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A-Z of Trump: 26 illustrators imagine a 'ghastly' future – in pictures
Guardian US - Guardian Culture
In his 1963 abecederian picture book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Edward Gorey recounted the increasingly gruesome deaths of 26 children. In this parody the US game designer Mike Selinker outlines an A to of
Inside a Donald Trump rally: good people in a feedback loop of paranoia and hate
Guardian US - Ed Pilkington
Trump’s crowd is full of honest and decent people – but the Republican’s invective has a chilling effect on fans of his one-man show This is what greets you when you arrive at a Trump rally: two 18-wheelers
‘We Are in for a Pretty Long Civil War’
POLITICO - By JULIA IOFFE
In back rooms and think tanks, Republicans are already mourning their party—and plotting the fight over who’s going to be in it after Trump. Julia Ioffe is contributing writer at Politico Magazine. As
AP FACT CHECK: Voter roll problems do not equate to fraud
apnewsarchive.com - By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has warned for weeks of a “rigged” election, telling his supports to watch out for large-scale voter fraud — despite a …
Obama: Issa 'not somebody who is serious about working on problems'
CNN - By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer
La Jolla, California (CNN) — President Barack Obama directed harsh criticism at Rep. Darrell Issa at a fundraiser Sunday in La Jolla, California, claiming the former House Oversight Committee chairman's
‘Moonlight’: Is This the Year’s Best Movie?
The New York Times - By A. O. SCOTT
To describe “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’s second feature, as a movie about growing up poor, black and gay would be accurate enough. It would also not be wrong to call it a movie about drug abuse, mass and
Trump's now-infamous debate moment reminded people of a beautiful note George HW Bush wrote after he lost the election
Business Insider - Anjelica Oswald
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said multiple times that he feels the 2016 election is "rigged" against him. In the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night, moderator Chris
Islamic State flag free to fly in Sweden, prosecutor rules
Fox News - By
A Swedish prosecutor may have set a dangerous precedent last week in regards to the Islamic State flag. Prosecutor Gisela Sjovall announced last week that a 23-year-old man wouldn’t be charged after posting
Forget “Social Justice Warriors” and meet the Ctrl-Left.
medium.com
Roran_StehlBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Oct 12, 2016 Progressive Left. Liberals .Social Justice Warriors. These words are supposedly synonymous and …
Families confused, unprepared for West Dallas mass evictions
dallasnews.com - Dianne Solis, Senior writer
Ashley Hernandez is clearly torn about her next move. Her notice to vacate from HMK Ltd., a landlord of inexpensive housing who is kicking out about …