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Category Archives: Immigrants
like Trotsky opening up a taco truck in front of Trump’s Walk of Fame star.
By ann summers The millennials’ remake of “up from socialism” might be embodied in the call to “Abolish ICE”. The question is for whose cause is it more effective. If one believed in the lessons of GOP marketing, “Abolish ICE” has … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Government, Immigrants, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Propaganda, Socialism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged democratic socialism, Democrats, GOP, ICE, Immigration, Media, Politics
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Trump’s southern border wall seems more like Nehemiah’s Dung Gate
By ann summers The travails of Prexy Nehemiah Dennison are many, but his minions certainly built enough roads to Moscow during the election, and his golf-day yesterday with Sean Hannity brought perhaps more advice about spinning more southern border wall … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Christianity, Countries, Foreign Policy, Fundamentalism, Government, History, Immigrants, Judaism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged border, DACA, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, Religion, trump
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Stephen Miller: demography sans democracy
By ann summers Stephen “dont call me Space Cowboy Maurice” Miller has shrewdly used his time to feather his own WH nest by controlling immigration policy while his noisier counterpart Steve Bannon was fighting with everybody else. One can … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Anti-Semitism, Celebrity, Civil Rights, DHS, DOJ, Germany, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Holocaust, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Nazis, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, United States, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Holocaust, Media, Nazis, Politics, stephen miller, Steve Bannon
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Trump trapped by his own prevarications
By ann summers The protests against those protesting Confederate statuary removal are justified to eradicate the “… systematic propaganda campaign to advance the racial cause of the Confederacy”, despite Trump’s apparent and continued sympathy for it using false equivalence. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Civil Rights, Fascism, Government, History, Immigrants, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Racism, Society, United States
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Today in Heightened Contradictions … McMaster bait
By ann summers The national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has removed three NSC aides loyal to Trump aide Steve Bannon in the last three weeks. Bannon allies inside and outside the administration have fired back, starting rumors that McMaster is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Countries, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Holocaust, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, stephen miller, trumprussia
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So many Trump mistakes, so little time left
By ann summers Joshua Green’s book Devils Bargain contains a hypothetical about Bannon’s failure to drive yet another wedge in the Democrats is a bit fantastic because the havoc aimed at immigration was always a much easier lift at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Congress, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, GOP, Media, Politics, Steve Bannon, White House
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Pilot Fish and Zombies: G20 and why Trumpian Mad Cows have eaten our brains
By ann summers The pilot fish is sometimes used as a metaphor or simile; “they are like the pilot fish to the shark, serving to lead him to his victim”. Pilot fish are also used as a metaphor or simile … Continue reading
Ann Coulter has Berkeley speech canceled and claims “censorship” but as always it’s about the money
By ann summers Crowd hisses at Ivanka Trump in Berlin after suggesting her father is âÂÂa tremendous champion of supporting familiesâ https://t.co/S5zZYiS48epic.twitter.com/OzmQiuMk75 â CNN International (@cnni) April 25, 2017 Fascinating fascism in the society of the spectacle … Much … Continue reading
Posted in alternative facts, California, Courts, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Government, History, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, United States
Tagged Ann Coulter, Berkeley, California, Conspiracy Theories, DeVos, Donald Trump, Free Speech, Koch Brothers, Politics, UC Berkeley, YAF
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a Moat of their Own: Bannonism’s neo-reactionaries & other new-age fascists
By ann summers Under Bannon’s influence, the Trump administration is shaping up to be much more ideologically extreme than many people were expecting. “[Bannon] has spectacularly grand ambitions, to transform our country and its place in the world,” … … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, Immigrants, Libertarians, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged bannon, Donald Trump, Media, neoreaction, Politics
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Moron unwinding the administrative state (of travel, among other things)
By ann summers “During the first week of the Muslim-ban, foreign business travel dropped by an astounding 185 million dollars. European flight searches for the United States have dropped by 11.6%, “ @powellnyt “I did not have sex with that wo…, communication … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, alternative facts, American History, Celebrity, Conspiracy, Economics, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Immigrants, Libertarians, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror", War on Drugs
Tagged Media
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