Many of us are so convinced of our own wisdom that we don’t want to listen to anybody who doesn’t reinforce our beliefs.
Donald Trump
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A nation divided: the US after the midterms
Hate and prejudice are huge factors in the country’s division. And Donald Trump and other Republicans have made them acceptable.
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Pipe bombs, shootings, and Donald Trump
President Trump continues to encourage hatred. And yet his apologists insist there is no connection to what unfolded last week.
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Donald Trump, Congress, and the Constitution
The odds are that Donald Trump will be president at least through 2020. The salvation: the November 6 Congressional election.
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McCain, Trump, and the state of this nation
At some important moments, John McCain spoke out for a different kind of America than the America that elected Donald Trump.
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Making America great: Trump, children… and jazz
Donald Trump’s behavior is becoming more and more that of a despot, not the president of a democratic nation.
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Donald Trump and the president’s power
President Trump’s lawyers have argued that he has “unfettered authority over all federal investigations” – even into his own actions.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and our history of racism
Fifty years after King’s death, the United States has a president who has encouraged racism and mocked everything King stood for.
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Students and parents cry, Trump wants more guns
Sensible restrictions work. They work in Australia, and they have worked here. And they don’t infringe on responsible gun owners’ rights.
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Feedback 2/21
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The year full of news about Donald Trump
Trump’s behavior as the president hasn’t surprised me. The surprise has been the reaction from the Republicans in Congress.
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A year of Trump: activists see fatigue, but stay hopeful
A year ago next Sunday, around 2,000 people turned out for the People’s Solidarity Rally in Rochester’s Washington Square Park. Simultaneously, millions of people around the world — an estimated 500,000 in Washington, D.C., alone — participated in Women’s March protests the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Organized and led by women, the national movement […]
