Monday, November 28, 2016

Morning Coffee (11/28/16)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Syria war: Key Aleppo rebel area captured by forces

Good for them: ThinkProgress will no longer describe racists as ‘alt-right’

And them: Facing a massive boycott, Target CEO doubles down on support of LGBTQ rights with these words

"It is unconscionable, this know-better recrimination, directed at the very people who just put the most work and energy into defeating Trumpism, coming from those who will be made least vulnerable by Trump’s ascension."

This is really good and important: Progressive fundamentalism: how Hollywood and the media fortify the bubbles we all live in

What the alt-right really wants, according to a professor writing a book about them

How the DNC chair election works

China is trying to counter the West’s influence in Africa by exporting its literature there

In Praise of Paris Geller and Her Anger

3 comments:

  1. Did you realize the link for the Target story is an article from May? I didn't see any update or addendum to the story, so I wasn't sure why this was linked - it sounded like there were new developments.

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    1. Nah, it was recently going around on Twitter, presumably because of new calls for boycotts, and I just messed up.

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