Oct 17, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly approached a major media investor about setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election. Over the past couple of months, Kushner, who is married to Ivanka...
Oct 17, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) Donald Trump has severed ties with the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, deepening his rift with the party organization in a state he desperately needs, at a time he can ill afford to lose it. In a letter announcing the...
Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Jewish Experiences, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) The suicide of a Colorado teenager has been linked to a Nazi-themed Facebook group that the young man apparently led. The teenager apparently believed that killing himself would “show his allegiance to the Nazi Party and the...
Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) Democrats raised more than $13,000 in less than four hours to help rebuild the headquarters of the local Republican Party chapter in Hillsborough, North Carolina, which was firebombed on Sunday night in what is being investigated as...
Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) On Friday, two more women accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting them, joining a list that has grown and grown since he told Anderson Cooper that he never sexually assaulted any woman during Sunday’s debate. Photographer...
Oct 14, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) Donald Trump supporters have talked about violence if the Republican candidate loses to Hillary Clinton next month. And now, some of them are starting to put their money where their mouths are. A pro-Donald Trump protester has...
Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) Thanks to Donald Trump’s recent spiral into insanity, as well as little-known third-party candidate Evan McMullin, Utah — a firmly Republican state once thought to be a lock for the Republican nominee — may be closer than once...
Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) Donald Trump is now attacking The New York Times for covering sexual assault allegations against him by bringing up the name of the “foreigner” who “rescued” the newspaper: a Mexican billionaire. Carlos Slim is one of the world’s...
Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) When confronted with an 11-year-old girl’s question about her body image and self-esteem issues, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence responded with a seemingly tangential reply about foreign policy. During a Thursday interview, WBNS-TV in...
Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016) This time, Donald Trump may be the victim. So may be a Serbian magazine that was obscure to U.S. audiences until Thursday, when it published a fake interview with the GOP presidential nominee. The alleged interview, in which Donald...