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Demagogue-in-Chief

Dec 12, 2016
Donald Trump will use the presidency to inflate his personality cult and increase his family’s wealth. Those who do not pay homage to his megalomania, or swell the profits of his financial empire, will be viciously attacked and persecuted.

Right on Cue, Media Begins to Normalize Trump

Nov 14, 2016
There is no "law of journalism" requiring the press -- or Democrats -- to treat a far-right demagogue like any other politician.There is no "law of journalism" requiring the press—or Democrats—to treat a far-right demagogue like any other politician.

Hillary Clinton and America Are Headed Toward a Larger Reckoning That Will Extend Past Election Day

Aug 2, 2016
In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation was at “a moment of reckoning” She’s right, but the reckoning is not simply the choice voters face this fall between her and Donald Trump In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation was at “a moment of reckoning.

Matt Taibbi Warns That an ‘Even Less Responsive Oligarchy’ Could Follow a Trump Defeat

Jul 4, 2016
Another terrifying movement has risen in response to right-wing demagoguery; a University of Michigan professor is suing the U.S. government over "the law that killed Aaron Swartz"; meanwhile, five lawyers are responsible for 440 death sentences. These discoveries and more after the jump.Trump is going to lose this election, then live on as the reason for an emboldened, even less-responsive oligarchy.

Reader: ‘Bernie Sanders Knows Politics Can Save Lives’

Mar 9, 2016
In a letter to The Guardian, a reader looks at the dark legacies of “economic hardship and social deprivation” and sees in Bernie Sanders, who lost several family members in the Holocaust, a presidential candidate who grasps that social security and empowerment can protect a population from the potentially deadly “seduction of scapegoating” minorities and the underrepresented.