Published in TheConsortiumnews (link to article) Exclusive: Most Wall Street bigwigs sided with Hillary Clinton in 2016 but now have adroitly shifted affections to Donald Trump whose populist rhetoric is giving way to another super-rich bonfire of the vanities, explains Mike Lofgren. During the 2016 campaign, pundits claimed that Donald Trump’s proposed economic policies would bring…
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Trump, Putin, and the Alt-Right International
Published in The Atlantic (link to article) In boosting Trump and funding fringe parties in Europe, Russia has helped construct a new kind of “comintern”—and it’s even more effective than the Cold War version. One of the double-edged aspects of being a writer is that you can become known in all kinds of unlikely circles….
How Do Voters Judge the Candidates on Truth? New York Times
By The New York Times (Link to article) What We Saw During Tonight’s Debate How Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton looks to Times Opinion writers — before, during and after. Comment 2016-09-26T23:04:32-04:00 September 26, 2016 11:04 PM ET How Do Voters Judge the Candidates on Truth? By Mike Lofgren Lyndon Johnson lied about Vietnam; Richard…
The Toxic Myth of US Innocence: From “The Deer Hunter” to Donald Trump
Thursday, 15 September 2016 Truthout Link to article The death of film director Michael Cimino in July of this year stimulated a great deal of commentary on the concept of the flawed genius. His obituaries typically focused on his film Heaven’s Gate, which has become a byword for bloated, self-indulgent, glacially paced, but visually arresting…
Patriot Games
Published in BillMoyers.com (Link to article) History may not repeat itself exactly, but there’s something eerily familiar about the DNC email leaks. Citizens of other countries are worried about presidential candidate Donald Trump’s friendly rhetoric toward Vladimir Putin. Kestutis Girnius, associate professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius said this…
How the Right Tears Down America
Published in the Consortium News ( Link to article) America surely has problems, but the Republican Right tends to ignore its role in causing them and now – under President Obama – exaggerates how bad the situation is, writes former Republican staffer Mike Lofgren. Barton Swaim, former speechwriter for Mark Sanford, the walking governor of…
Trump, Reagan and Fascism: Frank Rich and the Pitfalls of Historical Analogy
Published in the Truthout (Link to article) Donald Trump is greeted by President Ronald Reagan at a 1987 White House reception in Washington, DC. (Photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library) Truthout remains a vital counterpoint to the mainstream news. Keep grassroots media thriving, make a tax-deductible donation today! Analogies are one of the most seductive and…