Section: AlterNet (USA)
Paul Krugman Exposes What’s Behind the Cruel Politics Killing Pregnant Women in Texas
Trump did not invent mean-spirited policies. After a great deal of commentary on the presidential election, Paul Krugman takes it local in Monday’s column. Specifically to Texas where a deeply upsetting trend is taking hold. The mortality rate for pregnant women in the Lone Star state has doubled in recent years, and is now comparable to...
Paul Krugman Exposes What’s Behind the Politics of Cruelty Killing Pregnant Women in Texas
Trump did not invent mean-spirited policies. After a great deal of commentary on the presidential election, Paul Krugman takes it local in Monday’s column. Specifically to Texas where a deeply upsetting trend is taking hold. The mortality rate for pregnant women in the Lone Star state has doubled in recent years, and is now comparable to...
Trump Dirty Trickster Roger Stone: How ‘Hero’ Assange Could Help Our Campaign
In a C-SPAN interview, the conspiracist reveals he’s been in touch with the WikiLeaks founder regarding Clinton emails—and when to dump them on the media. In an interview that aired Sunday on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program, Roger Stone, the off-the-books Trump adviser, reiterated his claim that he has been in touch with WikiLeaks...
11 Dangerous Right-Wing Kooks, Cranks and Operatives Surrounding Donald Trump
It used to be that people like this only got backstage passes to the GOP’s big doings. Now they’re part of the show. Since the 1980 takeover of the Republican Party by its right wing, backstage passes to party proceedings and hijinks for its kooks, cranks and stealth operatives has been the norm. Think professional woman-hater about...
In Major Shake-Up, Trump Hires Breitbart Exec and Citizens United Propagandist Bannon to Lead Campaign
Stephen K. Bannon is best known as the writer/director of such films as ‘Torchbearer,’ which features scenes of horrific violence. In what is being billed as a major campaign shake-up, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has hired Breitbart News Executive Chairman from AlterNet on Steven K. Bannon and his recent movie,...
Did Trump Campaign Manager Reap Millions in Stolen Ukrainian Wealth?
Manafort’s name appears in “secret ledger” obtained by corruption investigators, according to the New York Times. The bromance between Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has been one of the oddities of the 2016 presidential campaign. Aside from Trump’s praise of Putin—even when reminded of the murders of...
Watch: Trump’s Last 6 Major Controversies Unravel in Under 3 Minutes
The veiled threat of assassination was just the latest in a series. Donald Trump’s downward spiral since the Republican National Convention just keeps going, and the GOP nominee won’t recover according to TPM in an August 8 article titled: “No Longer a Bounce.” His latest vile suggestion that “Second Amendment...
If Trump Loses the Election, the First Week of August Will Be Blamed
He got away with racism and xenophobia, but insulting a gold star family may be Trump’s last straw. It turns out there’s a line that even Donald Trump can’t cross with impunity.In the course of the most bizarre 14 months in modern American political history, Trump has mocked a disabled reporter, insinuated that Mexican...
Larry Wilmore Rips Trump’s Surrogates for Their Desperate Attempts to Make Him Seem Sane
“It’s like having to defend Jeffrey Dahmer…” Larry Wilmore, host of “The Nightly Show,” doesn’t know how much longer Trump’s surrogates can continue to defend their candidate’s inexcusable behavior. Following his feud with the Khan family, reluctance to endorse top GOP officials, and an interview...
America’s Top Spies and Analysts Warn of Real Threat of a Trump Presidency – 5 Leaders Who Have Spoken out
The CIA’s one-time acting director joins a growing list of former intelligence and military officials alarmed by The Donald’s ignorant, nuke-happy, saber-rattling rhetoric. Starting next week, Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump, the two major-party candidates for the presidency of the United States, will begin receiving national...
