Published June 4, 2018 in Warp & Woof American Politics for the 21st Century Making the Old New Again William Sundwick Something has happened to the American political order in the last few years – both before and since the last Presidential election. Neither major political party is “your father’s” Democratic or Republican Party. PartisansContinue reading “American Politics for the 21st Century”
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Link from Politico
Last year’s post on “The Future” page: “Mysteries of the Internet” dealt with ICANN and international control, now Trump administration appears to want to undo that … with new pick for NTIA head
Link from The Hill
Psychologists protesting “Goldwater Rule” — they say they can diagnose NPD perfectly well remotely, and Trump suffers from it!
Link from The Guardian
Great piece from Jonathan Freedland, of The Guardian, on the real consequences of Trump’s so-called “foreign policy”
Links from Think Progress and The Atlantic
10% isn’t nearly enough, but it is a renewable energy milestone. Could be much greater with federal incentives — not likely in a Trump administration (despite Rick Perry’s history as a wind farm promoter in TX) Not sure a “non-human” language is necessarily bad … especially if it improves negotiating skills of robots!
Link from Mother Jones
David Corn, in MJ, writes that, regardless of what courts ultimately say constitutes “collusion” we already know that Trump campaign knew, early on, of Russian cyber-ops. We just don’t know whether they merely acquiesced in Russian plans, or actively facilitated (or directed) them. As always, we don’t have any idea of the ultimate effectiveness ofContinue reading “Link from Mother Jones”
Link from The Nation
Gary Cohn has temporarily triumphed in Trump palace intrigue … he represents the very heart of neoliberalism, not in the interests of the American people! But, since DJT listens to whoever has kind things to say to him, day to day, expect return to his roots soon … more white nationalism, more neo-nazi antisemitism,Continue reading “Link from The Nation”
More Links in 2017
Seems to me that DT may have had a deeper political goal in mind when he launched strike against Syria … take some of the pressure off! Reports from multiple studies … need to take serious look at medical marijuana!
Link from Vox
Not only is the Prez out of his depth … so is his son-in-law!
Two Links from Vox
Here’s an edited transcript from Ezra Klein’s interview of Yuval Harari … Another channel opens for The Resistance … courts and state AGs will be battle ground
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