The rumors about why Donald Trump won the presidency started mere hours after the media announced his victory. Theories about how and why ranged from political to socio-economic. But actress Zoe Saldana thinks part of the blame lies with one group: Hollywood.
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Trump Supporters Sense Coming Disaster, Don’t Care
This inauguration of Donald J. Trump will be a sad day for many Americans, and perhaps history will prove that it was also a sad day for America. It will in any case be a transfer of political power like none other in the history of the country. It feels like the forerunner to a great catastrophe – something is going to happen and even Trumpians can feel it, even Trumpians know that the bottom is about to fall out, but they don’t care. After all, it is how you make America great again.
Read More »Bush vs Gore, Trump vs Clinton: Voting Rights Violations in U.S. Presidential Elections
Eleven thousand complaints were filed with the Department of Justice about violations of the right to vote in the 2000 presidential election. How many will be filed for 2016?
Read More »Trump Twitter Lie of the Day: Vlad and the President-Elect Against the World
The latest Twitter lie puts him at odds with the CIA.
Read More »A Chilling Tweet from Donald Trump to His Enemies on New Year’s Eve
Trumpt tweets Happy New Year to all, including his "enemies." Just who are these "enemies?"
Read More »Staying Informed in Trump-Traumatized America–A Guide for 2017
Got Post-Election Trauma (or Trump) Syndrome? Don't despair! The best antidote is to stay informed. Presenting a few essential daily reading stops (no fake news!)
Read More »Difference with a Distinction
Over the next four years we’ll all be making comparisons between the new Donald Trump presidency and the soon to be departed Barack Obama presidency.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Should We Fear Russia?’ by Dmitri Trenin
'Should We Fear Russia?' is intelligent, direct, and incredibly timely. Trenin calmly reasons out all the issues, showing us which fears to ignore and which ones we are not paying enough attention to.
Read More »‘I Voted for Donald Trump’ – White Nationalism on the Rise
My wife and I have our passports in order, just recently renewed. The canary in the coal mine for me will be when white nationalists get an invitation to the White House. Then I will know that it is time for me to hat up.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Three
Mr. Trump apparently tapped into this deep-seated, Southern brand of rancor and resentment – the feelings of hatred, bigotry, misogyny, and yes, racism, too, whether overt or covert – in short, the ugliness of it all! – and in the process, unleashed the beast within, the worst in our already tarnished (white) nature. The rest is history.
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