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Opinion: Trump’s running on “retribution.” Why’s he gotta be so mean?

Denver Post 20 Sep 2023
”I am your retribution,” Donald Trump told a gathering of ultra-rightwing conservatives earlier this year. He relishes the persona of the big bad wolf howling at the door; the menace to society lying in wait; the dark lord ready to terrorize the land ... In fact, cult members love that their leader’s 2024 campaign has been dubbed “the revenge tour.”.
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Your Two Cents for Sept. 19

Rapid City Journal 19 Sep 2023
I have to agree that Senators Thune, Senator Rounds, and Representative Johnson are a disgrace, but it’s not because they did not attend the Trump rally; it is because they have repeatedly put party before country ... Apple Podcasts ... There's a plethora of reasons to negate the ultra rightwing policies that make many aspects of our lives unpalatable.
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How the Tripwire Mechanism of the Mind Prevents the Free-Flow of Reason and Logic and ...

The Unz Review 28 Aug 2023
Reason and logic based on honest assessment of facts are understood to be the essential methods of thought and discourse in the Modern World ... The mind must be allowed to roam freely and arrive at the truthful conclusions ... (Never mind the so-called ‘left’ of the Democratic Party is just as slavish to ultra-rightwing Israel as the GOP is.).
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ultra rightwing Washington Examiner: "Ohio Issue 1: Anti-abortion advocates suffer chastening defeat

Democratic Underground 09 Aug 2023
Ohio Issue 1. Anti-abortion advocates suffer chastening defeat. After record-breaking voter turnout since early voting began last month, the Columbus Dispatch called the result with just 24% of the votes in ... -------- ... ------- ... .
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Frankly Speaking: What will it take to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Arab News 07 Aug 2023
In a recent column for The New York Times, Thomas Friedman reckoned that a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal would force the ultra-rightwing elements in the cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to choose between annexing further Palestinian territory and accepting peace with the Arab and Islamic worlds.
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US senator tells Biden to do more against ‘racist’ Israeli ‘land grab’ in West Bank

Arab News 07 Aug 2023
LONDON ... Maryland Sen ... “When you see it first-hand it underscores how alarming the situation is now with this ultra-rightwing Netanyahu government that includes known racists like (National Security Minister Itamar) Ben-Gvir and (Finance Minister Bezalel) Smotrich, and clearly shows that they’re determined to totally take over the West Bank,” he said.
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Democrat calls on Biden to stop ‘racists’ in Israeli government from ‘land grab’

The Observer 07 Aug 2023
“When you see it first-hand it underscores how alarming the situation is now with this ultra-rightwing Netanyahu government that includes known racists like Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, and clearly shows that they’re determined to totally take over the West Bank,” he said.
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Donald Trump, Eugene Debs, and AMLO, by Ron Unz

The Unz Review 07 Aug 2023
... his own courts then used the excuse of election protests to prohibit his defeated rightwing opponent President Bolsonaro from trying to do the same in four years time. In India, the ultra-rightwing Modi government is overwhelmingly popular, but still decided to take no chances.
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Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy

The Observer 28 Jul 2023
They consist of ultra-orthodox fundamentalists, nationalist extremists and overt racists, who together make up the most rightwing government in Israel’s history ... For the ultra-orthodox, the big prize is exemption from conscription into military service, but for Ben-Gvir and his ...
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Europe is surging rightwards. But, as Britain has shown, the populist tide will start to ebb

The Observer 16 Jul 2023
More ominously, if they could lift the constraints, they would follow the lead of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and reinvent their democracy to allow only their party to rule, eliminating an independent judiciary and a free press, all in service of the rightwing cause ... But for all that, ultra-rightwing politics will retreat.
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Conn. drive-only licenses now invalid in Florida under new law

The Day 15 Jul 2023
Ron DeSantis said in a May 2023 release ... "I don't trust what's going to happen there." ... In a statement, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives Matt Ritter (D) said, "Florida's new law targeting certain driver's licenses smells of their governor's ultra-rightwing strategy to get noticed in a crowded Republican presidential field ... U.S ... .
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Did Trump let Americans die purely for political purposes?

Raw Story 14 Jul 2023
On April 13th, the ultra-rightwing, nearly-entirely-white-managed US Chamber of Commerce published a policy paper titled Implementing A National Return to Work Plan ... This was around the time long-standing rightwing networks began to awaken and coordinate with each other.
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Israel’s Knesset to vote on judicial reforms amid pro-democracy protests

The Observer 10 Jul 2023
The decision was met with anger by Deri’s ultra-Orthodox party and supporters ... Netanyahu’s coalition of rightwing and ultra-Orthodox parties – the most rightwing in the country’s history – introduced a package of sweeping judicial changes shortly after he returned to office in December ... TopicsIsraelBenjamin NetanyahuMiddle East and north Africanews ... .
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Netanyahu angers coalition partners by ditching part of judicial overhaul

The Observer 30 Jun 2023
Netanyahu’s coalition of rightwing and ultra-Orthodox parties introduced a package of sweeping judicial changes shortly after he returned to office in December ... The news also led to critical comments from Netanyahu’s coalition partners, including the rightwing extremist national ...
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Letter: LGBT threats reach abroad

Gloucester Times 19 Jun 2023
The Ugandan parliament, working with ultra-conservative religious leaders with ties to U.S.-based Christian fundamentalists, rightwing politicians and private citizens, and organizations like those listed above, recently passed a law that calls for the execution of gay men and ...

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