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Brace Yourselves: America is Losing 10 Awesome Celebrities 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Not for the first time, many distinguished actors, performers, and otherwise notable figures promised they would do the unthinkable if the wrong candidate got elected: they’d remove themselves from America and move to Mexico. Check that, I guess it’s Canada. Anyway, it’s an unusual threat if for no other reason than it’s palpably narcissistic. The
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Is the Price of a Republic Constant Discord?0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
The election is barely over and already one thing seems clear: the peace and quiet we were hoping for do not seem to be on the horizon. Instead we seem to be facing even more discord and strife. While such trends are disconcerting, they shouldn’t be surprising. According to 19th century philosopher William Paley, these
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10 Reasons to Doubt the Racial Explanation for Trump’s Success 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
“White Supremacist America!” yells Counterpunch. “White Supremacists Bolstering Trump,” says AlterNet. This really is a “White Riot,” says Vox. That’s the opinion of the left for why Trump not only won the Republican nomination, but also seems poised to win the presidency. For years, the left has imagined the dominant swath of bourgeois culture to
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CEO Tells Employees Who Support Trump’s Antics to Take a Hike 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Via Fox News: If you voted for Donald Trump, you may not feel welcomed at Grubhub. The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company wide email Wednesday suggesting employees who agree with President-elect Donald Trump’s behaviors and his campaign rhetoric should resign. “If you do not agree with this statement then
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Election Pundits: Clueless, Spectacularly Clueless 0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States, in a victory which gobsmacked the media and pundits. Trump overcame sex scandals, bad debates, a shambolic organisation, hostility from the grandees of his own party and a relentlessly hostile media. It was a smashing success. Instead of dragging the Republicans into infighting, irrelevance and
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5 Things That Explain Trump’s Shocking Victory 0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
A populist wave that began with Brexit in June reached the United States in stunning fashion on Tuesday night. In one of the biggest upsets in American political history, Donald Trump won a truly historic victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump’s remarkably decisive win stunned most political pundits, myself included. Throughout the campaign, Trump
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