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Orange Gasbag’s Strategy of Tension continues with RWNJ classics … flag burning, HUAC …
By ann summers Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 The current political … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Conspiracy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, HUAC, Media
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Orange Gasbag’s alt-white consequences of “peaceful ethnic cleansing”
the other white-majority nation-meat By ann summers Like other civil conflicts involving ethnic cleansing, the fevered fantasies of some Americans can all go sideways quickly, even as their cults have existed informally and formally in US history. Now we have … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, History, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged alt right, american apartheid, Donald Trump, Media, Politics
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Trump’s neo-feudal minarchism: voting for the wrong lizard with a $#!+ load of dimes
“That must be Lord Farquaad’s castle… Do you think he’s maybe compensating for something?” By ann summers Profane male TV gasbag seems so much more appealing to that ethno-nationalist base than lifelong feminist policy wonk. And then there’s Trump’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascists/Corporatists, History, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Racism, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, minarchism, neofeudalism, Politics, Steve Bannon
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Fidel is Dead – only Trumpists could claim that Orange Gasbag’s election killed Castro
Fidel Castro devoted his life to bringing down America. On Nov 9, he lost all hope, knowing he’d never be able to compete with Donald Trump. — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) November 26, 2016 By ann summers Trumpian post-truth … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Media, Memorial, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged castro, Conspiracy Theories, Cuba, Media, Politics
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Orange Gasbag’s soft despotism: Emoluments Clause & Mrs. Claus
By ann summers Trump on his businesses/conflict q’s: “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” â Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016 So apparently Executive Privilege is simply a version of Absolute … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Financial, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Politics, soft despotism, spoils system, U.S. Constitution
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There will be a Trumpian war, but will it win its Berlusconi time slot
By ann summers Truck Nutz Nation will get its war, what becomes important is that while there will be protest, resistance (and enlistment), and ultimately destruction and death regardless of outrage, the consequences and aftermath must be anticipated. After all, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Genocide, Government, History, Homeland Security, Italy, Media, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged bannon, Berlusconi, Department of Defense, deplorables, Donald Trump, KKK, nihilism, Racism in the United States, War
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Neoliberalism’s death rattle cult … it still moves, come and grab … its truth
By ann summers “We can’t be sure how many people really support Trump, Edsall reports, since there’s considerable evidence that they aren’t telling pollsters the truth. Voting for Trump, it appears, is something white people do in the shadows. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Austerity, Capitalism, Celebrity, Corruption, Economic Policy, Economics, History, Media, Neoliberals, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, neoliberalism, Politics
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Hailing the Western Imperium, How Trump’s lingua quartii imperii defeated HRC’s quants
By ann summers We now know how the ruling class will rule: on the backs of middle-class folks and delivered like any media ratings audience where the Brexit-style message resonated to an ideologically stable population sub-group that had been data-mined because … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Anti-Semitism, History, Media, Polls, Presidential Elections, Sociology, Uncategorized
Tagged demography, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, statistics
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Safety Pins As Both Hope And Resistance
by NICOLE PLYLER FISK Since Donald Trump was declared President-elect of the United States in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, I’ve wandered around like Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series, which I’m currently teaching at a state university — … Continue reading
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