Yearly Archives: 2016
Conspiracy theorist in chief: Trump lie about 2 million illegal votes is only the...
Trump’s conspiracy theories were so attractive that they won him the election. They could even win him a second.
Former deputies sentenced to prison for beating mentally ill man
Branum and Brunsting were each found guilty of conspiracy to violate civil rights, deprivation of civil rights with bodily injury, and falsification of records for preparing reports that tried to justify their use of force against the victim.
Democracy Now! Special: Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump’s victory
While Sanders lost the primary, he has not given up the fight.
Trump’s con exposes ‘change-at-any-price’ delusions
“Change” is neither easy nor free and that makes Trumpism, without vetted programs, no more than empty rhetoric. Who but the Trumpster makes 282 unrealistic campaign pledges?
Seeking the true path
If people are not afraid of violence, they are genuinely free to seek their true path.
Cuba: Now that Fidel is gone, what comes next?
The incoming Trump administration is leaning toward confrontation and not accommodation in its dealings with Havana.
Trumping The Times
Fear and servility in midtown Manhattan.
Trump’s absurd plan to dismantle government’s protections
This is not an approach to governing, it is about dismantling what government is for so that an already-wealthy few are free to fleece, scam, harm and pollute in the name of greed.
The slow, painful death of the TPP
Did the decision by proponents of the TPP to push ahead with their deal almost certainly cost Hillary Clinton the election?
Will Trump roll back efforts to normalize relations between Havana & Washington?
Trump has vowed to withdraw from diplomatic relations if he believes his new demands go unmet in the future.