politics

As a Presidential Candidate, Cornel West Aligns Himself With Far-Left Radicals ( www.motherjones.com )

Cornel West, the celebrity academic (formerly of Harvard and Princeton), fiery antiracism campaigner, and current Green Party presidential candidate, has a long association with the Democratic Socialists of America, having served as the group’s honorary chairman. But as he campaigns for president, West is moving beyond the DSA...

MTG and Boebert Try to Out-Troll Each Other Days Away From a Shutdown ( www.thedailybeast.com )

With a government shutdown four days away, thanks largely to House Republicans’ inability to stop fighting amongst themselves, far-right Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert thought it important to focus on their pet grievances on Wednesday....

RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism ( abcnews.go.com )

The second Republican presidential debate will be broadcast Wednesday on Fox Business Network and Univision, but the exclusive online livestream will take place on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing— and at times promoting — far-right extremism, bigotry, election...

How the Rich Get Richer ( economicsfromthetopdown.com )

Back in 1983, Gordon Getty — then the richest American — was worth about 75,000 times the net worth of the median American. But by 2019, Jeff Bezos — the new number one — was worth an astonishing 2 million times the American median net worth. This, my friends, is what we call filthy rich.

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