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Noam Chomsky: Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump
Noam Chomsky: Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump
As the 2020 election race heats up, U.S. politics, the nation’s political culture as a whole, and even the future of organized human life are at a crossroads. Another four years of Donald Trump would deliver nightmarish blows to democracy and social rights, handing an unthinkable mandate to a president who has become notorious for undermining virtually everything of decent value to humanity.
RSA ANIMATE: Economics is for Everyone! – YouTube
How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong…
How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong…
I don’t think running a deficit is necessarily bad. I don’t think the size of the U.S. debt is a danger.
Convince me I am wrong.
This video helps explain my position.
How To Deconvert Conspiracy Theorists – Parts 1 &2 (Epistemology & Demarcation) – YouTube
Is Pete Buttigieg Just a Shill for Corporations and the Donor Class? | Common Dreams Views
Is Pete Buttigieg Just a Shill for Corporations and the Donor Class?
Why has Buttigieg flipped from being a putative progressive to being perhaps the most conservative, pro-corporate Democrat remaining in the field? A good place to start would be to follow the money… Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, the fourth-largest town in Indiana, is the shiny new object in the race to become the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2020.
How to spot a pyramid scheme – Stacie Bosley – YouTube
The 2020 Election Will Be a War of Disinformation – The Atlantic
The 2020 Disinformation War
Deepfakes, anonymous text messages, Potemkin local-news sites, and opposition research on reporters-a field guide to this year’s election and what it could do to the country One day last fall, I sat down to create a new Facebook account.
‘I Need to Claim My First Victim’: Alleged Neo-Nazis’ Violent Plans for Virginia Rally Revealed – VICE
‘I Need to Claim My First Victim’: Alleged Neo-Nazis’ Violent Plans for Virginia Rally Revealed
The pro-gun rally in Virginia on Monday could have been a bloodbath if the FBI hadn’t arrested three alleged members of the violent neo-Nazi organization The Base last week. Court documents released Tuesday show how alleged Base members William Garfield Bilbrough IV, Patrik Jordan Mathews, and Brian Mark Lemley Jr.
The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as ISIS – VICE
The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as ISIS
The FBI has elevated racially-motivated violent extremism to a “national threat priority,” in yet another sign that the U.S. government has finally woken up to the threat posed by white nationalists and neo-Nazis at home and abroad.
A Complete Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Support | Psychology Today
A Complete Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Support
Whether we want to or not, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What is most baffling about it all is Trump’s apparent political invincibility.