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After the election I received a provocative letter from my friend and mentor Bill Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins and author of Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle for Multifaceted Democracy under Trumpism. Bill has had a long and distinguished career in academia—and in activism. As a graduate student at Michigan he helped […]

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Shattering Europe? The Debris of Trump’s Paris Fiasco

Rajan Menon

(Tomdispatch.com) – You’ve probably had your fill of the media coverage, punditry, tweets, and wisecracks surrounding President Trump’s controversial trip to Paris, officially undertaken to honor the Allied soldiers, especially the Americans, who perished in France during World War I. By now, we’re used to the president’s words and deeds prompting eye-rolling and jokes. But […]

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The Trump Show: The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

Tom Engelhardt

(Tomdispatch.com) – – Face it: it’s been an abusive time, to use a word he likes to wield. In his telling, of course, it’s he or his people who are always the abused ones and they — the “fake news media” — are the abusers. But let’s be honest. You’ve been abused, too, and so […]

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Trump Lashes out at France’s Macron over ‘Nationalism’ as Bromance Dies

AFP

By Maggy DONALDSON and Shaun TANDON | – Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president’s approval rating and lashing him over European defense proposals which enjoyed a crucial new boost from Germany. On the heels of a rocky trip to Paris to mark the […]

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Putin’s biggest Fanboy in Congress, Rohrabacher, Defeated in bright Red District

AFP

Washington (AFP) – Representative Dana Rohrabacher, whose quixotic foreign policy campaigns made him persona non grata in Pakistan and Afghanistan and who became a rare US defender of Vladimir Putin, has lost his seat after 30 years. The 71-year-old Republican, whose exploits have included grabbing a gun to join Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet mujahedin, was projected Saturday […]

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Your Health, Social Security, and Safety Depend on Voting Democratic Today

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today’s midterm elections are among the more fateful in recent American history, quite simply because there is a madman in the White House whom the Republican Senate and House have absolutely refused to rein in. When Barack Obama wanted to close the US gulag at Guantanamo Bay, where inmates are […]

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NBC, Facebook and even Fox finally Pull Trump’s Racist Campaign Ad

AFP

New York (AFP) – Fox News, NBC and Facebook have pulled a Trump campaign ad branded racist, which equates a convicted Mexican murderer with Central American migrants en route to the US border. NBC pulled the ad after coming under fire for showing the commercial during the widely watched “Sunday Night Football” program ahead of […]

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Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

AFP

Washington (AFP) – Millions of Americans will be barred from casting ballots in Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections due to electoral rules at the state level, which effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats. Here’s a look at states where these restrictions could impact the poll’s outcome. – 1.5 million Floridians disenfranchised – […]

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Top 5 Reasons Trump’s Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With his seemingly infinite capacity for tone deafness, Trump tweeted on Friday an HBO-style movie poster of himself with the phrase “Sanctions are coming,” referring to the Game of Thrones tagline that “winter is coming,” and thereby menacing Iran. HBO issued a formal complaint against use of its material for […]