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Right-wing blacklist

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

A right-wing blacklist, the "professor watchlist", labels professors as "anti-American" and falsely accuses them of "discrimination against conservative students", because they do things such as teach a feminist approach to things such as Trump's attitude towards women.
The real point of that activity is harassment and intimidation.
This is one of many examples of where right-wingers systematically and falsely accuse others of the sort of wrongs they actually do. Others include Trump's accusations of election rigging on the Democratic side (when actually the Republicans are the ones that do this) are another example.

Loss of US grassland

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

US grassland is being rapidly converted to farmland. This releases lots of carbon that grasslands store up.

Gleeful hedge fund managers

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

A hedge fund manager says he feels "glee" that Trump has "conned the voters" by promising to curb hedge fund profits and now, when elected, heading in the opposite direction.

Investors in the Dakota Pipeline

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Activists are protesting against the banks that have invested in the Dakota Access Pipeline.

On comparing fascism to Trumpism

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Historians discuss the similarities and differences between Trump and 20th century fascism.