Wednesday, August 31, 2016
#Election2016: The year of two Democratic Party sheepherders?
Playing the Lesser Evil Game to the Hilt
No woman, no drive: The Podesta-Clinton-Saudi connection #WednesdaWisdom
Hillary Clinton, the Podesta Group and the Saudi Regime: A Fatal Menage a Trois
Debbie Wasserman Schultz used every opportunity to disadvantage Sanders, including vote suppression & outright fraud
Why Hillary is the Perfect Person to Secure Obama's Legacy
Over a barrel: Inquiry into Saudis’ 9/11 involvement means Kingdom will dump $750 billion in assets held in US
Gareth Porter: The Classified '28 Pages': a Diversion From Real US-Saudi Issues
Monday, August 29, 2016
Citizens should not stop scrutinizing Clinton just because Trump is unfit for office--just the opposite
Greenwald: Journalists Should Not Stop Scrutinizing Clinton Just Because Trump is Unfit for Office
Clearly MSDNC or the Clintonistas wrote this smear piece since they have no positive program to run on except fear
Jill Stein Thinks There Are 'Real Questions' About Vaccine Safety, in Case You Were Voting Green
Sunday, August 28, 2016
.@DrJillStein calls out corp ruses & marketing schemes pitched to children; gets smeared by MSDNC & Clintonistas
Hit job: Now Jill Stein Thinks Wi-Fi Might Be Hurting Kids
The road to World War III is paved with the well-intentioned columns of folk like Nicholas Kristof
The road to WWIII is paved with good intentions | OpEdNews
Every large US bank has admitted to the Justice Department that it committed felonies during the ’08-’09 crisis
New Economic Perspectives - Dedicated to modern money theory (MMT) and policies to promote financial stability and the attainment of full employment.New Economic Perspectives | Dedicated to modern money theory (MMT) and policies to promote financial stability and the attainment of full employment.
William Black: How to rob a bank (from the inside, that is) | TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript | TED.com
Robbing banks by management pays: to the tune of eleven trillion dollars. How many zeroes is that?
http://www.ted.com/talks/william_black_how_to_rob_a_bank_from_the_inside_that_is/transcript
http://www.ted.com/talks/william_black_how_to_rob_a_bank_from_the_inside_that_is/transcript
Purple issue: Big money has reduced Congressional Reps. and Senators to mid-level phone marketers
STOP Act - David Jolly for Congress
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Obamacare’s Faltering for One Simple Reason: Profit
"Follow the money." Great critique of ACA/Obamacare from the left.
US power elite is rooted in a self-righteous doctrine that stipulates: America is the “indispensable country.”
The bloody legacy of American Exceptionalism - American Herald Tribune
New York Times: purveyor of the obvious. Impact for #Election2016?
The Election Won't Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked. - The New York Times
A bold idea that fires the imagination of voters is much preferable to, “Vote for me, I’m not Trump.”
Here's a Bold Idea for Hillary's Troubled Campaign
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
This sounds a little too much like: “If elected, I will stop being corrupt.”
Bill Clinton says he will leave Clinton Foundation if Hillary is elected president - LA Times
Janet Yellen thinks the US is near full employment. I think irony just died.
Yellen Says U.S. Near Full Employment, Some Slack Remains - Bloomberg
The liberal error: opposing the war but not the system that flings the US into endless wars
How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
Bernie’s #OurRevolution kickoff was woefully weak on the sorrows of US military imperialism
Regime Change in Libya Mirrors Iraq: Both Efforts Led to Failed States and Destabilized Region
A party divided against itself (reliant on both high-income donors and low-income voters) cannot stand
The Scourge of Neoliberalism: Why the Democratic Party Is Failing the Poor | Common Dreams
Friday, August 26, 2016
“Good News,” says Sanders, as McConnell signals no lame-duck vote on TPP, punting it to next administration
'Good News,' Says Sanders, as McConnell Signals No Lame-Duck Vote on TPP
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Thursday, August 25, 2016
A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence Zinn Education Project
Ray Raphael: How common people shape the fight for their own independence
http://zinnedproject.org/materials/a-peoples-history-of-the-american-revolution/
http://zinnedproject.org/materials/a-peoples-history-of-the-american-revolution/
What's Wrong With Amazon | Teaching for Change Bookstore
Amazon has a $600 million contract to build a cloud computing service for the CIA
http://www.tfcbooks.org/whatswrongwithamazon
http://www.tfcbooks.org/whatswrongwithamazon
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements: Palestinian cinema has so much to offer the world
Love, theft and other entanglements de Muayad Alayan (Palestine) - YouTube
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The Debate We Need: Gary Johnson vs Jill Stein
The Debate We Need: Gary Johnson vs Jill Stein #BoycottTrumpClinton
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/30/the-debate-we-need-gary-johnson-vs-jill-stein/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/30/the-debate-we-need-gary-johnson-vs-jill-stein/
Reagan era Treasury Secretary Weights In… Trump vs. Clinton: A Summation
Trump vs. Hillary: A Summation : Information Clearing House - ICH
The Two People In the World Trump Listens to Most
The New York Times has called Trump's son in law Jared Kushner Trump's de facto campaign manager.
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of a real estate king in Manhattan married Jared, the son of a real estate king in New Jersey, in 2009.
Jared's fatherCharles B. Kushner spent a year in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Chris Christie brought charges of corruption and bribery against the elder Kushner, in a case that grabbed national headlines. And we wonder why Christie is not the vice-presidential candidate...
What are the Kushner Family's politics? Jared's parents were the biggest contributors to Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. As Lizzie Widdecombe points out in a recent issue of The New Yorker, "despite the acrimony of the current campaign, Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are close friends of Ivanka and Jared."
One of Hillary's first social acts as Senator was to attend shabbat at the Kushners' house. That's how valuable they were to her in 2000.
Jared's background is Wall Street Democratic, not terribly different from Donald Trump's politics. He bought the New York Observer in 2006 and began to fall under the tutelage of Rupert Murdoch. Widdecombe continues:
Owning the Observer made Kushner an arbiter of status in the city. A former business associate recalled, “I’m sitting in Jared’s office, and he’s ranking the one hundred most powerful people in real estate. Trump was No. 38. A secretary came in with a Post-it note that said, ‘Donald Trump on line one.’ He looked at it and smiled and said, ‘Tell him I’ll call him back.’ ”
J'accuse…! Hollande has gone off the rails. It’s up to world public opinion to reverse the #BurkiniBan
French Police Force Woman To Remove Burkini In Public - YouTube
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
The left needs fresh ideas and a new language if it's to win again | Opinion | The Guardian
Rutger Bregman: The left needs fresh ideas and a new language if it's going to win again
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/socialism-left-hard-well-morally-superior-right
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/socialism-left-hard-well-morally-superior-right
The Gilded Rage: A Conversation With a Trump Supporter That Will Surprise You
This ==> "The Gilded Rage" (Alexander Zaitchik): A conversation with a Trump supporter that will surprise you
When will Dems acknowledge their failure to court the nominal base instead of taking it for granted?
Will Progressive Democrats Ever Support a Third Party Candidate?
In bragging to “take out terrorists,” Obama sounds more like a mafia don than the US president.
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump's Thuggery
Let's be honest: Trump’s particular brand of maliciousness does not not appear out of nowhere
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump's Thuggery | The Nation
Sometimes the truth hurts: How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump’s Thuggery
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump's Thuggery | The Nation
2011: What shifted when President Obama took full credit for killing Osama bin Laden
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump's Thuggery | The Nation
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump’s Thuggery
It's difficult to analyze the entire system if I'm stuck in blue-hat vs. red-hat partisanship
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-obama-helped-lay-the-groundwork-for-trumps-thuggery/
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-obama-helped-lay-the-groundwork-for-trumps-thuggery/
What happens when we grow accustomed to the violence that bombards us from all directions
How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump's Thuggery
Monday, August 22, 2016
Democrats and Republicans are the only pro-war parties left—another reason to: Open Up the Presidential Debates
Petition to Open Up the Presidential Debates - RootsAction
Petition to Open Up the Presidential Debates - RootsAction
Imagine Pepsi & Coke saying, "We've decided no other drink warrants your consideration." Open The Debates!
2014: Who signed the billion dollar no-bid contract with loathsome prison privateer CCA? How Things Work
Uncovering a $1 Billion Deal to Detain Unauthorized Immigrants - ProPublica
Petition to Open Up the Presidential Debates - RootsAction
Candidates who are on enough ballot lines to be elected president should be included in the debates
http://rootsaction.org/featured-actions/1262-petition-to-open-up-the-presidential-debates
http://rootsaction.org/featured-actions/1262-petition-to-open-up-the-presidential-debates
Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate | The Nation
Voters have a right to hear directly from their possible choices for the highest office in the land.
https://www.thenation.com/article/jill-stein-should-be-part-of-a-4-way-presidential-debate/
https://www.thenation.com/article/jill-stein-should-be-part-of-a-4-way-presidential-debate/
Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate | The Nation
Indy campaigns popularize "radical" ideas such as Social Security & civil rights for all Americans.
https://www.thenation.com/article/jill-stein-should-be-part-of-a-4-way-presidential-debate/
https://www.thenation.com/article/jill-stein-should-be-part-of-a-4-way-presidential-debate/
Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold
Chronicle of a Corporate Presidency Foretold (At least Obama waited until after the '08 election...)
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/22/clintons-transition-team-corporate-presidency-foretold
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/22/clintons-transition-team-corporate-presidency-foretold
What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, "Never Trump"?
The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/22/what-does-it-mean-when-war-hawks-say-never-trump
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/22/what-does-it-mean-when-war-hawks-say-never-trump
Blood in Honduras, Silence in the United States | Boston Review
Death squads, just like in the '80s: Blood in Honduras, silence in the United States
http://bostonreview.net/world-us/lauren-carasik-blood-honduras-silence-united-states
http://bostonreview.net/world-us/lauren-carasik-blood-honduras-silence-united-states
Evidence Points to Another Snowden at the NSA
1. Snowden's leaks served a public good
2. DNC leaks exposed corruption in the Democratic Party
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/38721-focus-evidence-points-to-another-snowden-at-the-nsa
2. DNC leaks exposed corruption in the Democratic Party
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/38721-focus-evidence-points-to-another-snowden-at-the-nsa
Our Nuclear Procedures Are Crazier Than Trump | Foreign Policy
Words vs. policy: Our nuclear procedures are crazier than Trump
Adding Up the Costs of Hillary Clinton’s Wars
Clinton often costumes military intervention in the philosophy of "responsibility to protect," or "R2P."
Clinton: Africa must launch tough economic reforms | Reuters
How do we get over something that's still going on? (See quote at end of article.)
Hillary Stuffs Entire U.S. Ruling Class Into Her Big, Nasty Tent | Black Agenda Report
New (or second) home for the ruling class?: Hillary Stuffs Entire U.S. Ruling Class Into Her Big, Nasty Tent
Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It’s Important
Adolph Reed seems to think that "Vote For the Known Nightmare" is a good strategy. Do you?
The Case Against the Supreme Court: Erwin Chemerinsky says justices side with powerful and privileged.
@CDWGallison SCOTUS, almost unerringly throughout its history, sides with the wealthy, the privileged & the powerful
So casual: US international policy enabling slaughter by its junior partner
Acceptable Losses, by Andrew Cockburn | Harper's Magazine
America Is Complicit in the Carnage in Yemen - The New York Times
Stop the Slaughter!: America Is Complicit in the Carnage in Yemen
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Sexist press coverage of Olympic sportswomen—a new high in low. #ClosingCeremony
Watch: Anchor slams sexist press coverage of Olympic sportswomen and rightly so
Third parties aren't 'spoilers'. They're at the cutting edge of democracy. Open The Debates RootsAction.org
Third parties aren't 'spoilers'. They're at the cutting edge of democracy | Kevin Zeese | Opinion | The Guardian
“Populism:” what elites call policies supported by ordinary citizens that they don’t like.
Neoliberalism has had its day. So what happens next? | Martin Jacques | Opinion | The Guardian
Once we were innocent. #SundayMorning Annie Oakley
Barack Obama: Hillary talking like she's Annie Oakley - YouTube
Ready, fire, aim: The American Bias For War, by Paul R. Pillar
The Bias for Action in U.S. Foreign Policy | The National Interest Blog
Saturday, August 20, 2016
The Drone of Political Theater: 2016’s DNC and RNC
Jingoistic shouts of "U-S-A!" filled both corporate conventions this year. Pot. Kettle.
http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2016/08/the-drone-of-political-theater-2016s-dnc-and-rnc.html
http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2016/08/the-drone-of-political-theater-2016s-dnc-and-rnc.html
Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantánamo - The New Yorker
Troubling: Indefinite detention, instituted by Bush, became normalized under Obama :'-(
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/why-obama-has-failed-to-close-guantanamo
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/why-obama-has-failed-to-close-guantanamo
Neither Trump nor Clinton will close Gitmo. What say the other candidates? RootsAction.org Open The Debates
Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantánamo - The New Yorker
What's the relationship between US support for a coup and the Honduran murder rate?
How Hillary Clinton and "American Power" Paved the Way for Shocking Violence in Honduras - In These Times
Hillary Clinton Declares, "I Believe in Science" - Scientific American
If Hillary believes in science, then why does she support fracking?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hillary-clinton-declares-i-believe-in-science/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hillary-clinton-declares-i-believe-in-science/
Friday, August 19, 2016
Bill Clinton’s War on the Poor (AKA The Hillary Plan)
Putting Bill in charge of the economy? No thanks.
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