From CommonDreamsApart from barely squeezing through the swing states to defeat corrupt, incompetent, lying, corporatist Donald Trump, the Democratic Party had a bad election. Loaded with nearly twice as much money as the Republican Party, the Democratic Party showed that weak candidates with no robust agendas for people where they live, work, and raise their … [Read more...] about Biden Has Ousted a Lying and Corrupt Trump—But That Doesn't Mean Democrats Had a Great Election Day
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What’s the Matter with America
From Shingetsu News Agency TAN (New York) — Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas, joins Paul Jay to answer the question: “why was this election even close”? Transcript Paul Jay: Hi, I’m Paul Jay. Welcome to theAnalysis.news podcast, and please don’t forget the donate button at the top of the webpage. As we are recording this podcast, Joe … [Read more...] about What’s the Matter with America
Socialists Mobilize Nationwide to Demand Democracy
From CommonDreamsWASHINGTON - The much vaunted blue wave fizzled on Election Night but a red wave was swelling — and it wasn’t the GOP’s. Twenty eight of 37 candidates nationally endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the largest group of the organized Left since the 1940s, won office across the country. Many others endorsed at the chapter and … [Read more...] about Socialists Mobilize Nationwide to Demand Democracy
"I'd Put the Heads on Pikes": Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Calls for Beheading of Fauci and FBI Chief
From CommonDreamsIn the middle of a tense election battle in which fears of right-wing militia violence are already running high, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon took the incendiary rhetoric to a dangerous new level Thursday by suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded as a "warning to federal bureaucrats." During an … [Read more...] about "I'd Put the Heads on Pikes": Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Calls for Beheading of Fauci and FBI Chief
'Hopefully Amy Coney Barrett Will Come Through': Trump Legal Adviser Admits Campaign Is Pining for Supreme Court Rescue
From CommonDreamsWith the Trump campaign frantically attempting to challenge vote-counting procedures in several battleground states where the president's early leads have evaporated, a prominent conservative attorney and co-chair of Lawyers for Trump openly admitted in a television interview Thursday that the campaign's ultimate hope is for newly confirmed … [Read more...] about 'Hopefully Amy Coney Barrett Will Come Through': Trump Legal Adviser Admits Campaign Is Pining for Supreme Court Rescue