By Common Dreams staff —
Where do you vote? What’s on the ballot? And what to do if your access is denied?
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Frank joins Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett for a conversation on Shiflett’s podcast, “Walking the Floor.”
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By Sonali Kolhatkar — Of the 16 booths at one voting location in Brea, Calif., only eight were working and, out of those, four were occupied about an hour by men wearing “Make America Great Again” T-shirts, one voter reports.
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By Michael Winship / Moyers and Company —
Donald Trump’s rhetoric during the last days of the campaign has led even the most equable of journalists to the end of his rope.
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Know someone who’s involved in Herbalife, Mary Kay or any number of similar organizations? Send them this “Last Week Tonight” video.
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By Juan Cole — What is unusual about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s intervention in the 2016 election is not the intervention. After all, the FBI tries to shape United States politics every day.
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By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet —
There is little serious criticism of the Israeli state, including from Hillary Clinton’s camp.
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By Eugene Robinson — The FBI director’s actions likely will not be enough to elect Donald Trump as president. But it may have hurt Democrats’ chances of taking control of the Senate.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
Whether Trump wins or loses, he will leave behind a toxic legacy of increased racial and religious hatred, which he has deliberately stirred up in order to take the focus off his policies—policies that would hurt workers and would throw even more money at the super-wealthy.
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“The correct strategy is you live to fight another day,” Uygur says. “We avoid fascism. Check. Then we go fight the establishment. Check. And then we win.”
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By E.J. Dionne Jr. — There’s a deep well of resentment around the idea that “government is run for the benefit of the people who run the government and not for the good of the country.” Both major parties need to face this reality, no matter how the presidential election turns out.
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In a 30-minute interview with Sophie Shevardnadze at RT, the Truthdig columnist discusses who will be the real loser in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
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By Jon Queally / Common Dreams —
“I’ve got seven grandchildren. I’ve got four kids. I worry about the future of this planet. I’m not sitting it out. And I hope that my fellow Americans will not sit it out,” the Vermont senator told voters over the weekend.
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By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch —
As the U.S. prepares to elect a new president, the threshold at which some party to a non-nuclear conflict may choose to employ atomic weapons appears to be at its lowest in decades.
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
Should temperatures in the region continue to rise, the dunes of the Sahara will march northward.
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As we try to squeeze voting into our busy schedules Tuesday, the question gnawing at many of our minds may be: “Why today of all days?” Turns out the HBO show’s producers have had the same question.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
The Republican candidate couldn’t have eroded the trust and social cohesion the nation depends on without three sets of enablers. They must be held accountable, too.
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Another day, another email debacle for the Clinton campaign, courtesy of WikiLeaks. The weekend brought more than one unwelcome surprise from the trove still being released—just in time for the presidential election.
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By Victor Wallis —
There’s been a good deal of chatter about a “rigged election” in recent months, and that’s not simply trumped-up spin. Corruption of the voting process involves broad restrictions on the power of citizens to choose their leaders.
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After nine days of turmoil and reports of strife within the bureau’s ranks, Director Comey made yet another announcement Sunday that could impact Tuesday’s presidential election.
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