Plenty of Trumpists have contacted me since yesterday saying Giuliani’s press conference proved the Democrats stole the election. Whatever, folks. The Russiagate of the Right.
Now it’s the Repugnicans turn to spend four years whining about a moderate Republican is really a dictator is on the horizon. The same way the Democraps did for the past four years.
By Bill Lind, Traditional Right As of this writing, the outcome of the Presidential election is uncertain although it appears Biden will “win”, thanks to questionable vote totals from urban areas. The Senate looks as if it will remain Republican, and the Democrats have held onto the House […]
Dave Rubin’s program has interesting interviews at times, but he’s just become a neocon puppet at this point. He’s being used by the neocons to create the “next conservatism.” Kim’s critique of the Left is spot on although, fortunately, we don’t need the Left. We just need the […]
The most “left-wing” an AOC administration would be might be something comparable to the mild social-democratic populism of Cristina de Kirchner. More likely, it would be similar to what a Ted Kennedy regime might have been if Mr. Chappaquiddick had ever gotten himself elected president. The best thing […]
The gist of this article is that Trumpism actually has nothing to do with fascism but could possibly, kinda sorta, be a stepping stone to fascism, maybe. Sometimes I think these “anti-fascist” people actually want fascism to happen so they can have something to feel heroic and/or self-righteous […]
Jacobin contributing editor, Matt Karp, discusses what shifts in the Democratic coalition mean for the future of the party.
A split between the neocons and Trumpists at FAUX News. Hopefully, some serious bloodletting takes place.
Usually about half of eligible voters actually participate. This time it was two-thirds. By Annie Goldsmith, Town and Country record number of Americans turned out to vote in this year’s presidential race between President Donald Trump and now President-Elect Joe Biden. Biden just won the presidency with over […]
When Trump was elected, there were liberals and leftists call for a reversal of the election by the Electoral College as well. By Tom Porter, Business Insider President Donald Trump has asked aides about a plan to remain in office by subverting the Electoral College, The New York […]
So Chad Himmler defies the orders of the Orange Fuhrer? This has got to be the most limp-dicked “coup attempt” in history. By Steven Nelson, New York Post Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf is defying President Trump’s order to terminate election cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs, […]
The most immediately obvious problem with this article is that it merely makes the left-opposition into an appendage of the Democratic Party (to the degree they are not already) held captive by rightwingophobia. Although a valid point the article makes is that the neocons will indeed attempt to […]
This is a somewhat interesting analysis from a left-communist/an-com/Bordigist perspective. Listen here.
A pretty good discussion of the demographics of US electoral politics from a paleoconnish perspective. I expect to the Republican Party to take more leftward drift in the future and develop elements that more closely resemble European Christian Democrats (very mild social democratic rhetoric couched in quasi-religious terms) […]
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative It’s time for a new electoral map, one that colors the states according to what Donald Trump thinks should happen to the votes there. So make Pennsylvania and Michigan lavender since Trump wants their counting to stop. Arizona can go mauve since […]
With the exception of Obama and maybe Jimmy Carter, he was the most liberal president in US history.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti share their thoughts on what will happen after all 50 states certify their election results.
The voters said no to the neocons? Jacobin Editor-A-Large, David Sirota, discusses how the Lincoln Project’s goal to “reduce Republican Trump support” may have actually backfired
A pretty good discussion of automation is included in this. Founder of Humanity Forward, Andrew Yang, reacts to the results of the 2020 election. He also discusses his hope for the future of UBI.
Trump out of power but as a permanent thorn in the side to both the Democrats and Republicans might actually be a positive thing, particularly if he starts his own TV network to undermine FOX.
I suspect the neocons are planning to find someone they can use to harness the energy of Trumpism toward their own ends, but without the loose cannon of Trump himself. In fact, I’m certain of it. They were successful at embedding themselves in the administration to a large […]
This is pretty good. Some good attacks on the neocons. Saagar Enjeti explains the dangers of the calls to cancel or render every person who has ever worked for Donald Trump as unemployable.
By Lois Karel I didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, nor for Clinton (had done lots of research on the Clinton Crime Family). I didn’t have a high opinion, or much of any opinion, about Trump before he “mistakenly” got elected. It was only when I saw that […]
This article is more or less advocating that the Republicans reinvent themselves as the equivalent of European Christian Democrats. Like the war profiteers, corporate plutocrats, and Israeli/Saudi functionaries who run the GOP are ever going to take that seriously. I think it’s quite likely the Repugs might shift […]
If anything, Trump has moved things leftward. His voters this time were the most diverse of any Republican voters ever. He has made protectionist and isolationist rhetoric nominally acceptable among conservatives, and he has pushed the left further left in their reaction against him. Krystal Ball explains why […]
The main thing I get from this analysis is that “left-libertarian” ideas (broadly defined) are actually rather popular even if they have no political representation.
The spectrum of “mainstream” US politics could be defined as follows: Recycled Ted Kennedy liberals + wokeness (AOC) Recycled FDR liberals (Bernie) Neoliberals (most Democrats) Moderate Republicans (whether de jour like Romney or de facto like Biden) Blue Dog Democrats/populists/assorted weirdos (Trumpists) Neocons (right-wing Trotskyites aligned with the […]
If Trump managed to “destroy FOX News” he really would be performing a public service.
This is an absolute must-read. By Randi Nord The United States is in for some dark times and I find it hard to be optimistic right now. Over the past four years, neoconservative and neoliberal factions of the ruling class previously at odds (at least publicly) have put […]
The US continues to drift leftward in virtually every social and cultural category. The amount of “diversity firsts” in the election was significant and even Trump voters were more “diverse” this time around than they were in 2016. The only major group with which Trump lost voters were […]
He got co-opted by neocons on foreign policy and by neoliberals on economics. Imagine that. Saagar Enjeti lays out who is to blame for Donald Trump’s election loss.
The further left the Democratic candidates, the better they seemed to do. The distinction between the economic left and the cultural left is important as well. Krystal Ball explains the “caveats” that come along with Joe Biden’s victory in the Presidential Election.
Trump’s 2020 performance improved over his 2016 performance among virtually every demographic EXCEPT honkies and crackers. The discussion of the “diploma divide” is interesting. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the election results, they also weigh in on President Trump’s refusal to concede.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Donald Trump has made the American left fucking stupid. I honestly can’t think of a more eloquent way to put it than that. In one of histories most vicious ironies, the greatest legacy of Orange Man Bad may […]
By NATASHA KORECKI, ALEX ISENSTADT, ANITA KUMAR, GABBY ORR, CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and MARC CAPUTO ,Politico Brad Parscale was on the phone with President Donald Trump and top White House officials in mid-February when someone on the line asked the campaign manager what worried him the most. Parscale, speaking […]
A senior White House aide says US President Donald Trump has no plans to immediately concede his possible election defeat.
Trump has always reminded me of Silvio Berlusconi, who also ended up in prison after a term as the Italian Prime Minister.
Glenn Greenwald joins to discuss the election (taped on Thursday), leaving the Intercept, and more. Matt and Katie ponder the future of both parties after a tightly contested result.
Nothing except some token wokeness. The Left is like some barfly that hooks up with some rich dude hoping to become the lady of the house only to get used and tossed.
Their five years of pretend Trumpism aside, it’s obvious FOX can’t wait to be rid of Trump. The last thing the right-wing of the ruling class wants is a head of state that even mildly fakes isolationist/non-interventionist or anti-neoliberal views on foreign policy and economics, thereby popularizing and […]
Do we need a head of state? Does the United States of America need a president?
At some point, the US will likely have to convert to a consociational system in order to avoid complete fragmentation. In fact, I suspect the ruling class will eventually come to see such a system as a possible alternative to the dissolution of the mother country of the […]
I’ve always thought that the neocons who pull the strings at FOX and many of their talking heads were closet anti-Trumpers who had to pretend to be Trumpists in order to keep their ratings up with their nursing home/trailer park coalition audience. Now they’re throwing Orange Man under […]
Biden was/is the anointed candidate of the ruling class whose administration will be the Obama/Bush regime rolled into one. But of all eligible voters, 1/3 voted for the opposition, 1/3 voted for a third party or didn’t vote at all, and the majority of Biden voters think Trump […]
They didn’t “fail” if Biden wins. It may be true that the general public doesn’t care what a bunch of warmed-over Bushies think, but it doesn’t matter if they’re the ones pulling the strings. The goal of the Lincoln Project and other similar efforts was to create a […]
To ask the question is to answer it. We are presently one state’s electoral votes away from a ruling class unity regime. The Bush and Obama regimes rolled into one.
By Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute Election Day 2020 finally arrived, and it looks like it’s going to be a long process before the official winner is finally determined. There will be lawsuits over which ballots will be counted. Both sides will be accused of fraud and of other misdeeds. […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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