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Update 14 Dec 2023: In a rather unsurprising plot twist, it turns out there actually isn’t much difference between Trump and Biden, as the Biden administration betrayed every single election promise that the Democratic Party made before the election. It bailed out of all its promises regarding healthcare and medicine reform, student loan forgiveness, police … Read more
The state of matters Just check out how things are going in US lately: Radical right wing has been going more extremist, and organizing and consolidating their power base. The above video is not an isolated incident or a far-off happening. In reality worse things are afoot: Evangelicals told Trump he was “chosen” by God. … Read more
The game is afoot Examine the below gem, which made the waves in media yesterday: Steve Bannon: ‘We’ve turned the Republicans into a working-class party’ Out of the blue, prominent Trump surrogate Bannon has claimed that GOP is now a working class party. Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also … Read more
(originally published at Quora on Nov 16, 2016) In looking into this lingering question, we need to realize before anything else that the real fake stories in social media were mainly circulated by alt-right kind of people, who would never have voted for Clinton anyway. The chances of such a person’s share reaching some friend/relative (leave … Read more
(originally published at Via Populi on November 9, 2016) First, practically stealing the primary on behalf of the preferred corporate candidate, as opposed to the popular candidate who advocated what people cared for. When supporters of Sanders voiced their concerns about DNC practically favoring Clinton, even going to the extent of ‘bending’ the rules to … Read more
(originally published at Via Populi on November 14, 2015) The title of this article is actually an understatement, and the situation is probably more critical than that – not only for Democrat Party itself, but even entire American politics. In 2014 House of Representatives elections, GOP took over the House with a crushing victory. According to CNN, … Read more