Tomgram: Clarence Lusane, Facing a Smart, Confident Younger Black Woman Trump Is Running Scared

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I’m sure you won’t be surprised to learn that Donald Trump has said many remarkable (or rather remarkably off-the-wall) things. Still, the question “Is she Indian or is she Black?” and the idea that the presidential candidate who attended a historically Black college and joined a read more

The Party Platform Racket

While party platforms are usually full of insincere popular promises, this year’s from the Democrats spits in the face of the majority of Democrats who want peace.

Normally, U.S. political party platforms should not be read as outlines of what a party will do if given power. (Lists of donors should be read as outlines of what a party will do if given power.) Platforms should be read as the question section of a beauty contest. (And be grateful there’s no swimsuit section.)

Four years ago, the read more

Why the Genocide Continues

According to the New York Times, U.S. officials say there’s no excuse, on the warmakers’ own terms, for the genocide they are arming:

“Israel has achieved all that it can militarily in Gaza, according to senior American officials, who say continued bombings are only increasing risks to civilians while the possibility of further weakening Hamas has diminished. . . . William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, is due in Qatar on Thursday. Brett McGurk, President Biden’s Middle East coordinator, read more

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Suicidal Act

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The Candidate from Hell The Man of the Moment (And What a Moment It Is!) By

Donald Trump is all too literally the candidate from hell and, yes, he’s threatening to take the United States and the world to — no place else! — hell and back. He’s the greatest danger to this planet imaginable. And I’m not even thinking about what else he’d do, were he to win election 2024 and return to the Oval Office, having read more

Wall to Walz Distraction

Tim Walz was in 2015 part of the successful public campaign to pressure then-President Obama not to bomb every inch of Syria. Tim Walz does not hate China. That seems to be his direct antiwar record.

His pro-war record is longer: He has not opposed any war once it started. He’s not supported any treaty, international law, international court, or sought to hold any U.S. war criminals accountable. He’s famously claimed to support the mass murder and destruction of Iraq even at the height of public read more