Monthly Archives: November 2020

France 24: The much-anticipated “blue wave” did not wash across the electorate because, among other reasons, it was based on “the idea of a very, very large mobilisation of anti-Trump sentiment, not so much an adhesion to Joe Biden,” explained … Continue reading →

New York Times, November 5, 2020: What caught my eye here was the Live Update on the upper left, which, the day after the election, reports In Georgia, where the race is tightening, 45 percent of voters said they’re doing … Continue reading →

BBC: In one, the President wrote his vote advantage in key Democrat-run states had “started to magically disappear”, and in another that 500,000 votes in key states were at risk. The messages are now hidden behind warnings that say the … Continue reading →

Spiegel: Germany’s hope is Joe Biden? Facebook, November 4, 2016: Nancy Fraser’s November 2017 “From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump—and Beyond”: Far from being merely sectoral, the political crisis cannot be understood apart from the blockages to which it is responding … Continue reading →

Washington Post: The number of Americans who were recorded as having given up their citizenship or U.S. residency soared to 5,816 in the first six months of 2020, compared with 2,072 in all of 2019, according to data from the … Continue reading →

Heike Buchter, Die Zeit: Heute ist es schwer, noch US-Amerikaner zu finden, die zuversichtlich nach vorn blicken. Das hat viele Ursachen. Ein maßgeblicher Auslöser für den aktuellen Unfrieden und die Zerrissenheit des Landes ist jedoch die Finanzkrise 2008. Viele US-Bürger … Continue reading →

Jörg Wimalasena, Die Zeit: Man stelle sich für einen Augenblick vor, Donald Trump hätte nie die politische Bühne betreten, wäre nie US-Präsident geworden. Wie würden die USA heute aussehen? …in vielen Belangen die gleichen USA, die uns heute begegnen. Wer sich … Continue reading →