Category Archives: Trump

Supporting Racism, Misogyny, Hate Pays Off

Remember when you were young and your parents tried to teach you right from wrong? Remember how your parents taught you that if you ran around with people who lied and cheated and hated you were no better than those … Continue reading

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Open Letter to the GOP

The following “Open Letter To The GOP” was written by NanceGreggs as a rant on democraticunderground.com earlier this week. It says out loud what many Americans are feeling and fearing: Open Letter to the GOP Subject: Donald Trump Query: What … Continue reading

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Tess Rafferty: Aftermath Of 2016

From the youtube posting of this video: Tess Rafferty wrote this piece on November 10th, 2016, 48 hours after the election. I (Steve Cohen) suggested we put the post on film. Together with Aaron Barrocas we created this video. Since … Continue reading

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Some Electoral Math

I am no mathematician and hold no claims to be. This last election results sure raise a lot of questions that real math wizards and analysts of electoral politics everywhere are going to be pouring over for a long time. … Continue reading

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Iowans And The Potential Dismantling Of Social Security And Medicare

Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got Til it’s gone. They take paradise and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Hard to believe that anyone over 60 would have voted … Continue reading

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Video: Trump Praises Hillary

From 2008: Videos like this make it pretty plain that Donald Trump’s candidacy is purely a lark. He stands for nothing. His motives are personal and profit driven. Trump has no interest in governing, and little interest in even learning … Continue reading

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What The Iowa Republican Party Supports

There you have it. Iowa’s Republican Party has over and over reiterated their support for Trump. The fact that the Iowa Republican Party supports Donald Trump should not be a real surprise. We have a governor who wants to act … Continue reading

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“There Were No Witnesses”

That is a quote from Donald Trump denying that he committed the dozen or so episodes of sexual assault on women that he is accused of. Of course there weren’t, you dolt. Sexual assault is not usually something that you … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama Responds To Trump’s Misogyny

In case you missed this, Michelle Obama gives a great speech in Manchester, New Hampshire Thursday. While Trump’s name is not mentioned, it is fairly clear who she is speaking of. Be warned this is a powerful speech that had … Continue reading

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Aghast As Iowa Republicans Double Down On Trump

Most people have a mother, sister, daughter, aunt or grandmother. Most of those same people would not want those relatives to be molested by any man no matter what that man’s stature was. Whether the victim is a relative or … Continue reading

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