It’s about more than delegitimizing Trump.
Donald Trump
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From All Class to Jackass
The psychological shock progressives felt on November 8 will be minor compared to the shock they will feel on January 20. Not since Bill Clinton turned the White House over to George W. Bush has their been such a disparity in terms of decency and dignity between an outgoing and incoming President. They may play […]
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No Mercy
Like Salon’s Heather Digby Parton, I can’t quite understand why any Democrat in his or her right mind would agree to work with Donald Trump on anything that would make the 45th President look good: From my perspective it’s too early to know how to react to this freakish psychopath beyond trying to remain as […]
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A Silent Scream at Standing Rock
Stop being surprised by how little coverage the Dakota Access Pipeline protests are receiving in US broadcast and cable media. As I noted last month, were it not for Lawrence O’Donnell and Joy Reid of MSNBC, the efforts by the self-described “water protectors” of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent Energy Transfer Partners–the parent […]
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Check on It
Good on 2012 and 2016 Green Party candidate Jill Stein for trying to confirm the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election. (Stein was interviewed about her effort by investigative journalist Brad Friedman on Thanksgiving Eve.) You can never be too sure, especially these days: An election recount will take place soon in Wisconsin, after former […]
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Sorry, Charlie: The Fiction of “Moderate Republicanism”
One week prior to the 2016 election, I observed that regardless of whether Donald Trump won or lost, “Elected officials who have positioned themselves as ‘reasonable’ Republicans (think Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Maine Senator Susan Collins) won’t be able to pull off that particular gambit for much longer.” In the case of the former, […]
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We Won’t Normalize
We’re horrified too. Not just by the ascension of the most unqualified individual ever to capture a major American party’s nomination to the White House. Not just by the Confederate coalition that will comprise his Cabinet. Not just by the hate crimes that have occurred nationwide since November 8. We’re horrified by the mainstream media […]
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A New World for For-Profits
Trump’s election has huge ramifications for protecting consumers as higher education moves into a new era of for-profits.
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Trump’s Public and Private Positions
How are we (or our allies) supposed to know what Trump is actually going to do?
