By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whether Trump wins or loses (and in my view there isn’t much chance he can win), he will leave behind a toxic legacy of increased racial and religious hatred, which he has deliberatedly stirred up in order to take the focus off his policies– policies that […]
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Top 5 urgent Climate Change/Election Stories MSM Suppressed
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed
By Michele Gilman | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump touts that as president he would be good for American workers. Although many of his plans are vague or possibly harmful, there is one clear outcome of a Trump presidency: with the power to appoint Supreme Court justices, Trump promises to continue a conservative […]
Emails and Groping: Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All Hallow’s Eve, contracted now to Halloween, became conflated with the Scottish and Irish pagan Samhain, the harvest festival marking the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. It was an in-between time, when the barrier between this world and the next shimmered and let […]
Does Trump’s lag prove the end of White Christian America?
Robert P. Jones | The Atlantic | (Video News Report) | – – ‘The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications. At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic—and the backlash from many members of the […]
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