10 December 2016

‘Mattis Exception’ Included in Appropriations

Gen. James Mattis

[Photo: General James Mattis]

By Rowan Wolf

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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Senate passed the House’s appropriations bill with some negotiations to keep the government functioning until April 2017. This appropriations is important to Donald Trump’s plan for his cabinet. In particular it affects the eligibility of his nominee for Secretary of Defense (SecDef) General James Mattis.

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9 December 2016

Trump’s Second Gilded Age: Overcoming the Rule of Billionaires and Militarists

"Celebrity" Apprentice

[Photo: Celebrity Apprentice screen shot]

By Henry A. Giroux

Editor's Note
We are seeing a big move in not just glorifying ignorance and incompetence, but elevating a false narrative that these can take one from the gutter to the pinnacles wealth and power. Many of those who voted for Trump may feel the same sense of adulation for his cabinet picks as they do for him. What is particularly dangerous is the growing normalization of outrageous and obscene assaults, and an environment where there are neither facts or truth and therefore no baseline of evaluation; no hope of anything but an anemic critique. Our ability as a nation to meet this challenge may determine whether we survive or not, for most will not survive a catastrophe of a totally corporate world lacking all controls of wealth, exploitation, or corruption.

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6 December 2016

5 Ways to be a Silent Trump Protestor

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By Patti Mulligan

Editor's Note
Patti Mulligan does us all a service with this essay. I have heard many people say “What can I do?” Generally with the implication that they are just one person, and there is little to be done – even collectively – to keep our elected officials accountable.

I would recommend that you call, email, and write representatives beyond your own – particularly party and committee leadership, and particularly Republican representatives. Let me forewarn you that you are going to have to fudge a bit on your residence as the system is set up to ONLY let people within a representative’s district contact them. This is true even with those in leadership positions (i.e. Ryan and O’Connell) who are supposedly representing all of us. You will need to identify the zip codes and cities/towns for those representatives. It is not hard, just look at where their district offices are (this is right on their contact pages). Further, you can coordinate with friends and family and “adopt” half a dozen (plus party leadership) and they are your’s to contact, inform, cajole, and hold their feet to the fire.

Create and Resist!

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