News From Nowhere Ep. 06

The Carolina Cocktail

I’m back in Bihar this week. I discuss why Donald Trump is a “big fan of Hindu” and why donating to the GOP after the North Carolina arson attack won’t save American democracy.

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Notes And Links

• 1:14 ~ An exhaustive comparison of Donald Trump and Narendra Modi

• An account of the Hindus for Trump rally in New Jersey

• 5:55 ~ An Indian newspaper article explaining one reason why my internet keeps cutting out—the police

• 7:42 ~ Charlotte Observer report on the arson and vandalism of a GOP office in North Carolina

• 11:10 ~ A few examples of the right-wing response to another recent act of “political terrorism” against property, in Oregon

• 14:29 ~ A Democratic crowdfunding page for Republicans

• A blog post by labor organizers in the US south about why that is stupid