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
Social Justice/社会正義
Whoever Wins, This Election Is Not the End of Trumpism
From JacobinThe results are still being tallied, but the electoral contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is far tighter than polls had predicted. An estimated 160 million votes were cast, making for a voter turnout of 67 percent—a level not seen since the election of … [Read more...] about Whoever Wins, This Election Is Not the End of Trumpism
With Prop 22’s Passage in California, Tech Companies Are Just Writing Their Own Laws Now
From JacobinOn Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 22, a ballot measure backed by app-based “gig” companies that exempts them from classifying their estimated three hundred thousand workers as employees. Included in Proposition 22’s fine print is a requirement … [Read more...] about With Prop 22’s Passage in California, Tech Companies Are Just Writing Their Own Laws Now
Robert Fisk Was a Reporter Who Brought the Wars Home and Shaped the Thinking of a Generation
From JacobinWhen word got out last weekend that the veteran British journalist Robert Fisk had died in a Dublin … [Read more...] about Robert Fisk Was a Reporter Who Brought the Wars Home and Shaped the Thinking of a Generation
Listening To Trump Leaves Me Speechless
From CommonDreams"Well, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Please sit. Thank you. This is without question the latest news conference I've ever had. Thank you. I appreciate it very much. And I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support, millions and millions of people voted for us tonight. And a very sad group of people is … [Read more...] about Listening To Trump Leaves Me Speechless