The Guardian view, Editorial Donald Trump’s presidency has been a horror show that is ending with a pandemic that is out of control, an economic recession and deepening political polarisation. Mr Trump is the author of this disastrous denouement. He… Continue Reading
By Thomas Neuburger* – DownWithTyranny! I’m working on a book-length project that includes a look at our soon-to-be post-Trump world. These are preliminary notes for that part of the project. 1. The World Without Trump won’t be a world without… Continue Reading
Jill Filipovic, Art Cullen, Lloyd Green and Malaika Jabali (* ) – The Guardian Trump offered little vision and barely any policy, while Biden was solid. The president needed a win, and he didn’t get it Fri 23 Oct 2020… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post Centuries ago, Christendom was accustomed to the periodic existence of “antipopes.” They were clerics who, whether through spiritual conviction or political machinations, challenged the designated pontiff with rival claims to the top seat in the… Continue Reading
By Charles H. Clavey* -Boston Review The Frankfurt School on the appeal of authoritarianism—and how to counteract it. A number of recent books have put the methods of the social sciences in the service of understanding Trump, his movement, and… Continue Reading
By Anwar Mhajne, Crystal Whetstone(*) – Foreign Policy Around the world, emergency powers are chipping away at democracy—sometimes with public support As the pandemic’s death toll rose throughout the spring, many countries took aggressive measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Governments instituted national emergencies and travel… Continue Reading
By Ewan Palmer* – Newsweek Followers of QAnon are jubilant after President Donald Trump failed to denounce the baseless conspiracy theory, which claims that leading Democrats are satanic pedophiles, during NBC’s Town Hall. The president frequently claimed he knows “nothing” about the… Continue Reading
The Ecconomist An international comparison IN HIS NEW book Casey Mulligan offers an intriguing explanation for why President Donald Trump makes outlandish economic claims. Mr Trump knows he is hyperbolising when he says that America has enjoyed “the greatest economy… Continue Reading
By David H. Freedman – Newsweek The first three “nodes” of the conspiracy-theory network known as QAnon arose in 2018 in the persons of founders Tracy Diaz, Paul Furber and Coleman Rogers. They had figured out how to profit from promoting… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad and John Ross (*) – Independent Media Institute U.S. President Donald Trump—supported by most of the U.S. establishment—deepened the U.S. government’s assault on the Chinese economy. The “trade war” seemed to play well with Trump’s political base, who somehow… Continue Reading
The Economist The president is back after being hospitalised with the virus. But the pandemic may weaken the Republicans’ push to confirm Amy Coney Barrett PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP returned to the White House in triumphant mood on the evening of… Continue Reading
By Ariel Dorfman* – The Atlantic One tiny mark on a ballot, and then one more, and then yet another forged a better, luminous collective future in a not so distant land. Can you recognize this country? In a momentous… Continue Reading
Nesrine Malik* – The Guardian The president will not show humility, or respect for the 200,000 US dead. But the fatigue on his face is a testament to his limits If the past few days in US politics were a… Continue Reading
By Thomas Frank* – Le Monde Diplomatique, English edition Both political parties in the US believe the other side is plotting a takeover of the nation that will end American democracy. The panic, fear, ranting and scolding has reached unbearable… Continue Reading
By Marina Hyde* – The Guardian Maybe the real victims of the president’s diagnosis are his MAGA disciples who don’t believe the virus even exists Well, it’s definitely a plot twist. Like a lot of people who sat through Tuesday’s… Continue Reading
By John Cassidy* – The New Yorker As the reverberations from Tuesday night’s shambolic Presidential debate echoed around Washington on Wednesday, Senator Tim Scott, of South Carolina, the sole Black Republican in the upper house of Congress, called on President Donald Trump to correct… Continue Reading
Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) (Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com) Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee grilled Michael Pack, who President Trump recently appointed to head the US government’s state propaganda arm, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).… Continue Reading
The Guardian Donald Trump set the tone for a brawl that offered a bleak picture of American democracy Lloyd Green, Derecka Purnell, Geoffrey Kabaservice and Art Cullen Geoffrey Kabaservice*: ‘There were no winners’ As this annus horribilis grinds toward its… Continue Reading
By Ana de Liz – Newsweek The co-author of the business advice book The Art of The Deal said President Donald Trump has committed one of the greatest tax frauds in IRS history, after The New York Times revealed that the president paid just $750… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* – Other News The creation of a Palestinian State remains a pipe-dream After the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, The League of Nations mandated that Britain administer Palestine. The London administration was… Continue Reading
