News & Comment

PBC News & Comment: Gloating Over Low-Ball Senate Win, Trump Fires Sessions

As expected, Trump’s scorched-earth campaigning expanded GOP Senate majority; as predicted, Jeff Sessions submits resignation as ordered, chaos continues….--Trump ally Matthew Whitaker will be acting AG, expect mischief
--Facebook colludes with intelligence minders, removes accounts linked to Russia’s IRA that tried to influence US midterms with posts in French and Russian

PBC News & Comment: Superhero Don Protects Us From Imaginary Invaders

Trump relentlessly pumps apocalyptic fear of immigrants and lies continuously in desperate ploy to hold GOP House majority in midterms….--former GOP senator and Obama Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel blasts Trump for using troops as “pawns” at the border
--The Don’s hysterical order for troops to shoot migrants who throw rocks is used by Nigerian Army to justify shooting 49 protesters to death
--while Dems and media accuse Russia of “sowing discord”, new poll shows how Trump has divided Americans with attacks on media

PBC News & Comment: Trump Descends Even Lower, Drops “Willie Horton” Ad

In new ad, Trump uses racism and demagoguery to link Democrats to Mexican immigrant convicted of killing 2 Sacramento cops….--it echoes Trump’s malicious attacks on San Francisco after 206 death of Kate Steinle, which the jury ruled was accidental
--in accurate critical report, The Guardian notes that Democrats have no climate change plan if they win the House

PBC News & Comment: In Midterm Desperation, Trump Goes for “Batshit Crazy” Voters

Trump’s scorched-earth fear campaign moves to Defcon 4 as he ruthlessly, recklessly promotes partisan division with proven lies, constant tweets….--Trump bullies lame duck Speaker Ryan for telling the truth: “you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order”
--scrambling to hold on to her seat, Missouri ConservaDem Sen. Claire McCaskill separates herself from “crazy Democrats”
--Democratic dark money superPac peels back the curtain a little, sharing its strategy of fighting GOP on issues, not Trump

PBC News & Comment: The Violent Awakening of Trump’s Sleeper Cells

In week that brought us perfect storm of American tragedy, Trump relentlessly continues to divide; will it trigger more lunatics?....--in Pittsburgh, the truck driver accused of killing 11 at Tree of Life blamed Jews of HIAS for offering support to immigrants demonized by Trump
--after call for unity, Trump blasts Tom Steyer, a Jewish Democratic donor who was sent a pipe bomb last week
--the accused pipe bomber wanted to be caught, it appears

PBC News & Comment: Trump Denounces Attempted Bombings He Stoked

Pipe bombs sent to Soros, Clinton, Obama and CNN are denounced by White House, as Trumpists immediately blame ‘angry Democrats’….--pro-Trump media and Tweeters sing the same song, False Flag
--at Monday’s Trumpmob rally in Houston, Trump embraced the term “nationalist” , as he repeatedly lied about Dems and their violent tendencies
--FBI arrests white nationalist who had fled to Central America
--Border Patrol union endorses agitprop featuring white nationalists that refers to Dems as “dark and evil”