2016 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Solomon Jones looks at the violence of Trump’s supporters and finds that it’s deju vu all over again. Recalling the man who sucker-punched Rakeem Jones, he writes in part:
“The next time we see him we might have to kill him.”
Such was the price of dissent.
And in Trump’s America, that could very well be the price again.
Read the rest.
Primary Dolors, Reprise 0
In a column written before yesterday’s primaries but accurately anticipating the outcome as regards Little Marco, Daniel Ruth looks for lessons in the demise of the Rubio campaign and finds a few. Here’s one:
As we inch closer to Tuesday, here’s what we’ve learned.
We’ve learned that not all nasty, backstabbing, relentless negative advertising campaigns are equal.
Follow the link for more.
The Chicago Riots 0
Chauncey Devega was at the Chicago rally for Donald Trump, the one that was purportedly canceled for “security concerns.” He says it has been grievously misrepresented. An excerpt:
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At Friday’s rally in Chicago, the members of the “silent majority” that Trump speaks for were made, at least for a few hours, to realize that other Americans actually have a voice too. Of course, this moment will only encourage their right-wing politics of racial resentment, hatred, nativism and revanchism. The Trumpeteers now have a story to tell of black and brown savagery in the evil “Democratically controlled” Chicago. This distorted version of events will resonate throughout the Fox News right-wing disinformation machine. Those Trumpeteers at his planned Chicago rally will spin tales of being imperiled by “Mau Maus” and “Commies.” In reality, they were never in any real danger. And like Trump’s other events, the fights and scuffles that did take place were mostly instigated by his supporters.
Follow the link to read (or listen to–he also made this into a podcast) the full report.
Your Third Grade Teacher Told You So 0
Spelling is important, regardless of your career choice.
Unknown hackers still managed to get away with about $80m, one of the largest known bank thefts in history.
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No End in Cite 0
At Above the Law, Elie Mystal mulls over whether Donald Trump can be charged with “incitement to violence” in connection with one of his supporter’s “sucker punching” a protester and concludes “no.” Mystal applies the Hollywood super villain standard to illustrate the reasoning:
He’s not throwing cash in the streets and watching people fight over it, like Jack Nicholson’s Joker. He’s giving middle class people the moral authority to blow up some undesirables, like Heath Ledger’s Joker.
Follow the link for the details.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Update: Open tag fixed.
More evidence that a polite society is a clean society.
According to a press release — the man was cleaning a gun when he accidentally shot himself in the chest.
