as an indictment of this “bipartisan mainstream”.

WTF? Trump Speech. Oct 24.

Anyone who has read my essays knows I am an old time Latino anarcho-communist who supports revolutions such as those in Bolivia, Venezuela and most lately in Rosava. I have consistently denounced USA war crimes, crimes against humanity, corruption and subversion of our governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. I am no racist xenophobe, and couldn't be even if I had a psychological disability.

The Existential Election

This election is being portrayed as an existential choice-- Do we want democracy? Or do we want fascism? The problem with this framing is that it presents a false choice. Democracy isn't actually on the table.

Princeton released a study characterizing the US as an oligarchy. And our political elites--those we charge with protecting democracy--agree.

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