The Rise Of White Racial Nationalism

While there were many reasons for Donald Trump’s surprise victory, a particularly ugly one was his success in touching the raw nerve of white racial animosities.

Lawrence Davidson
By Lawrence Davidson
President-elect Donald Trump waves to supporters during a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

There is little doubt that white racism played a role in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. As Zach Beauchamp demonstrates in a Nov. 10 article at Vox.com, enthusiastic support for Donald Trump – 10 on a scale of 10 – among white voters in mostly white geographic areas was about 25 percent. However, in areas of growing ethnic and racial

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Electoral College To Determine If “Trump Is Fit To Serve As President” On News Of Russia Hacks

Electoral College electors have requested further insight into President-Elect Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to determine “whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.”

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla.

In a development with the shocking potential to upend the U.S. presidential election, ten Electoral College electors have requested further insight into President-Elect Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to determine “whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.” Led by Christine Pelosi, daughter of Democratic House

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John Bolton Suggests DNC Hack Was Obama ‘False Flag’

The former UN ambassador appears to accuse the Obama administration of a vast conspiracy to undermine the presidential election results.

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
In this April 13, 2012 file photo, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

John Bolton, the hawkish former Bush administration official now reportedly under serious consideration for deputy secretary of state, suggested during a Fox News interview on Sunday that the reports of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election might be a "false flag" by the Obama administration, an accusation characterized as "insane" by

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Recount 2016: Controversy & Media Attacks Follow Jill Stein’s Demand For Electoral Integrity

‘What the recounts will do is make clear at long last that we must radically reform our abysmal voting system so that this kind of thing never happens again,’ an election integrity activist tells MintPress News.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
Jill Stein holds a press conference to discuss recount efforts outside Trump Towers in New York City, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx via AP)

AUSTIN, Texas --- Dr. Jill Stein has been attacked in the mainstream media, threatened with legal action, and even created a divide within her own political party due to her attempts to audit the results of the presidential election. “I think Jill Stein’s doing the right thing,” said Mark Crispin Miller, a self-described “election integrity

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The Election Revealed More About The Democratic Slump Than A ‘Trump Surge’

The biggest story of the 2016 presidential election is not a ‘Trump surge,’ but a Democratic collapse.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
A woman in the audience hold up fabric that reads "Ignoring DNC's Corruption Condones It!" as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Adams City High School in Commerce City, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

NEW YORK --- Few observers were surprised by Donald Trump’s weak performance in last week’s presidential election. The Republican candidate’s 60.5 million popular votes put him on a par with his predecessors, Mitt Romney and John McCain, neither of whom came close to beating President Barack Obama in 2012 or 2008. But even fewer expected the

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Saudi Crown Prince: We Fund 20% Of Clinton’s Presidential Campaign

The Saudi crown prince reportedly said that over the years his country has always financially supported both Republican and Democratic candidates.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Saudi King Salman, left, speaks with his son Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they wait for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of a Gulf Cooperation Council summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Saudi Arabia has paid more than 20 percent of the cost of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for presidential elections, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying Sunday in a news report by the Jordanian Petra News Agency. According to the Middle East Eye news website, the report was later deleted from the agency’s

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