Monthly Archives: November 2020

OPINION // JOHN DIAZ John Diaz Nov. 22, 2020 (SFChronicle.com) President Trump speaks at the White House on Friday.Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images The republic’s salvation may come down to a power-hungry president’s delusion and incompetence. President Trump seems hell-bent on undermining Americans’ faith in the democratic process and doing his… Continue reading →

BUY BOOK ▾ By Francis Fukuyama Published Nov. 10, 2020 Updated Nov. 17, 2020 (NYTimes.com) STRONGMENMussolini to the PresentBy Ruth Ben-Ghiat Ever since the 2016 election, observers like Timothy Snyder, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt speculated that Donald Trump could undermine American democracy and move the country in an overtly authoritarian direction. That possibility grew more plausible… Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 27, 2020 (counterpunch.org) BY ANDREW LEVINE Photograph Source: Steve Jurvetson – CC BY 2.0 That Barack Obama’s “hopey changey thing,” as Sarah Palin called it, would be a major disappointment — not for Wall Street and others in the rich and heinous class, but for nearly everybody else — became clear… Continue reading →

Former government officials Tony Blinken, Michele Flournoy & Lloyd Austin may run Biden’s national security agencies — their firm is telling investors it expects to profit off ties to those officials. The Daily Poster David Sirota Nov 28, 2020 (substack.com) Two former government officials who may now run President-elect Joe… Continue reading →

Dear Young Person, I hope you are well and moving safely through this unusual and very difficult time (the Global Pandemic and more). I hope that you are feeling high hope for the future. You are young with many years of life ahead of you.  I remember when I was… Continue reading →

By Bob of Occupy (aka Political Bob) November 28, 2020 This a verifiable fact from the SF Public Health records. Since March of this year to today, 160 people have died. That’s one person per every 5,500 or 20 persons per month. That’s putting things in perspective, something our mainstream… Continue reading →

A TIME TO HEAL We can unite our nation by solving the crises we have in common: COVID-19, climate change, systemic racism and an economic recession. Joe Biden must command the federal government with fierce urgency and bold creativity. Our next President must establish new executive offices, with expansive power… Continue reading →

Bernie Sanders A segment of working-class people in our country still believes Donald Trump defends their interests. We must win them over ‘Democrats’ job during the first 100 days of the Biden administration is to make it absolutely clear whose side they are on.’ Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Tue 24 Nov… Continue reading →

November 25, 2020 by Common Dreams His lies and incompetence created epic disasters that may yet sink America. by Mike Lofgren  20 Comments In terms of creating disasters, Trump has nothing on George W. Bush. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/AFP/Getty Images) My friend and former colleague Bruce Bartlett has done a service by reminding us that… Continue reading →