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November 5, 2016

The Truth About Venezuela's Opposition

Lucas Koerner Jacobin

Yet strangely missing from the narrative of the Venezuelan opposition’s peaceful march to victory over a cruel dictatorship was the small detail of the murder of a Venezuelan police officer by demonstrators Wednesday evening.

November 4, 2016

How We Win

William Taylor Jr. portside.org

San Francisco poet William Taylor Jr. writes in the spirit of Beat poetry, finding sly ways of survival and triumph in an often dreary, hostile world.

November 4, 2016

Donald Trump Is Taking a Page From Reconstruction-Era White Supremacists

Donald Nieman The Conversation

How can “Trump Election Observers” distinguish between qualified and unqualified voters? Trump doesn’t say. But his reference to “certain areas” – and the entire tenor of his campaign – suggests that their color will give them away.

November 4, 2016

#StandingRock Is One More Story of Injustice

Mark Trahant trahantreports.com

If the United States lived up to its own ideals there would be no stolen water, land, and dams on the Missouri River and the Army Corps of Engineers would have a long history of real negotiation with the tribes instead of a pretend consultation.

November 4, 2016

FBI RenegadesTrying to Swing Election?

Whitney Snyder Vanity Fair

A whirlwind week of leaks from the FBI appear intended to cast a shadow over Clinton

Police Violently Attack Protesters At Standing Rock

November 4, 2016

Police continue to viciously attack protesters at Standing Rock, ND, with water hoses, pepper spray, rubber bullets and more.

Jon Stewart's Twitter Fight with Donald Trump

November 4, 2016

Jon Stewart: "Vote wisely this November."

NC NAACP Wins Major Voting Rights Case

November 4, 2016

A federal judge orders North Carolina to reinstate the voter registrations of thousands who had been purged from the voter rolls. Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with Dr. William Barber.

Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton. Epic Rap Battles of History.

November 4, 2016

An epic election campaign finds a fitting rap expression. Surprise appearance by a former president.

November 4, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- November 4, 2016

Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton. Epic Rap Battles of History. NC NAACP Wins Major Voting Rights Case. "Michael Moore in TrumpLand" & the Sound of Dying Dinosaurs. Jon Stewart's Twitter Fight With Donald Trump. Police Violently Attack Protesters At Standing Rock.