Category: ELECTIONS
Shaun King: Real Justice PAC Supports Honest DAs, Fights Police Brutality
Police shootings and other deadly police brutality occur too often, and often the District Attorney lets it slide. These are the DAs many police groups back in elections. The Real Justice PAC supports their opponents. Shaun King shows what we're up against ... Read More
Fahrenheit 11/9: A Message for the Democratic Establishment From Michael Moore
(October 2, 2018) Michael Moore's new documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 begins with footage of a street rally/party for Hillary Clinton on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, interspersed with Democratic establishment politicians and pundits claiming confidently that Donald Trump is never going to be president. Moore argues that the Democratic Party establishment miscalculated and compromised too much. They paved the way for Trump ... Read More
Fake News, Real News, Custom News: Facebook Information Bubble v. Flipboard
From Facebook to Flipboard. Nowadays, everyone has a custom news feed. We live in an information bubble, many in a fake news bubble. A fake news coccoon is dangerous ... Read More
Millions of Illegal Immigrants Committed Voter Fraud, Trump Insists
Trump insists that he would have won the popular vote, were it not for those millions of illegal immigrants and others who committed voter fraud. How stupid is this? Let me count the ways ... Read More
The Safety Pin: My Pledge of Intolerance to Bigotry, So Bullies Beware
I pledge intolerance to bigotry. I will wear a safety pin as long as Trump is president, as a warning to any bullying Trump-supporting bullies ... Read More
Last Chance to Prevent Fascism in America: The Electoral College
Wake up, America! This is not alarmism -- the Electoral College is your last shot at preventing fascism in America ... Read More
The First Days After Donald Trump Wins the 2016 Presidential Election
Trump wins the 2016 presidential election. He is now the president-elect. Five days later I'm still reeling ... Read More
2016 Presidential Election: Trump Is the Presumptive Republican Nominee
We are halfway the 2016 presidential election campaign and Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. When will he become presidential? ... Read More
Trump is the Republican Candidate: It’s a Bit Late to Face American Fascism
American fascism has led to this: Trump is the Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election. He shows all the signs of a wannabe fascist leader. Have we passed the point of no return? ... Read More
Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist or Social Democrat? Why It Matters
Bernie Sanders is not a democratic socialist -- he's a social democrat. What's the difference? ... Read More
Under a President Trump, Would Democracy Survive or Would Fascism Win?
(02-03-2016, updated 07-14-2018) What if Trump became president? Is America's democracy at risk? Would the American political system hold? Trump came in second in the Iowa caucus. Many pundits predict that this is the beginning of the end for Trump, but who knows. This is just the Iowa caucus; there's a lot more to come ... Read More
Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and his Campaign Demagoguery
Angry goldfish and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made scapegoating the main theme of his campaign demagoguery. This is when high school history education comes in handy, if you've had any ... Read More