America is currently suffering a crisis of governance which prevents adequate action from the executive branch in response to Russian government-sponsored social media activity in the 2016 election. This context is necessary to see past the day-to-day noise of the American media’s attempts to label Russian election interference––and the political fallout––as a crisis uniquely rooted...
Our elite politicians have established a bipartisan consensus to harbor intense hatred toward Russia. In the wake of the latest Russian hacking allegations, political figures of all stripes have been tripping over one another to prove that their hawkish Cold War fever is unmatched. Failed presidential candidate Evan McMullin claimed in McCarthyite fashion that President-Elect...
What seemed to be the impossible just happened. Donald J. Trump has been elected President of the United States. During this long and gruesome election cycle, we were told this could never happen. We were told his candidacy was a joke. We were told he could never win even the primaries. We were told that...
On Friday, the Cornell Republicans announced their endorsement of the Libertarian party’s nominee, Gary Johnson, for President. The announcement came in a lengthy facebook post, which included describing Johnson as a “true conservative.” In response, the New York Federation of College Republicans decided to revoke recognition of the Cornell chapter. Contrary to claims made by...
John Plumb made a campaign stop in Ithaca on Wednesday evening to drum up support from the city’s politically active base of liberal progressives in his effort to unseat Republican Tom Reed. Reed, first elected in 2010, successfully faced Ithaca-area challengers Nate Shinagawa and Martha Roberton in the last two congressional elections. This time around...
Democratic royalty Chelsea Clinton will visit Ithaca Monday morning to “get out the vote” for her mother, Hillary Clinton. Anyone who’s interested can RSVP here. Shockingly enough, it’s a free event. That’s quite the bargain, considering that over in Hollywood and the Bay Area you have to shell out a pretty $353k+ to pow-wow with...
On Tuesday, Cornell Professor Elizabeth Sanders, government, presented a lecture titled “Donald Trump: a fascist, populist or demagogue reminiscent of George Wallace?” at a meeting of the Cornell Political Union. The event consisted of a speech by Sanders, followed by a group discussion. Her speech consisted of an explanation behind her label of Trump, as...
Ithaca area Congressman Tom Reed announced his support for leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday evening. “Now is the time to unite behind the candidate who I believe will be our nominee, Donald Trump,” a statement by Reed read. “We must move beyond the bombastic rhetoric to positive discussion about creating jobs and...
Our nation has suffered a terrible loss. With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week, the nation has lost an intellectual anchor of the originalist position in the highest court’s conservative wing. It is virtually undisputed that Scalia was a great legal mind. He served on the court for 29 years and...
In a turn of events that shocked no one, Donald J. Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders won their respective New Hampshire primaries last night. In the days leading up to the New Hampshire primary, RealClearPolitics reported that Donald Trump held a decisive lead of 17 percentage points among GOP primary voters, similar to Bernie Sanders’...