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The Limits of Sympathy

I’ve been blogging a lot here about the white working class and its travails, with reference to Donald Trump’s candidacy. I’ve generally taken the line that however wrong they might be to vote for Trump, and to think that he will do anything for them, their alienation and their instincts ought to be at least understandable, given how things have gone for them, in general, in this country over the last generation.

Frontrunning: March 10

  • Pressure Is on Mario Draghi to Show ECB Has Tools to Boost Low Inflation (WSJ)
  • Euro dips as ECB sets sights on deeper negative rates (Reuters)
  • Ohio's 'dirty little secret': blue-collar Democrats for Trump (Reuters)
  • Irish Economy Expanded 7.8% in 2015, Fastest Pace Since 2000 (BBG)
  • Too Many Boats for Too Little Cargo Leaves Shippers High and Dry (BBG)
  • Abe pledges to boost tourism in tsunami-ravaged region, maintains nuclear policy stance  (Xinhua)
  • Amazon Finds Air Freight Partner (WSJ)

American Dignity

I am preoccupied with Trump, and what he means for our nation. He is single-handedly destroying the Republican Party. We haven’t seen a political party collapse in this country in well over a century. It’s happening now. Institutions that are strong don’t collapse overnight. I don’t know that even Trump saw the rot in the GOP. But it was rotten, and that’s why it’s collapsing.

Police Insider Reveals Mass Civil Unrest Coming

A person claiming to be a police insider has revealed that a civil war is coming to America and many people within police departments and in positions of authority are preparing for mass civil unrest this year.  The anonymous insider reveals that citizens must prepare for the coming unrest by: keeping a gun in their possession at all times, evacuating any major cities, and preparing to be able to defend themselves without the assistance of the police.

Can Sanders Remake the Democratic Party?

The Democratic Party fight between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders—one likely to extend through the very last primaries if not all the way to the convention—might be compared to the contest between Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford in 1976. A beloved movement figure is taking on an exhausted yet entrenched establishment, running much better than anyone expected. But like Reagan, even in defeat, Sanders clearly represents the future of the party.

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