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Legacies: McCain and Trump
Alan Zendell, September 1, 2018 When I started this blog the first thing I wrote was its dedication “to preserving what has made America great.” That wasn’t intended to be overly subtle. Donald Trump, with a matchless talent for unearthing … Continue reading
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Tagged American values, birthers, decency, discrimination, divisiveness, doublspeak, enlightenment, genocide, greatness, hate mongering, health care, Meghan McCain, Obama, poverty, racism, sarah palin, slavery
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Trump’s Vision of a Greater America
Alan Zendell, July 15, 2018 Donald Trump famously began his presidential campaign with his signature slogan, “Make America Great Again” combined with a virulent attack against Muslim immigrants. When he went on to attack Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Merkel, asylum, change, culture, EU, europe, Fascism, health care, immigration, isolationism, mexico, NATO, racism, Teresa May, UK, wealth, white supremacy, women's rights
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Racism and Other Distractions
Alan Zendell, January 15, 2018 Donald Trump is not a racist. In fact, the term racist is an oversimplification that simply doesn’t apply to someone like him. The things that drive him have little or no relation to what most … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, alt-right, anti-semitism, election day, hitler, ignornace, Jeff Flake, josef stalin, mcCarthyism, neo Nazis, november, pandering, politics, racism, roy cohn
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Saving Ourselves From Trump
Alan Zendell, October 2, 2017 The longer this country suffers with Donald Trump as president, the more urgent it feels to counter the negative impact he’s having on it. But as urgent as it seems, it’s also befuddling. It feels … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy Devos, fake news, guns, impeachment, indictment, misogyny, mueller, narcissism, populism, racism, Science, terror, Tom Price, Trumpism, truth, violence, xenophobia
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Kneeling Before the Flag
Alan Zendell, September 25, 2017 The first time I saw Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem it irritated me greatly. I am unabashedly patriotic, sometimes at the cost of some embarrassment, so what I initially took to be disrespect … Continue reading
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Tagged colin kaepernick, kneeling, NFL, patriotism, professional athletes, protests, racism, solidarity, standing, the flag, the national anthem, Trump
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