The Good News: Everyone now knows Trump is planning a coup d’etat
See, 1) Barton Gellman, “The Election That Could Break America; If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and…
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EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Madame Dumbina, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Trump appoints elephant to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Vacancy and the Democratic Campaign
Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Trump dominates the news, and Democrats are losing
Trump’s fascist government response to Congressional review of fascist police actions in Portland
Biden’s mistakes with Latinos may cost him the election
Covid-19 in the U.S.: How can we grasp the significance of “200,000 deaths”?
What do Trump and the election have to do with international law, politics, and security?
You cannot make plans for additions to your house while there is a bulldozer outside, with its engines revving, actively engaged in tearing down your…
Democrats fold in stimulus negotiations with McConnell
The newspapers bring a new chapter every day in the ongoing saga of the Democrats’ failure to negotiate federal stimulus payments for the unemployed. Today,…
Democrats abandon the unemployed
See Eli Rosenberg and Heather Long, “Congress left town and let jobless benefits lapse; Unemployed Americans say they won’t forget it; About 28 million people…
Trump’s blatant assaults on democracy continue (Updated)
Updated September 15, 2020 The American people have been pummeled by Donald Trump’s outrages, and lethal incompetence, for almost four years. Now it is obvious…
Should Biden Debate Trump?
For background, see “Biden’s Challenge: How do you campaign against a fascist liar?” The Trenchant Observer, August 29, 2020. Should Biden debate Trump? It would…
Biden’s Challenge: How do you campaign against a lying, neofascist cult leader?
On lies and Truth, see 1) Margaret Sullivan, “Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential; It’s also increasingly fruitless,” Washington Post, August 29, 2020 (7:00…
Raw Power: Only a threat of immediate impeachment can constrain Trump
Democrats live in a world where rational analysis, legal and Constitutional norms and procedures, and pure decency determine–or should determine–the outcome of political struggles. Yet…
In Belarus, Lukashenko appears to resume repression
For background, see “The democratic flame ignites in Belarus (Updated), The Trenchant Observer, August 14, 2020 (updated August 17). RUSSIA AND BELARUS On the eve…
The democratic flame ignites in Belarus (Updated)
Updated with latest dispatches, August 17, 2020 (02:50 a.m. EDT). See 1) Friedrich Schmidt, “TELEGRAM-KANAL NEXTA LIVE: Gegen den Trash https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/belarus-telegram-kanal-ist-zentral-fuer-demonstranten-16907720.html Lukaschenka; Ein Telegram-Kanal mit…
Why aren’t House Democrats preparing articles of impeachment for Trump?
See, Erwin Chemerinsky, “Trump just made another huge and illegal power grab; Be very alarmed, Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2020 (9:55 AM). Since his…
Biden’s VP Choice Could Win or Lose the Election
Update: August 11, 2020 See Alexandra Petri, “Team Biden wishes it had known something was slightly wrong with every woman before promising a female,” Washington…