“#Trump secured the WH partly by tapping into the #anticorporate, #populist messaging of #BernieSanders, …a move that Trump discussed w/me when I met him in 2015. The strategy might have won voters, but did little to enhance Trump’s image w/the #business community. & while a number of chief execs tried to work w/Trump as they would w/any incumbent #POTUS & many celebrated his move to cut the #CorporateTax rate, wariness persisted.”
Hochwasser, Jahrhundertflut - so habe ich das in 'Wolken, Wind & Wetter' erklärt.
Es war Umweltbuch des Jahres 2012, ist aktualisiert wieder erhältlich und auch für Erwachsene! Wer es gelesen hat, den kann das Hochwasser nicht überrascht haben.
Tho votes were still being counted Tues afternoon & the Modi-led #BJP could still form the govt, it was projected to fall short of its showing in 2014, when #Modi swept to #power on a wave of national #anger over #corruption, or 2019, when buoyed by #nationalist sentiment over a border clash w/ #Pakistan. Such a result would be rare for the politician who has never failed to secure a majority in a 23+yr political career & cultivates an image as a #populist#strongman & a serial winner. #India
When Trump openly and repeatedly exclaims that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” or shares a video calling for a “unified Reich,” he is literally echoing the language of Hitler.
Trump is not a “populist.” He’s not a “strongman.” He is a fascist.
@rbreich Thomas Frank's definition of #populism: "multiracial coalition of working class people coming together for economic democracy". Book recommendation: "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism" #populist
#JosephLieberman, the doggedly independent 4-term #US#senator from #Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for VP in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in NYC. He was 82.
The cause was complications from a fall, his family said in a statement.
…#JohnMcCain seriously considered making #JohnLieberman his running mate, but his advisers warned that #Lieberman’s Democratic history & voting record, particularly his stand in favor of #AbortionRights, would anger convention delegates & split the party. McCain instead chose the #RightWing#populist gov of Alaska, Sarah Palin, a decision he later said he regretted.
Most observers, including Lieberman, doubted that his presence on the ticket would have saved McCain from defeat by Obama….
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Geert Wilders said that Ukrainians are coming to the Netherlands not to flee from the full-scale war but instead to receive benefits from the Dutch government.
Dutch far-right leader Wilders criticizes Ukrainian refugees ( kyivindependent.com )
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Geert Wilders said that Ukrainians are coming to the Netherlands not to flee from the full-scale war but instead to receive benefits from the Dutch government.