G+: Global trumpism: India's Modi manufactures reality with push polls What do we call ourselves? What do we call the forces of "global trumpism" with a small t? How about The Resistance versus The Empire? Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls” Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls” Read at Google+

G+: Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump 'formally or informally' The Donnie and Nige Show is going to be yuge. It'll be big league. I'm starting to feel very sorry for Angela Merkel in Germany, as France and Italy are lurching rightward, too. Be afraid. Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump ‘formally or informally’ | US news | The Guardian Read at Google+

G+: They Are Not Coming For Your Guns. They Are Gunning For Your Uterus Utah Rep. Mia Love wants to keep investigating Planned Parenthood for selling fetal tissue. She thinks women need their uteri to be protected from their owners' choices. The House’s Pointless Fetal Tissue Witch Hunt Is Determined to Seem Relevant The “baby parts” committee is telling Texas to investigate a Planned Parenthood on charges that have already been disproved. Read at Google+

G+: Italy Referendum – Another Domino? Obama's last state dinner hosted Italy's premier Renzi. Trump has met with or supported Renzi's populist opponents. Another democracy set to lurch right? Amid global anti-establishment anger, Italy may be next in line for upheaval A Sunday vote is a chance for populists to hit the country’s leaders. Read at Google+

G+: Stop Banalizing The Truth Christiane Amanpour of @CNN – Be sure to read this speech to the Committee to Protect Journalists in full. Journalism faces an ‘existential crisis’ in Trump era I never in a million years thought I would be up here on stage appealing for the freedom and safety of American journalists at home. Read at Google+

G+: Frightened by Donald Trump? George Monbiot Tracking The Non-Transparent Kochtopu… Frightened by Donald Trump? George Monbiot Tracking The Non-Transparent Kochtopus Frightened by Donald Trump? You don’t know the half of it | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian Read at Google+

G+: Sore Winner Syndrome It's not enough that Trump won. Only total submission to the Cult of Trump will placate his most rabid supporters. Therefore, RESIST. Assert your right to your opinion. Defend truth, uphold reality, claim the normal high ground. This administration won't be normal. “Sore winner” syndrome: Why are Donald Trump’s supporters still so angry? Abraham Lincoln understood They won the battle, but the war’s not over — and in their hearts they know they’ve surrendered to ugliness Read at Google+

G+: I should keep this link on "speedpost" in reply to anyone citing George Soros as the Big Liberal Puppetmaster I should keep this link on "speedpost" in reply to anyone citing George Soros as the Big Liberal Puppetmaster. The Return Of The All-Purpose Wingnut Bogeyman I have decided to take a little break from rolling around in the enormous piles of cash that George Soros keeps sending me each and ever… Read at Google+

G+: In A Red State Of Mind Sometimes, driving just a hundred miles downstate is sort of creepy. An Insider’s View: The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America In deep-red white America, the white Christian God is king. Read at Google+