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Ted Rall, a political cartoonist, is the author of "The Anti-American Manifesto." He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963, raised in Kettering, Ohio and graduated from Fairmont West High School in 1981. His first cartoons were published in the Kettering-Oakwood (OH) Times. He majored in physics at Columbia University's School of Engineering from 1981 until 1984, where he drew cartoons for the Columbia Daily Spectator, Barnard Bulletin and The Jester humor magazine. He was expelled in 1984, between his junior and senior years, for academic and disciplinary reasons. Ted Rall is the author of "Bernie," a biography written with the cooperation of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. "Bernie" is now on sale online and at all good bookstores.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
It's Political Malpractice, Stupid Democrats are wallowing in the Anger stage of the Kubler-Ross model of grief. How on earth, they howl on op-ed pages and cable-news talking-head shows, can this be? Why doesn't the electorate--that useless "basket of deplorables"--not see what is plain for all to see, that Hillary possesses more qualifications for the nation's highest political office in her tiniest pinkie toe than The Donald has in his whole 267-pound body.
Thursday, September 22, 2016It's Political Malpractice, Stupid Democrats are wallowing in the Anger stage of the Kubler-Ross model of grief. How on earth, they howl on op-ed pages and cable-news talking-head shows, can this be? Why doesn't the electorate--that useless "basket of deplorables"--not see what is plain for all to see, that Hillary possesses more qualifications for the nation's highest political office in her tiniest pinkie toe than The Donald has in his whole 267-pound body.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
What Obama Doesn't Want You to Know About Uzbekistan It would be nice to hope that the flowers of democracy will sprout in the soil of the dictator's grave. But years of suppression have destroyed the opposition groups that might have been able to step into power as part of a post-Karimov transition. Acting Uzbek president Nigmatulla Yuldashev will no doubt call for another of the country's sham elections, which a hand-selected member of the ruling elite is predestined to win.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016What Obama Doesn't Want You to Know About Uzbekistan It would be nice to hope that the flowers of democracy will sprout in the soil of the dictator's grave. But years of suppression have destroyed the opposition groups that might have been able to step into power as part of a post-Karimov transition. Acting Uzbek president Nigmatulla Yuldashev will no doubt call for another of the country's sham elections, which a hand-selected member of the ruling elite is predestined to win.
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Friday, September 2, 2016
At the Clinton Foundation, Access Equals Corruption Access should be, has to be in a democracy, determined solely by meritocratic criteria. Political leaders like Hillary Clinton need to be meeting with people who can offer them the best advice and who need the most help -- not those who bought their way in. Anyone who doesn't understand that access always equals corruption, even when access doesn't result in favors, doesn't deserve to hold political office.
Friday, September 2, 2016At the Clinton Foundation, Access Equals Corruption Access should be, has to be in a democracy, determined solely by meritocratic criteria. Political leaders like Hillary Clinton need to be meeting with people who can offer them the best advice and who need the most help -- not those who bought their way in. Anyone who doesn't understand that access always equals corruption, even when access doesn't result in favors, doesn't deserve to hold political office.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Trump vs. Clinton: It's All About the Debates Trump knows all the tricks: how to deploy comical facial expressions as well as Jim Carrey, how to dominate others using body language, a laser-like ability to identify an opponent's weaknesses and reduce them to rubble via ridicule ("Little Marco"). In an American presidential debate, 15-point white papers don't count for jack. The best entertainer always wins.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016Trump vs. Clinton: It's All About the Debates Trump knows all the tricks: how to deploy comical facial expressions as well as Jim Carrey, how to dominate others using body language, a laser-like ability to identify an opponent's weaknesses and reduce them to rubble via ridicule ("Little Marco"). In an American presidential debate, 15-point white papers don't count for jack. The best entertainer always wins.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Khizr Khan and The Triumph of Democratic Militarism Corporate media gatekeepers managed to transform the Democratic National Committee internal emails released by WikiLeaks from what it really was -- scandalous proof that Bernie Sanders and his supporters were right when they said the Democratic leadership was biased and had rigged the primaries against them, and that the system is corrupt.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016Khizr Khan and The Triumph of Democratic Militarism Corporate media gatekeepers managed to transform the Democratic National Committee internal emails released by WikiLeaks from what it really was -- scandalous proof that Bernie Sanders and his supporters were right when they said the Democratic leadership was biased and had rigged the primaries against them, and that the system is corrupt.
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Monday, July 25, 2016
Hillary's Strategy: Snub Liberal Democrats, Move Right to Nab Anti-Trump Republicans To those of us who have been paying attention, Clinton's post-primary migration toward conservatism comes as no surprise. There's a reason her campaign appealed to progressives primarily by referencing her work for the Children's Defense Fund in the 1970s, when David Bowie was an up-and-coming glam rocker. Team Clinton had to go that far back to find evidence of her supposed liberalism.
Monday, July 25, 2016Hillary's Strategy: Snub Liberal Democrats, Move Right to Nab Anti-Trump Republicans To those of us who have been paying attention, Clinton's post-primary migration toward conservatism comes as no surprise. There's a reason her campaign appealed to progressives primarily by referencing her work for the Children's Defense Fund in the 1970s, when David Bowie was an up-and-coming glam rocker. Team Clinton had to go that far back to find evidence of her supposed liberalism.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
How to Fix the Broken Relationship Between the People and the Police When the police are charged with wrongdoing against civilians, the odds are that they will get away with it. In fact, the odds are that they will never face an indictment. In 2015, 85% of police shootings were handled by DAs who work closely with the officer's own department.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016How to Fix the Broken Relationship Between the People and the Police When the police are charged with wrongdoing against civilians, the odds are that they will get away with it. In fact, the odds are that they will never face an indictment. In 2015, 85% of police shootings were handled by DAs who work closely with the officer's own department.
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Violent, Racist Cops Protect a Violent, Racist System One possible place to start is the reaction of many people to the Dallas sniper attack. Like 9/11, it was shocking. Like 9/11, it also wasn't surprising. You can't go on acting like a bully forever. The powers that be can't pressure their victims forever. Eventually the prey strike back. No, it isn't justified. Nor is it right. But it is chickens coming home to roost.
Saturday, July 9, 2016Violent, Racist Cops Protect a Violent, Racist System One possible place to start is the reaction of many people to the Dallas sniper attack. Like 9/11, it was shocking. Like 9/11, it also wasn't surprising. You can't go on acting like a bully forever. The powers that be can't pressure their victims forever. Eventually the prey strike back. No, it isn't justified. Nor is it right. But it is chickens coming home to roost.
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Monday, July 4, 2016
Hillary Cheated To most people, "cheating" means breaking the rules of a contest. By this standard definition, there's no doubt that the Clinton campaign, its political allies and the Democratic National Committee cheated in favor of Clinton and against Sanders. They broke the law. They disenfranchised voters. If the rules had been followed, Bernie Sanders would be the nominee.
Monday, July 4, 2016Hillary Cheated To most people, "cheating" means breaking the rules of a contest. By this standard definition, there's no doubt that the Clinton campaign, its political allies and the Democratic National Committee cheated in favor of Clinton and against Sanders. They broke the law. They disenfranchised voters. If the rules had been followed, Bernie Sanders would be the nominee.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Who's Really To Blame for Brexit (and Trump) Nativism and racism played a role in the Brexit vote. England is an island nation with an island mentality. Though only a few thousand Syrians entered the UK last year, with nary a passport check, images of refugees riding the roof of trains from France through the Chunnel felt like an invasion to some Britons.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016Who's Really To Blame for Brexit (and Trump) Nativism and racism played a role in the Brexit vote. England is an island nation with an island mentality. Though only a few thousand Syrians entered the UK last year, with nary a passport check, images of refugees riding the roof of trains from France through the Chunnel felt like an invasion to some Britons.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Mass Shootings Are The New Normal. Get Over It. This ship sailed back in 2004 when Congress allowed the federal ban on assault weapons to expire without being renewed. Congress's failure to act over the last 12 years has transformed the United States into a nation awash in military hardware. Mass shootings are the new normal. Get over it. Let's stop focusing on problems we can't do anything about and work on those we still can.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016Mass Shootings Are The New Normal. Get Over It. This ship sailed back in 2004 when Congress allowed the federal ban on assault weapons to expire without being renewed. Congress's failure to act over the last 12 years has transformed the United States into a nation awash in military hardware. Mass shootings are the new normal. Get over it. Let's stop focusing on problems we can't do anything about and work on those we still can.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
What Hillary Must Do to Win Over Bernie Voters Question of the month: how can the Hillary Clinton campaign convince progressive supporters of Bernie Sanders -- whose race was largely based on the assumption that Clinton is so far to the right that she might as well be a Republican -- to vote for her?
Thursday, June 16, 2016What Hillary Must Do to Win Over Bernie Voters Question of the month: how can the Hillary Clinton campaign convince progressive supporters of Bernie Sanders -- whose race was largely based on the assumption that Clinton is so far to the right that she might as well be a Republican -- to vote for her?
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Friday, June 3, 2016
Trump or Clinton, Screwed Either Way On Tuesday night, the news media should refrain from declaring Hillary the victor. She won't be. She can't be. It's not over until July, so that's what they should report. Between now and July, Democratic superdelegates should search their hearts, read the head-to-head matchups, and consider switching to Sanders who, for whatever flaws he has, is a real liberal -- he's not a Democrat, but he's more of a Democrat than she is.
Friday, June 3, 2016Trump or Clinton, Screwed Either Way On Tuesday night, the news media should refrain from declaring Hillary the victor. She won't be. She can't be. It's not over until July, so that's what they should report. Between now and July, Democratic superdelegates should search their hearts, read the head-to-head matchups, and consider switching to Sanders who, for whatever flaws he has, is a real liberal -- he's not a Democrat, but he's more of a Democrat than she is.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Why I Am #NeverHillary There is no way I'll vote for Hillary. I won't vote for her if she stops shaking down rich right-wing Republicans for donations. I won't vote for her if she adopts Bernie's platform. I won't vote for her if she names Bernie her vice president. I won't even vote for her if Bernie invites me to spend the summer with him and Jane in Vermont.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016Why I Am #NeverHillary There is no way I'll vote for Hillary. I won't vote for her if she stops shaking down rich right-wing Republicans for donations. I won't vote for her if she adopts Bernie's platform. I won't vote for her if she names Bernie her vice president. I won't even vote for her if Bernie invites me to spend the summer with him and Jane in Vermont.
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
Trump Isn't Bluffing, He'll Deport 11 Million People Donald Trump isn't bluffing when he threatens to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. Do not take comfort in the fact that Trump flip-flops on all sorts of issues. But there's no way he'll back away from mass deportations. This promise to deport illegal immigrants, every single one of them, defined his campaign from the start. It's why he's here. It's why he won.
Saturday, May 21, 2016Trump Isn't Bluffing, He'll Deport 11 Million People Donald Trump isn't bluffing when he threatens to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. Do not take comfort in the fact that Trump flip-flops on all sorts of issues. But there's no way he'll back away from mass deportations. This promise to deport illegal immigrants, every single one of them, defined his campaign from the start. It's why he's here. It's why he won.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Donald Trump Can Easily Win in November The liberal base of the Democratic Party, which mostly supports Bernie Sanders, is not at all Ready for Hillary. If the Bernie or Bust movement convinces even a few percentage points worth of Dems to stay home, write in Bernie's name or vote for Jill Stein, that shortfall of support could be enough to throw the race The Donald's way.
Saturday, May 14, 2016Donald Trump Can Easily Win in November The liberal base of the Democratic Party, which mostly supports Bernie Sanders, is not at all Ready for Hillary. If the Bernie or Bust movement convinces even a few percentage points worth of Dems to stay home, write in Bernie's name or vote for Jill Stein, that shortfall of support could be enough to throw the race The Donald's way.
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Working for the U.S. Government Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry One telltale sign that the government is engaged in a cover-up is timing: when it releases a report just before the weekend news blackout, you know something nasty is afoot. Obama's latest whitewash, dumped online Friday, is the Administration's attempt to drown its responsibility for one of the most heinous acts of mass murder in years in 3,000 pages of spin, dissembling and circular logic.
Sunday, May 1, 2016Working for the U.S. Government Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry One telltale sign that the government is engaged in a cover-up is timing: when it releases a report just before the weekend news blackout, you know something nasty is afoot. Obama's latest whitewash, dumped online Friday, is the Administration's attempt to drown its responsibility for one of the most heinous acts of mass murder in years in 3,000 pages of spin, dissembling and circular logic.
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Saturday, April 23, 2016
What's Up with Black Voters? Sanders has consistently championed racial equality and fought poverty and income disparity, two economic scourges that hurt blacks worse than anyone else. As First Lady, Clinton pushed her husband's 1994 crime bill, which accelerated mass incarceration of blacks. Hillary is essentially a Republican. Since when do blacks vote Republican?
Saturday, April 23, 2016What's Up with Black Voters? Sanders has consistently championed racial equality and fought poverty and income disparity, two economic scourges that hurt blacks worse than anyone else. As First Lady, Clinton pushed her husband's 1994 crime bill, which accelerated mass incarceration of blacks. Hillary is essentially a Republican. Since when do blacks vote Republican?
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Inside the Media Bubble, No One Can Hear Us Scream You may be tempted to join the media when they dismiss Trump as a whiner. In business, Trump is the consummate insider. But he's a political naïf. When someone as sleazy and unprincipled as Donald Trump is shocked by how dirty politics are, you have to take note. And if they can steal elections from someone as rich as Donald Trump, there is nothing left of American democracy.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016Inside the Media Bubble, No One Can Hear Us Scream You may be tempted to join the media when they dismiss Trump as a whiner. In business, Trump is the consummate insider. But he's a political naïf. When someone as sleazy and unprincipled as Donald Trump is shocked by how dirty politics are, you have to take note. And if they can steal elections from someone as rich as Donald Trump, there is nothing left of American democracy.
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Friday, April 8, 2016
It Happened Here Seeing opportunity amid the armies of the alienated and dispossessed, the perennial almost-candidate of the nationalist, nativist far-right began campaigning in earnest. Breaking all the rules of conventional campaigning, he drew huge crowds with a simple message: Believe me. Trust me, he assured his audiences, and I will make the country great again.
Friday, April 8, 2016It Happened Here Seeing opportunity amid the armies of the alienated and dispossessed, the perennial almost-candidate of the nationalist, nativist far-right began campaigning in earnest. Breaking all the rules of conventional campaigning, he drew huge crowds with a simple message: Believe me. Trust me, he assured his audiences, and I will make the country great again.
