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Dennis Aftergut

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Washington Post readers aren’t buying Jeff Bezos’ excuse-making

Readers of the Washington Post flocked to read Jeff Bezos' essay this week defending his decision to stop his editorial board from endorsing Vice...

31.10.2024 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Fox News, Trump and democracy: A friendly place for Donald; enemy ground for Harris

21.10.2024 7

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

The work of wooing the “Uncommitted”

A small band of activists was ready when leaders of the “Uncommitted movement” in Wisconsin and Michigan issued a statement last week urging their...

28.09.2024 8

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Harris wins Round 1 over Trump with a knockout

11.09.2024 2

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

Kamala Harris must now answer for her past positions — then she can flip the script on Trump

Critics say Kamala Harris has run a campaign long on style and short on substance. The media, they complain, has given her a pass. Late Sunday...

09.09.2024 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

The point of Trump’s dishonor: Why the Arlington debacle is about more than the fallen

Much has been written about Donald Trump’s utter contempt for American patriotism as displayed at Arlington cemetery last week. Trump desecrating...

04.09.2024 30

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

America’s first post-pandemic political party: COVID made the Democratic convention different

Much has been written about the joy and hope that lit up the Democratic convention. Little, however, has connected the festivities in Chicago to a...

27.08.2024 3

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

What Harris can say to Gaza protesters

21.08.2024 1

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

The truth about Trump's crowd size obsession: It's vote size that matters

Beyond the all-important battleground states, every vote counts in this November’s election. The reason? If Kamala Harris wins the Electoral...

16.08.2024 2

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

January 6 was a beta test for 2025

January 6, 2021, that day of presidential infamy, was also an experiment for Donald Trump and those who wanted to overturn a legitimate election...

07.08.2024 100

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Dog whistling past Dixie: Republicans are in over their heads playing the Kamala Harris race card

Donald Trump just made it official, in case you had doubts: The GOP is the party of racism, whether reverse-spun, dog-whistled or broadcast without...

03.08.2024 20

Salon

Dennis Aftergut