POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Racists Emboldened by Trump Victory” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola ☮

The racists are coming out of the woodwork. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

“Students at a western New York college are alarmed after they found a black doll hung in effigy on campus — and they wondered whether racial harassment will grow worse with the election of Donald Trump.

The doll hanging from a noose was discovered Wednesday in an elevator at Canisius College in Buffalo, where the student government has promised to address the incident, reported WKBW-TV.

A black student-athlete told the TV station he was considering leaving the campus, saying he’d experienced similar racist bullying since enrolling at Canisius, where 71.9 percent of students are white and 6.9 percent are black.”

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: Trump Will Crush Dissent With Even Greater Violence and Savagery” / The Real News / Sharmini Peries ☮

The tools of state repression that will end up in the hands of a Trump administration were built by both Republicans and Democrats, says the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist.

CANNABIS: “Big Victories for Marijuana, Minimum Wage and ‘Right to Die’ Laws” / RT America / Manila Chan ☮

Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on election night: Several states passed major ballot measures that are raising eyebrows. Four states voted to both legalize recreational marijuana as well as to increase the minimum wage. Colorado passed a “right to die” law which legalizes assisted suicide in the state and Nebraska voted to repeal their ban on the death penalty. RT America’s Manila Chan has the report.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: ” The Blame Game Begins, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz Goes First” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Democrats put up a terribly flawed candidate instead of a true Progressive, and they were destroyed in the general election. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz deserves most of it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “No, Rachel Maddow, Third Party Voters Didn’t Cost Hillary the White House” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said that third party voters not only “don’t care who becomes president,” but that they cost Hillary Clinton the White House. But the numbers simply don’t add up, and Maddow is angry at the wrong group of people.

CANNABIS: “Weed Won BIG in the 2016 Election” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

American voters widely backed loosening marijuana laws across the country on Tuesday, permitting recreational use on both coasts, and dramatically expanding the number of people who can use pot as medicine or just for fun.