Politics

Many Turks believe, rightly or wrongly, that US intelligence knew in advance what would happen on July 15th and didn’t warn the country’s political leaders.

The United States’ reign as an Empire is coming to an end.

A tidal wave of public loathing is growing across the land – toward Trump, the GOP, and the oligarchs they serve; and to the deception, the wealth, and the power that underlies them.  

If we fail to rise up we fail to do our civic duty to protect our very democracy.

Behold the brutal inhumanity of the Trump tornado that “zeroes in on how feeble, confused and impotent his relentlessness can make” vulnerable marks feel.

On the campaign trail, Gillum called for Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, reforming the criminal justice system, repealing Florida’s “stand your ground” law and increasing corporate taxes.

Sanders' populist surge naturally intrigues a wide range of free-thinking, truth-seeking voters, but we are being warned by the Democratic hierarchy that the only way to ward off a Donald Trump-Ted Cruz presidency is to set aside our populist idealism this year and stick with Barack Obama-style.

Majority rule is both a rational philosophy, honoring the universality of human dignity, plus the core western political value for decision-making.

Environmental groups fight Russia’s invasion by hosting refugees, delivering medical supplies and using drones to document war crimes.

So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?