In a New York Times opinion piece, Ian Allen explains that in order understand why white supremacists back Donald Trump, we only need to view their reading material.
"The books act as a kind of binding agent, a Bible-like codification of
basic principles that underpin the various denominations. And yet, for
understandable reasons, they remain largely unknown. Journalists are
inclined to avoid name-checking the books publicly, for fear of
inadvertently promoting them."
Mr Allen quotes Heidi Beirich, of the Southern Poverty
Law Center. “We needed to have been talking about these books
for decades. They’re very influential, they’re reaching
the highest levels of power, they’re having an impact on terrorism, on
policy, and so on. Not talking about them is just wrong.”
The article continues with descriptions of the literature.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/inside-the-world-of-racist-science-fiction.html?emc=edit_th_180731&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=164129060731
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Many Republicans Have No Problem with Russian Election Interference
A new poll finds among Republicans there is double digit support for Russia
interfering in the U.S. midterm elections to try to help Republicans
keep control of Congress in the fall.
Released Tuesday, the poll finds that 11 percent of Republican or GOP-leaning Americans surveyed said it is "appropriate" for Russia to try to help Republicans, while 29 percent said it's "not appropriate, but wouldn't be a big deal."
People who support hierarchies will rationalize away any problems, as long as they and their ideology reign.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/399783-poll-some-republicans-approve-of-russias-help-in-elections
Released Tuesday, the poll finds that 11 percent of Republican or GOP-leaning Americans surveyed said it is "appropriate" for Russia to try to help Republicans, while 29 percent said it's "not appropriate, but wouldn't be a big deal."
People who support hierarchies will rationalize away any problems, as long as they and their ideology reign.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/399783-poll-some-republicans-approve-of-russias-help-in-elections
US Borrowing Money So Rich Can Pay Less Taxes
The new Republican tax bill to benefit the wealthy has trickled down to everyone else. Our debt we leave to our children demonstrates just who the Republicans expect to foot the bill to pass on to the top.
The
department expects to issue $329 billion in net marketable debt from
July through September, the fourth-largest total for that quarter on
record and higher than the $273 billion estimated in April, Treasury
said in a report Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-treasury-borrowing-20180730-story.html
The
Treasury Department predicted the U.S. government’s borrowing needs in
the second half of this year will jump to the most since last decade’s
financial crisis as the nation’s fiscal health deteriorates despite a
strong economy.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-treasury-borrowing-20180730-story.html
Medicare for All - Save Money, Even Though Koch Brothers Report the Opposite
As initially reported in the Koch Brothers' sponsored study, Medicare for All would cost 32.6 trillion dollars over the next ten years.
But buried in the report, the net savings over what we are paying for health care now, even considering the inflated figures by the Koch study:
Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project notes that though absent or buried in much of the initial reporting—even the Koch brothers' numbers, which Bernie Sanders says are vastly inflated, demonstrate that the "U.S. could insure 30 million more Americans and virtually eliminate out-of-pocket healthcare expenses" while saving "a whopping $2 trillion" in the process.
More lies to keep the haves having and the have-nots without.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/30/koch-funded-hit-piece-backfires-shows-medicare-all-would-save-300-billion-over-ten?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
But buried in the report, the net savings over what we are paying for health care now, even considering the inflated figures by the Koch study:
Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project notes that though absent or buried in much of the initial reporting—even the Koch brothers' numbers, which Bernie Sanders says are vastly inflated, demonstrate that the "U.S. could insure 30 million more Americans and virtually eliminate out-of-pocket healthcare expenses" while saving "a whopping $2 trillion" in the process.
More lies to keep the haves having and the have-nots without.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/30/koch-funded-hit-piece-backfires-shows-medicare-all-would-save-300-billion-over-ten?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
Anger from Holding Whites Accountable as Biggest American Terrorist Threat
Turns out people get angry when the top is held accountable, and singled out.
GlobalPost ran an article with the headline, “White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States.”
"Non-Muslim extremists in the United States had killed nearly twice as many Americans since 9/11 as Muslim “jihadists.” Many of the non-Muslim extremists — whom we’ll just call terrorists from now on — were motivated by right-wing anti-government beliefs or white supremacist ideologies. Nearly all of them were white US citizens," the article stated.
But of course, the next obvious question is, why not state that most of the killers are male. Why lump women into the mix too?
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-08/turns-out-people-get-angry-when-you-say-white-americans-are-terrorists-too
GlobalPost ran an article with the headline, “White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States.”
"Non-Muslim extremists in the United States had killed nearly twice as many Americans since 9/11 as Muslim “jihadists.” Many of the non-Muslim extremists — whom we’ll just call terrorists from now on — were motivated by right-wing anti-government beliefs or white supremacist ideologies. Nearly all of them were white US citizens," the article stated.
But of course, the next obvious question is, why not state that most of the killers are male. Why lump women into the mix too?
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-08/turns-out-people-get-angry-when-you-say-white-americans-are-terrorists-too
Trump - Lying for the Top of All of His HIerarchies
People at the top of the hierarchy will go to amazing lengths to keep themselves clueless and on top.
According to Don Lemon on CNN Tonight, tells us that Donald Trump has lied at least 2,000 times, and his rate of lying is stepping up. Just last week, he lied 54 times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjI_wCEsKCw
According to Don Lemon on CNN Tonight, tells us that Donald Trump has lied at least 2,000 times, and his rate of lying is stepping up. Just last week, he lied 54 times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjI_wCEsKCw
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