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Police used tear gas and arrested dozens of rioters as anti trump protests erupted in Washington, D.C., on the day Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 45th president. Donald Trump’s inauguration is being celebrated by his supporters and protested by his detractors. Anti Media reports: A broad coalition of anti-Trump protesters have descended upon Washington D.C. and every major city in the U.S. Below is an updating compilation of live videos showing unrest from the ground in Washington (refresh the page to see the latest video updates): By Nick Bernabe

Over the past couple of days, we've highlighted a couple of the mass protests that are being planned by disaffected Hillary supporters in an effort to disrupt the various Trump inaugural events that get kicked off tomorrow evening.  Perhaps the most aggressive "disruptions" have been planned by groups called "DisruptJ20" and the "DC Anti-Fascist Coalition" and include plans to "paralyze the city" with "clusterfuck blockades" of bridges and tunnels, "stink bombs" in ventilation systems and chaining metro trains to station pl

Submitted by Saxo Bank's Michael McKenna via TradingFloor.com,

As the world's elite gather in Davos to decide for the minions what the world should look like, The IMF has taken a far dimmer view of global (and by that we mean Trumpian) economic growth than markets appear to be. In addition to slashing Brazilian, Mexican, and Saudi Arabian economic growth forecasts, Lagarde's lackeys are taking a cautious stance toward the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office this week, assuming only a modest boost to the U.S. economy from his promise of fiscal stimulus.

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The preceding three parts of this series analyzed the mechanisms that drive great powers.

 

The most in-depth understanding of the issues concerned the determination of the objectives and logic that accompany the expansion of an empire.