Section: AlterNet (USA)
Nearly 5.2 Million Americans will be disenfranchised in 2020 election due to felony convictions: Study
Despite reforms in many states aimed at restoring ex-felons’ voting rights, an estimated 5.2 million Americans will remain disenfranchised and unable to vote in the 2020 elections, according to a study released Wednesday by The Sentencing Project.According to the new report released by The Sentencing Project—titled “Locked Out...
Rudy Giuliani’s supposed Biden ‘smoking gun’ looks like an obvious Russian propaganda frame-up
On Wednesday morning, the New York Post broke the genuinely unbelievable story about a soggy laptop with a hard drive that contains emails suggesting that Joe Biden had a previously unreported meeting with a Ukrainian businessman … and video of Hunter Biden having a crack-laced party with a sex worker. Because, sure, if you’re going to have...
Trump’s latest harebrained election scheme goes up in smoke
Despite days of a seemingly steroid-addled Donald Trump raving about alleged conspiracies against him on Twitter and to any right wing pundit who would listen, it appears Attorney General Bill Barr — usually so indulgent of Trump’s various crimes and corrupt schemes — has decided not to arrest a slate of Trump’s political opponents on...
The U.S. is playing a dangerous game of nuclear chicken
On August 21st, six nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bombers, representing approximately one-seventh of the war-ready U.S. B-52H bomber fleet, flew from their home base in North Dakota to Fairford Air Base in England for several weeks of intensive operations over Europe. Although the actual weapons load of those giant bombers was kept secret,...
Christian conservative senator slammed for anti-democracy ‘fascism’ tweet
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), a far right wing religious extremist, is under fire after posting tweets attacking democracy. Lee, who recently announced he has contracted COVID-19, posted several tweets during the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, declaring, “We’re not a democracy,” and “Democracy isn’t the...
Blistering report to warn of the ‘grave danger’ posed by Bill Barr and his attempts to get Trump re-elected
Critics of President Donald Trump have been arguing that one of the main reasons to vote him out of office in November is removing William Barr from his position as U.S. attorney general. And the Trump loyalist’s opponents, according to Washington Post reporter James Hohmann, will have some more material to work with: a forthcoming 277-page...
Tens of millions in PPP loans went to corporate polluters after companies were fined $52 million: analysis
I remember as a kid watching President Nixon’s resignation speech on a black-and-white television. That was a simpler and more innocent time. After burglars were caught red-handed breaking into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex, Nixon resigned rather than face almost certain removal by the Senate for covering up the...
Robert Reich: The coming civil war caused by Trump’s megalomaniacal ego
What is America really fighting over in the upcoming election? No particular issue. Not even Democrats versus Republicans.The central fight is over Donald J Trump.Before Trump, most Americans weren’t especially passionate about politics. But Trump’s MO has been to force people to become passionate about him – to take fierce sides for...
When politicians use hate speech, political violence increase
by James Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityPoliticians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s the conclusion from a study I recently did on the connection between political rhetoric and actual...
Trump’s top 10 tricks: Here’s a useful guide to have on hand as the presidential debates get underway
Ready for even more Trumpian disinformation?Cornered by a continuing pandemic, teetering economy and racial strife, President Houdini has been resorting to rhetorical tricks honed over a lifetime to escape political calamity. One way to prepare for this Tuesday’s first debate and his Fall barrage is to reveal Trump’s...
