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Paranoid, nationalist ravings, like what comes out of Trump advisor Frank Gaffney, serve to mask the real sedition of Gaffney and the people around him with whom Trump has hunkered down. Just as Trump’s wailing about a rigged election let … Continue reading →

You’re no Tallulah. At his MOMA tribute, Hanks delivers inane happy talk about the state of the US after a week in which Trump has fulfilled every one of the worst fears generated by his hate-mongering campaign. Beware of those … Continue reading →

Joanathan Freedland writes in The Guardian that “The US Will No Longer Feel Like a Haven for Jews Under Trump.”

Yes, his government website now supports Paul Ryan’s bill to end Medicare. Medicaid, too, will be shredded. Read Jonathan Cohn and Jeffrey Young at the Huffington Post. We’re seeing the Trump monster perpetuate the hate plank of his campaign platform, … Continue reading →

Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, writes Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo, “has zero knowledge or experience with anything to do with national security or foreign policy.” So who, of course, is making our NATIONAL SECURITY hires??? You guessed it. Has there been … Continue reading →

Or what I should really say–sees the White House that way. One of the sleaziest, most opportunistic first families ever–now Ivanka’s company is selling copies of her 60 Minutes bracelet.

As in 2004, there are alarming disparities between exit polls and official count. Steven Rosenfeld at Alternet surveys a stinking result.

His remarks demonstrate the level of contempt that Trump and the monsters around him entertain for the U.S. population, especially when we dare rise up and challenge their pitched battle against democracy. Of  course it’s all projection–I mean, who are … Continue reading →

His refusal to lead couched in a sleight-of-hand of spurious politeness. Detached, deferential to power, supine before the opposition. Normalizing extremism. We must remember: President Obama refused to condemn Trump’s appointment of the racist, misogynist, anti-Semitic Fascist Steve Bannon to … Continue reading →

Still no leadership coming from New York, but Senator Merkley  of Oregon sends this: “There should be no sugarcoating the truth here: Donald Trump just invited a white nationalist into the highest reaches of the government. Bannon has boasted that … Continue reading →