Category Archives: 2016 Election

Dear Democratic Party, W.T.F. really … W.T.F. — were you in denial about the possibility of this defeat.

Posted on November 9, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers President Ham Sandwich defeats a highly qualified woman in the US 2016 POTUS election. Many voters decided that voting against something was so much more important than the possibilities of voting for something. Now expect years and … Continue reading →

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Election Day 2016 – Some Thank Yous

Posted on November 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

Status of Women’s Voting Rights 1913 U.S. Election Day 2016 It’s customary to thank all the people who helped you reach a milestone, so on behalf of all the Americans who voted today for the first time for a woman … Continue reading →

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TCS: WHY VOTE? Poetry Tells Us What All the Polls Leave Out

Posted on November 7, 2016 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! ______________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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“Strategy of Tension” week almost over at the factory for Conspiracy-Theory Machines

Posted on November 4, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers They’ve broken out of mothballs or scraped the bottom of the barrel of favorite CTs, only this time it seems the FBI has decided, in their best J. Edgar finery, that tension at the polls needs a … Continue reading →

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Vote-trading is nothing like spouse swapping in key swing states

Posted on October 29, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers There are some thought experiments that arise each election cycle and the regularity of the question does raise other useful questions that would take far too long to resolve. For example, the issue of why an Electoral … Continue reading →

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Trumpism becomes a tense ethno-nationalist party of werewolves, There!

Posted on October 27, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Blame-gaming escalates as Election Day approaches and the Crème brûlée is about to crack. Brown, White, and Black Eggs matter to founders’ states of baker’s dozens. If all politics is local, all racism is localism. Expect a term … Continue reading →

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Trump gets first major newspaper endorsement (sort of)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The 2016 election demonstrates why newspaper editorial endorsements of candidates might not (ever) make any difference but at least Trump has one, finally; even if the paper is owned by Sheldon Adelson. Follow Jon Ralston @RalstonReports BREAKING: First … Continue reading →

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Send in the Trumpian overlords

Posted on October 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Will Trump turn the election into a snuff film — his bread is in the form of debt, but regardless, the GOP will be toast after the election.  Berlin, 1945 Trump flak tower for Alamo rent-a-wrecks   One might very well … Continue reading →

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After Trump’s defeat, a new American Warlordism

Posted on October 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Trump’s now inevitable loss will signal perhaps a Democratic age for at least two years until the residual misogyny gains yet another mid-term resurgence of reactionary fervor as they did in 1994 (class), 2010 (race), and 2018 (gender). … Continue reading →

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Cadet Trump Mongers War: more George C. Scott & Gregory Peck than Patton & MacArthur

Posted on October 11, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Why Trump only mentions two generals: Patton and MacArthur. Did he lose it at the movies: Patton (1970) and MacArthur (1977). Breitbart comes over the Southern Border for your Wildlife Refuge   Trump’s generational fascination with the Playboy … Continue reading →

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