Category: trumpsterfire

Trump Threatens to Roll Back Obama’s Cuba Policy – The New York Times

In a post on Twitter, he said he would “terminate” the pact President Obama made if Cuba is unwilling to make “a better deal for the Cuban people.” (via Trump Threatens to Roll Back Obama’s Cuba Policy – The New York Times) I’m going to guess that the “better deal for the Cuban people” he… Continue reading Trump Threatens to Roll Back Obama’s Cuba Policy – The New York Times

Noam Chomsky Drops Truth Bomb on Trump’s Election

Noam Chomsky Drops Truth Bomb on Trump’s Election

If Clinton had won – she had some progressive programs,” he continued. “The left could have been organized to keeping her feet to the fire and pushing them through. What it will be doing now is protecting rights that have already been achieved from being destroyed. That’s completely regressive.

Americans keep looking away from the election’s most alarming story

Americans keep looking away from the election’s most alarming story

U.S. intelligence agencies determined that the Russian government actively interfered in our elections. Russian state propaganda gave little doubt that this was done to support Republican nominee Trump, who repeatedly praised Vladimir Putin and excused the Russian president’s foreign aggression and domestic repression. Most significantly, U.S. intelligence agencies have affirmed that the Russian government directed the illegal hacking of private email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and prominent individuals. The emails were then released by WikiLeaks, which has benefited financially from a Russian state propaganda arm, used Russian operatives for security and made clear an intent to harm the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

This is so much worse than any of the Clinton email or Clinton Foundation stories. It should be investigated.

Stop Being Trump’s Twitter Fool – POLITICO Magazine

Haven’t any of these people raised children? Don’t they know about bait and switch? Have none of them been paying attention to Trump’s Twitter strategy for the past 17 months? For anybody who has read a half-dozen of Trump’s tweets, the pattern is obvious. He compiles these tweets precisely in order to elicit strident protest.… Continue reading Stop Being Trump’s Twitter Fool – POLITICO Magazine

Americans keep looking away from the election’s most alarming story

Americans keep looking away from the election’s most alarming story

Part of the Russian operation’s success is that we cannot measure the effect. Did the DNC emails depress the Sanders vote for Clinton? Did the Podesta emails turn off independents? Would voters have responded differently if major media had reported the email releases not as legitimate news but as an intelligence operation by a hostile foreign power aimed at undermining the integrity of U.S. elections? There are no clear answers. But there are certainties: The email operation increased negative stories about Clinton, fueled an immense propaganda attack and diminished coverage of actual issues. The large polling lead Clinton gained after the debates slipped significantly under this barrage of negativity — even before FBI Director James B. Comey’s bombshell.