To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Observercast

Government For The Rich, The Poor Be Damned

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Donald Trump loooooves farmers. We know this because he says so. “Farmers, I LOVE YOU!” he declared in December. And we’ve learned that whenever The Donald says something, it’s true – even when it’s not. These days, he’s loving farmers to death. Trump has ignored the obvious need to get monopolistic price-fixing bankers, […]

There Will Be No Big Infrastructure Plan

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BY FROMA HARROP Democrats running for president are vowing to bring high-speed internet to rural America. President Donald Trump campaigned on the same promise. It was to be part of his big infrastructure plan. But no, there will be no big infrastructure plan. Responding to the Democratic candidates’ reminder of a broken pledge, Trump’s former […]

Islam, Public Schools, and the Challenge of Teaching About Religions

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BY CHARLES C. HAYNES In recent weeks, fights have erupted in Georgia and Tennessee over how Islam is taught in public schools. Charges of “Islamic indoctrination” are countered by charges of “anti-Muslim bigotry” as people shout past one another at school board meetings and in the media. Not only has anti-Islam rhetoric become politically acceptable […]

Why Trump Tweeted A Conspiracy Smear

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BY JOE CONASON When Donald Trump retweeted a malicious fantasy about the apparent suicide of imprisoned pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he wasn’t merely entertaining his deluded fans. Trump’s conspiratorial canard – with attendant promotion by Russian bots, American alt-rightists and far-right media – was plainly designed to deflect attention from his own embarrassing associations with Epstein. […]

How Ridiculous Is Trump’s Border Stand?

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand to build a $5 billion border wall to deny them entry to the U.S. is not his most ridiculous ploy. Even more ridiculous is his panicky political assertion that the caravans coming […]