Tag Archives: US Politics

John Brennan in the spotlight again. This is a deliberate mischaracterization of what Brennan was actually doing. He was spying on the members of the rival party to gain a political advantage. This is how police state operates. Whatever the facts, and there are very few reliable facts based on evidence on the table so far, it's clear that Russiagate is political. According to a recent CBS Poll, a majority of Americans (57%) now believe that “Russia tried to interfere in the 2016...

Polarization.GallupTrump Presidency Draws Strong Support, Stronger Opposition Jim Norman

The U.S. political research firm that commissioned a dossier on Donald Trump while he was running for president said on Monday it would not comply with subpoenas issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. ReutersFirm behind Trump dossier declines to respond to House panel's subpoena Mark HosenballAlso The three co-founders of Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm responsible for overseeing the creation of the infamous “Trump dossier”, will refuse to comply with a...

“If current trends continue for another 20 or 30 years, democracy will be toast.” It isn't toast already? The next iteration, burnt toast? Vox 20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They're scared. Sean Illing See also Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics—which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of interest-group pluralism, Majoritarian...

The billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch spent much of the eight years of the Obama presidency stoking fears about the budget deficit. Their political network aired an unending cascade of campaign advertisements against Democratic politicians, sponsored several national bus tours, and paid organizers in communities across the country to mobilize public demonstrations, all focused on the dangers of increasing the deficit. One such ad even warned that government debt would lead to a...

In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled extreme partisan gerrymanders unconstitutional. But without a reliable test for identifying unfair district maps, the court has yet to throw any out. Now, as the nation’s highest court hears arguments for and against a legal challenge to Wisconsin’s state assembly district map, mathematicians are on the front lines in the fight for electoral fairness. Simple math can help scheming politicians draw up districts that give their party outsize influence, but...

"There's a coalition coming together that is going to challenge every Republican incumbent except for Ted Cruz," Bannon told host Sean Hannity on Fox News' "Hannity" on Monday night.…  "There's a basic agenda that Trump ran on and won. He carried states Republicans haven't carried in living memory — Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. This agenda works. The American people voted for it," he said in part."By the way, [Mitch] McConnell would not be majority leader unless Trump — in North...

From accusations of Trump campaign collusion to Russian Facebook ad buys, the media has substituted hype for evidence. Aron Maté makes a case that we have been making here at MNE for a long time. Amazing how long this can be sustained without substantiation. It doesn't speak well for the critical thinking skills of Americans, if in fact most are being taken it by the sleight of hand. There is a huge difference between allegations and evidence, especially when those making the allegations...

Apropos in light of all the furor over "Russian influence," what about Israeli influence through the American neocons? Philip Giraldi had the temerity to ask and found that it is not only politically incorrect, but it is also a firing offense.The Unz ReviewHow I Got Fired Philip Giraldi | former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, and a founding...

The shoe drops. The Hill Kasich: I can't support the GOP if it doesn't reformMallory Shelbourne