Marc Jampole: The Sedition of Mr. Trump
3rd debate score: cool Clinton wins, Wallace wins, Trump stumbles, sniffs & commits sedition. Newscasters and commentators who analyze the candidates’ performance and the public’s reaction immediately after presidential debates … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Donald Trump — The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism
Americans are not offered major-party candidates who have opposing political ideologies or ideas. We are presented only with manufactured political personalities. We vote for the candidate who makes us “feel” … Continue reading
Michael Moore: Is Trump Purposely Sabotaging His Campaign?
Friends, Donald Trump never actually wanted to be President of the United States. I know this for a fact. I’m not going to say how I know it. I’m not … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Bully
Trump replaces “scratch & sniff” with “lie & sniff” in losing both debate and truth contest. I began noticing Donald Trump sniffing about a third of the way through the … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Where do the two candidates stand on the issues?
Here is an issue-by-issue comparison of the two leading presidential candidates’ positions. One represents the most progressive national program in the history of this country, the other a hodgepodge of … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: KABLAM!!
Debate predictions: Media face 3 moments of truth & the “birther” becomes a quitter. The news media would like to cast the upcoming presidential debates as an Armageddon-like battle for … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Bamboozled by the Media (Again)
Newsworthy: Quack gives a clean bill of health to conman. Not newsworthy: HRC talks about real path to citizenship Mark Twain would have changed the names and turned it into … Continue reading
Ellen McGrath Smith: Politics
Thank you, red, blue, and purple map on TV, for showing us as we truly are, smaller than the people in the Lexus ad, smaller when separated from the whole; … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Trump May Win
How many people voting for Trump have been brainwashed by mainstream news media to dislike Hillary? Yesterday evening I witnessed something frightening. The masterful jazz trombonist Robin Eubanks was performing … Continue reading
Khaled Bedouin and Asha Mohammed Nour: Fear of a Black and Brown America
Make America Great Again spells fear of a black and brown US, where racist rhetoric will graduate into racist policy. “What the hell do you have to lose?” Donald Trump … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Trump May Do Some Good
“I really have to say that Donald Trump has done something that’s been very good for me.” I stare at her, unable to eke out a sound. Ellen and I … Continue reading
Robert Reich: The Real Threat to American Sovereignty
“Without a border, we just don’t have a country,“ Donald Trump says repeatedly. For him, the biggest threats to American sovereignty are three-dimensional items that cross our borders, such as … Continue reading
Michael Moore: 5 Ways To Make Sure Trump Loses
Over the past few days, a number of polls have come out showing Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by double digits, including in blue collar states like Michigan (10%) … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders: I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me.
The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun. In the primaries, I received 1,846 pledged delegates, 46% of the total. Hillary Clinton received 2,205 pledged delegates, 54%. … Continue reading
