Three resources for today:
1. Dave Zirin's brilliant and scathing interview with Dr. Harry Edwards, who has sound advice on how to navigate the unfolding political nightmare (https://soundcloud.com/edgeofsports/hedwards2).
2. Second, it is crucial to understand the mind of the Enemy (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747). Note how Bannon doesn't give a damn about democracy or voters, it's pure worship of monarchy and empire, and note the paltry stimulus: $1 trillion in infrastructure spread out over a bunch of years is chump change in an economy with $81 trillion of assets (Federal Reserve data). What this means is that sometime next year, the economy will tank, the remnants of the middle class will lose their last scraps of imperial privilege (bye-bye health insurance, bye bye public education, bye bye food stamps) and the Far Right will turn to the rabid repression of dissent.
3. Excellent article from Les Leopold about how the plutocracy is destroying the heartland (http://commondreams.org/views/2016/11/16/winning-back-working-class-time-reckoning-progressives). It's time to fight back.
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