Author: TarheelDem

Here is Trump’s new NATO that disrupts the Chinese One-Belt One-Road Initiative. Michael Klare, TomDispatch (via Informed Comment: Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens Here is another case of the...

A whack on the side of the head that might wake some folks up. Jamie Bartlett, The Guardian: Forget Far-Right Populism; Crypto-Anarchists are the New Master of Internet Politics I don’t necessarily agree with the...

Tom Sullivan at Hullabaloo has a post that extends a theme I have often hit on here — geographic diversity in campaigning.  And retaking legislatures is the ground on which to build those skills. Tom Sullivan,...

Julian Borger, The Guadian: Trump Summons Entire Senate to White House Briefing Senators are to be briefed by the defence secretary, James Mattis, and Tillerson on Wednesday. Such briefings for the entire senate are not...

The first two maps tell the story.  The remaining maps show where the two candidates must assemble their winning margin. Le Monde: Présidentielle 2017 : où les candidats du premier tour ont-ils fait leurs...