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Fearmongering has always fueled Donald Trump’s rhetoric. Yet his Project Fear strategy for winning this election is setting off alarms. Of course, there’s nothing new about his brand of populism. But no other politician has threatened “retribution” against Americans so boldly and effectively. Trump has everyone from politicians to CEOs cowering in fear, hoping to… Read more.
Dr. West’s campaign: A Spoiler in the Making Dr. Cornel West entered the 2024 race fully aware of the damage a third-party run could do. Ralph Nader spoiled Al Gore’s chances in 2000, and Jill Stein spoiled Hillary’s in 2016. But West naively believed he could attract voters who never touched a Democratic or Republican… Read more.
Evangelical leaders sold their souls to Trump in 2016, making Faustian bargains for political power. Under their apostate leadership, Christian nationalism has gone from fringe to mainstream, and is now a potent force threatening American democracy. The infamous Project 2025 is their blueprint for transforming America into a theocratic dystopia. Gone are the core tenets… Read more.
MAGA Republicans are so obsessed with the “feminization” of America that they’re passing laws to control women in every aspect of their lives. Just yesterday, their Republican-controlled Supreme Court upheld laws gutting Title IX provisions that protect women from discrimination in schools. Trump and the White Christian nationalists behind Project 2025 for America believe women… Read more.
Macron fending off National Rally offers a lifeline for Biden Sunday’s French election results had the world all atwitter. Polls had predicted Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally would win an “absolute majority.” That would’ve humiliated President Macron’s centrist alliance and a mishmash of leftist parties. Instead, the New Popular Front, a rebranded leftist coalition,… Read more.
