Tag Archives: Trump

(blog.seniorennet.be) We may be witnessing a new world being born inside the hollowed-out shell of the American system.  By Tom Engelhardt Tom Dispatch (3/27/16) The other week, feeling sick, I spent a day on my couch with the TV on … Continue reading →

  Twiddle Dum and Tweedle Dee. (www.teapartytribune.com) By Sarah K. Burris Raw Story (3/24/16) The GOP is doing everything it can to try and take down Donald Trump. Wednesday, Paul Ryan made a half-hearted attempt to attack Trump. But the … Continue reading →

It was New York in the early 1970s. He arrived in a white Cadillac convertible. And had no cash to pay for dinner… By Lucy Klebanow Salon (3/23/16) It was the early 1970s. I was about 23 at the time … Continue reading →

Extreme political movements like Trump’s often go hand-in-hand with street violence. By Daniel Marans & Ryan Grim  Huffington Post (3/17/16) Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday floated the idea of paying the legal fees of a white supporter who sucker-punched a … Continue reading →

Republicans’ antiquated chest-pounding comes across as more pathetic than powerful. By Jessica Valenti The Guardian (3/24/16) For all of the unexpected turns 2016 has held for Republicans, one thing is certain: this year will be remembered as the election season that … Continue reading →

(www.salon.com) “How many times can you write that the same statement is untrue? At some point, the lie stops being news.” By Seth Stevenson Slate (3/20/16) On March 11, an hour before the scheduled start of a Donald Trump rally … Continue reading →

Group’s name based upon quote by fascist leader Benito Mussolini. By Michale Garofalo Salon (3/18/16)  A pro-Donald Trump group calling itself the “Lion Guard” (not to be confused with Disney’s “Lion King” spinoff of the same name) is using social media to “identify … Continue reading →

Republican frontrunner met the newspaper’s editorial board to talk about Isis, protesters, race, freedom of the press … and his ‘normal hands’ The Guardian (3/22/16) The Washington Post has published the entire transcript of a meeting between its editorial board … Continue reading →

(www.pinterest.com) The Trump phenomenon isn’t just about coarsening and stupidity: His political practices are precisely what the founders feared and Lincoln warned against. By Peter Wehner The New York Times (3/19/16) “I THINK you’d have riots.” So said Donald J. Trump … Continue reading →

A rundown of the best reporting on Donald Trump over the years. By Sarah Smith ProPublica (3/15/16) If elected president, Donald Trump has promised to “open up” libel laws so he can sue news organizations like they’ve “never got sued … Continue reading →

(Editor’s Note: Yikes, talk about missing the story! I find it significant when one of the few media groups with any scrap of remaining integrity misses something like this. It is reflective of a certain obtuseness in the media that … Continue reading →

(Washington Post / Getty Images) Nobody in the world has more contempt for Trump supporters than Donald J. Trump himself. By Max Jackson Huffington Post (3/16/16) The first thing I saw of him was his hair. I was sitting three … Continue reading →

By J. Freedom du Lac Washington Post (3/16/16) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that a contested GOP convention could be a disaster if he goes to Cleveland a few delegates shy of 1,237 — and doesn’t leave as the … Continue reading →