Donald Trump
It was awfully hard to take this guy seriously at the beginning, when it was reported he had even hired actors to applaud his announcement of his candidacy.[1]
Kyle Cheney, “Never Trump plots last stand at Cleveland convention,” Politico, July 17, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-never-trump-225664
Failed Turkish coup
Hugh Naylor and Erin Cunningham, “Turkey detains 6,000 in failed coup amid signs of chaos in the military,” Washington Post, July 17, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/turkey-detains-about-6000-linked-to-failed-coup/2016/07/17/e77e0bb0-4baf-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html
Unemployment
Betsey Stevenson’s ideas[2] might help if employers weren’t absolutely thrilled with a status quo that enables them to treat human beings as infinitely replaceable.
Betsey Stevenson, “For Too Many, the Job Market Isn’t Working,” Bloomberg, July 8, 2016, http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-08/for-too-many-the-job-market-isn-t-working
Honduras coup
The coup occurred in 2009 and is one major cause of ongoing violence in the country, leading to increased unauthorized migration into the U.S.
Sarah Lazare and Michael Arria, “Here’s Why Activists Don’t Buy Hillary Clinton’s Justification for the Honduras Coup,” Truthout, July 17, 2016, http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36866-here-s-why-activists-don-t-buy-hillary-clinton-s-justification-for-the-honduras-coup
- [1]Aaron Couch and Emmet McDermott, “Donald Trump Campaign Offered Actors $50 to Cheer for Him at Presidential Announcement,” Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 2015, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-campaign-offered-actors-803161; Mark Hensch, “Trump paid actors to cheer his 2016 launch: report,” Hill, June 17, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/245359-trump-paid-actors-to-cheer-his-2016-launch-report↩
- [2]Betsey Stevenson, “For Too Many, the Job Market Isn’t Working,” Bloomberg, July 8, 2016, http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-08/for-too-many-the-job-market-isn-t-working↩