Pie thinks he knows who is to blame for the rise of Trump…and you’re not going to like it!
US POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “President Trump: How and Why” / Jonathan Pie ☮
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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.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “What Hillary Clinton Did Wrong” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “‘Clinton and Democrats Created Phenomenon Trump is Responding Too’ – Chris Hedges” / RT America / Anya Parampil, and Ed Schultz ☮
Chris Hedges, host of RT’s ‘On Contact,’ joins RT America’s Anya Parampil and Ed Schultz where he worries that a potential Clinton presidency may “remain as tone deaf as the Obama presidency.” Hedges also says that “Clinton and the Democrats created the phenomenon that Donald Trump is responding to.”
WHITE-WING REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANITY: “Election 2016 ‘Is a Vote About God!'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
On his radio program on Friday, American Family Radio’s Bryan Fischer summed up the entire election when he told his listening audience that “this is a vote on Tuesday about God.”
“Let’s just cut right to the chase,” he said. “Let’s make it simple. This is a vote on Tuesday about God. Which of these candidates, which of the parties that these candidates represent have the greatest sensitivity, regard, respect, reverence for the things of God? So this is a vote about God and which of these candidates and which of these parties is most likely to pursue policies that show some kind of deference to God and God’s standards and God’s will.”
CANNABIS: “Legal Weed Sales in Canada Expected to Surpass Alcohol” / David Pakman ☮
Legalized recreational marijuana in Canada could create a $22.6 billion industry, which would exceed combined sales of beer, wine, and spirits.
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