Donald Trump: The Unworthy President of the United States

He is the instigator of chaos and confusion 

and the wrecker of U.S. democracy

President Donald Trump

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Riot at the Capitol Hill 

Photo courtesy: CNN 

The sacking of Capitol Hill 

Photo courtesy: Wilmington Star-News

Thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters, mostly white, from all over the U.S. descended on Washington, D.C., yesterday and protested against the so-called "rigged election" that resulted in the Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden the winner. Their intention was to force Vice President Mike Pence and the Congress to cancel the confirmation of electoral college votes and declare the losing Republican candidate, President Trump, the winner.

At one time, a mob of hundreds breached the barricades and stormed the Capitol (Congress) building, entering and ransacking different rooms. Some people even stole some items from there as souvenirs! Government security personnel, ridiculously inadequate for the situation, miserably failed to contain the insurrection. The crowd descended in Washington, D.C., at the call of President Trump, the instigator of this domestic terrorism and lawlessness. It took police four hours to quell the situation.

During the rioting, four persons died -- one from gunshot and three from their medical conditions. It is interesting to note that only about four dozen protesters, mainly 6:00 p.m. curfew breakers, have been arrested by the police. The question is if the rioters were blacks or browns instead of whites, how would the law enforcement personnel deal with them? With guns and grenades? With hundreds of arrests?   

It has already been proven in the U.S. that President Trump is a compulsive liar and blame shifter. He does not have the capacity to take responsibility for anything. Under his watch, the presidential election was held on November 3. He was fully responsible for this election -- whether the election was free or rigged. If this election was "rigged," it was his fault, because he failed to let it happen. Infantile President Donald Trump behaves as if he lives in another country and he does not have any responsibility for it!

Many in the U.S. and abroad were shocked and perturbed to see such a low-life behaviour of President Donald Trump and some of his party members and associates who incited these minions and goons to undermine democracy in the U.S. -- the first of its kind in the country's history. Former U.S. presidents -- Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama -- condemned President Trump's recent actions. Many foreign leaders also expressed their disappointment with Mr. Trump.

Evangelical Christians, mostly white, are the greater segment of President Donald Trump's political supporters. They consider him as Jesus' anointed person and an 'honest' man who is 'morally upstanding.'  They also consider him as the country's saviour who will install God's law in the country -- forbidding abortion, homosexual marriages, LBGTQ lifestyle, and others. In spite of being a devil incarnate -- he has proven it many times in the last five years through his actions and words -- President Trump still enjoys their relentless support and homage. Now, what happens to this God's chosen person who let the devil win over him?

To know more, please read the following:

• A mob failed to stop Congress from declaring Biden's win. Some warn they'll be back (Jan. 6, 2021)
• Capitol riots: Congress certifies Joe Biden's victory after chaotic scenes (Jan. 7, 2021)
• World leaders condemn 'horrifying' riot as US Capitol building (Jan. 7, 2021)
• Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Carter all condemn the Trump supporter riots (Jan. 7, 2021)
• Capitol Hill Riots (Washington, D.C.) Photos (January 6, 2021)

The Quotation of the Week (June 28 - July 4, 2020)

A quotation of Steve Schmidt on 'President Trump's
capability', compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Design by Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (June 14 - 20, 2020)

Quotations of David Frum on 'President Donald Trump's
leadership,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

(Click on the above image to read the quotes in an enlarged form)

Pope Francis Decries Racism And Violence in the U.S., Calls For Reconciliation

Pope Francis

Photo courtesy: Shalom World TV

Protesters, including Catholic nun Sister Quincy Howard,
(4th from left) on June 2, in Washington, D.C., USA

Photo courtesy: AP via npr.org/

Pope Francis today in his live-streamed general audience termed the tragic death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, USA, as "tragic" and mentioned that he was praying for him and "all others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism," reports the CNN. 

 "Dear brothers and sisters in the United States, I have witnessed with great concern the disturbing social unrest in your nation in these past days, following the tragic death of Mr. George Floyd," the pope said.

"My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.

"At the same time, we have to recognize that the violence of recent nights is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost," he said.

From the U.S. Catholic Church, a number of priests, bishops, laypersons, and some organizations also expressed their disgust and concern for George Floyd's death and violence and voiced their demand for justice. 

For details on Pope Francis' message, please read the following:

• Pope Prays for the soul of George Floyd and for peace and justice in US (June 3, 2020)
• Pope Francis on the death of George Floyd: We cannot tolerate racism and claim to defend life (June 3, 2020)
• Francis expresses concern about 'disturbing social unrest' in the US (June 3, 2020)
• Pope Condemns Racism and Violence in U.S., Calls For National Reconciliation (June 3, 2020) 
• Pope urges U.S. reconciliation, condemns racism and street violence (June 3, 2020)
• Pope Francis Prays for George Floyd, Decries 'The Sin of Racism' (June 3, 2020)

President Donald Trump in Cartoons

Cartoon courtesy: ottawaherald.com/

The world, especially the U.S., is gripped with the consequences of the childish behaviour of President Donald Trump. His narcissism, irresponsibility, quirkiness, constant belittling of others, and total lack of love and empathy are causing many people to suffer unnecessarily. 

You may see the reflection of this in the following cartoons, provided by the U.S. News and World Report website: 

• Cartoons on President Donald Trump (Click on the first cartoon and then click on the arrow on the right one by one to view more than 800 cartoons on President Donald Trump)

The Quotation of the Week (May 17 - 23, 2020)

Quotations on U.S. President's Leadership 
and Empathy During Times of Crisis and Grief

• “I can think of many presidents whose finest hours included times of mourning. In these and other times, the president binds us as a nation by acknowledging and giving voice to our shared sense of loss, grief and pain and pointing the way to better times ahead. [President Donald] Trump hasn’t shown himself capable of this, in my view.” –David Greenberg (presidential scholar at Rutgers University, USA)

• “It takes a strong man to open his heart. But it also makes a very good and memorable president [who exhibits compassion and empathy].” –Craig Shirley, a Republican operative and President Reagan biographer

• “In virtually all of F.D.R.’s [Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s] talks, he played a pastoral role. He was always empathetic, and even when he was talking about economic dislocation, unemployment, etc., he introduced spiritual notes.” –Susan Dunn, a Williams College professor and author of several books on Roosevelt

• “He [President George W. Bush] was really passionate about connecting with people especially because he took this type of tragedy so personally. He used that passion to express his remorse and sadness, but also to connect with people to make them feel better. He would say it wasn’t about him. It was about the presidency and he wanted to share the presidency with them.” –Eric Draper, the White House photographer who accompanied President George W. Bush

• “In five years of watching him, I’ve never seen [President Donald] Trump display a shred of empathy or grace towards another human being. I’m not sure he has that capacity, at least he’s never shown it in public.” –Jon Favrean, chief speechwriter of President Barack Obama

• “…His [President Donald Trump’s] role should show hope and inspiration, but I think it should show compassion. There are a lot of people that are experiencing a lot of fear, so I do think it has a time and a place.” –David Mangan, one of the survivors of coronavirus, and a pharmaceutical sales representative from Hot Springs, Arkansas

--Quotations compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Source: "Amid a Rising Death Toll, Trump Leaves the Grievieving 

to Others" by Peter Baker, The New York Times (April 30, 2020)

The Quotation of the Week (February 23 - 29, 2020)

A quotation of Nancy Patricia Pelosi on 'cruelty is not wit,'
compiled by Jerome D'Costa

U.S. President Donald Trump Impeached By The House of Representatives

U.S. President Donald J. Trump

Artwork © Joachim Romeo D'Costa

Donald Trump, in his third year as the U.S. President, has been impeached in the U.S. House of Representatives on December 18. Next, the impeachment proceedings in the Senate will decide if he can remain in his office as the president. 

The House of Representatives (having the majority of its members as Democrats) as part of its impeachment proceedings, voted on two charges against the President -- (1) that President Donald Trump abused his power, and (2) that he obstructed Congress by refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, withholding documentary evidence, and preventing his important aides (assistants) from giving evidence. 

Now, as the second part of the impeachment procedure, the U.S. Senate will have to decide on whether the President should be removed from the power. It is unlikely to happen as the majority of Senate members belong to President Trump's party, the Republican party. The Senate's inquiry is supposed to take place in January of 2020.

Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to be impeached. The other two were: President Andrew Johnson (a Republican) who was impeached in 1868, and President Bill Clinton (a Democrat) impeached in 1998. Another president, Richard Nixon (a Republican) avoided the most possible impeachment by resigning from his office of the presidency in 1974.

For more, please read the following: 

• 'The president is impeached': U.S. House deals Donald Trump a historic rebuke (Dec. 19, 2019)
• Donald Trump is impeached and faces trial in the U.S. Senate (Dec. 19, 2019)
• Trump impeached in historic rebuke (Dec. 18, 2019)
• Opinion: Impeached (The New York Times)
• The New York Times: Impeachment
• Donald Trump Trump impeachment (The Telegraph, U.K.)
• Trump Lashes Out During Rally As House Votes To Impeach Him (Dec. 18, 2019)
• TRUMP Impeachment Inquiry (Fox News)
• 'TRUMP IMPEACHED': How newspaper front pages reacted to Trump's historic impeachment by the House of Representatives (Dec. 19, 2019)
• 'Historic rebuke': what the US papers say about Trump's impeachment (Dec. 19, 2019)
• Impeachment Explained: The ultimate guide to the Donald Trump impeachment saga (Nov. 18, 2019)
• Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump (Wikipedia)
• How Many US Presidents Have Faced Impeachment? (Dec. 19, 2019)
• President Donald Trump Impeachment In Cartoons

The Toronto Star Cartoonist's Prediction on Donald Trump's Inauguration Came True

Theo Moudakis' cartoon, in early 2016, shows the U.S. Chief Justice presiding over the oath of office of Donald Trump at the presidential inauguration to be held on January 2017!

Cartoon courtesy: Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star

Toronto Star's renowned cartoonist Theo Moudakis was right to the point when he drew this predictive cartoon on Donald Trump. One year ago not a single soul could  have thought that Donald Trump would one day be the president of the U.S. 

Now use your colourful imagination to interpret this cartoon.

Guerrilla Archiving Trying to Save Data from Climate Change Foes

Image design on 'Guerrilla Archiving' by Jerome D'Costa

'Guerrilla archiving' is a new concept that's being hastily implemented now. It is a quick and concerted collaborative effort of many in copying and saving data on environment,  global warming, and climate change from U.S. federal government servers to safe servers elsewhere in the U.S.A. and Canada for fear of this data being lost or willfully being deleted by climate change foes in the coming Donald Trump government, starting from January 20, 2017. 

Donald Trump in his election campaign speeches denied the climate change, terming it a hoax invented by the Chinese. He also in the mean time nominated a climate change denier as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Under these circumstances, environmentalists and climate change researchers are worried about losing years of climate and environmental research for future generations. The guerrilla archiving is trying to counter this. 

For more, click on the following:

•  Web archive plans Trump-proof Canada back-up (Nov. 30, 2016)
•  Nobel laureates urge Trump to respect scientific integrity (Dec. 1, 2016)
•  Guerrilla Archiving (Dec. 13, 2016)
•  Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump (Dec. 13, 2016)
• U of T heads 'guerrilla archiving event' to preserve climate change data ahead of Trump presidency (Dec. 14, 2016)
• Guerrilla archiving: Scientists copy climate data, fearing Trump purge (Dec. 14, 2016) 
• Panicked scientists hold "guerrilla archiving" event to protect climate data from Trump (Dec. 14, 2016)
• Toronto 'guerrilla' archivists to help preserve US climate data (Dec. 15, 2016)
• Guerrilla Archiving Event: Saving Environmental Data from Trump (Dec. 17, 2016)
• Guerrilla Archiving Event: Saving Environmental Data from Trump (Dec. 17, 2016)
• Climate Mirror: A Volunteer Effort to Mirror U.S. Federal Climate Data
• Climate Mirror Project
• Data Refuge Project
• Climate Torrent

Donald Trump Win Spurs Hate Crimes and Racism in the U.S. and Canada

A racist graffiti on a softball dugout in Island Park of Wellsville of New York State, after Trump win -- Nov. 10, 2916

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 A racist graffiti on a wall of St. David's Episcopal  Church at Bean Blossom of Indiana, U.S.A. -- Nov. 13, 2016

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A post-Trump-win racist poster near Stan Wadlow Park on Woodbine And Cosburn Avenues in Toronto, Canada -- Nov. 14, 2016

Photo courtesy: Canada Post

The U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8 brought about a surprise result -- Republican Party candidate Donald Trump won it by electoral college votes rather than people's votes. 

His chaotic personality became most visible in his electioneering rhetoric and behaviour. His sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, irreverence, and racism were a good fodder for the media. These spilled over to a section of the Americans with a similar bent.  As a result, when it became clear that he was the winning candidate, some of these people vent their long-held secret hatred and racist attitude through their hateful remarks, racial slurs, and graffitic vandalism on houses, churches, storefronts, vehicles, and playgrounds of children and adults. Neighbouring Canada was also not immune to this. The Pandora's Box that Donald Trump opened during his election campaign will have  long-lasting results. 

It is noteworthy that, in 2008, the first Black president Barack Obama's win also had brought about hateful and racist incidents against the blacks in the U.S.A. Those were not as intense and as widespread as this year's.


For more, click on the following:

• If Donald Trump becomes the face of American racism, racism wins (Nov. 7, 2016)
• Trump Victory Sees Spike in Hate Crimes (Nov. 9, 2016)
• America's minorities dealt horror with racist president in Trump: Paradkar (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• 'Rash of Hate Crimes' Reported Day After Trump's Election (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Here Are 28 Reported Racist And Violent Incidents After Donald Trump's Victory (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Day 1 in Trump's America
• Racist graffiti greets Trump win across USA (Nov. 10, 216)
• Muslim Women Wearing Hijabs Assaulted Just Hours After Trump Win (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Rash of disturbing acts of racism reported in U.S. after Donald Trump wins U.S. election (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Donald Trump's victory followed by wave of hate crime attacks against minorities across US -- led by his supporters (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Racist incidents reported in wake of Trump victory (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Racist and pro-Trump graffiti appears in South Philly following election (Nov. 10, 2016)
•  Western NY [Softball] dugout: 'Make America White Again,' swastika (Nov. 10, 2016)
• How the 'Trump Effect' Is Making School Hell for Minority Students (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Antisemitic and anti-Muslim incidents recorded in NY following Trump election (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Swastika Graffiti and 'Build the Wall' Taunts: Inside the Racially Charged Incidents Since Trump's Election (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Over 200 incidents of Hateful Harassment and Intimidation Since Election Day (Nov. 11, 2016)
• [Video] Reports of racism, bigotry post-election (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Black Americans fear racism, police violence post-Trump (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Racist incidents, policy uncertainty dominate news since Trump's victory (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Reports of racist attacks rise after Donald Trump's win (Nov. 11, 2016)
• 'You Deserve to Be Gassed': Hate Crimes Skyrocket After Trump's Win (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Over 300 Trump-related Hate Crimes Since Election Day in US (Nov. 14, 2016)
• There have been more than 300 reported hate incidents since Election Day (Nov. 14, 2016)
• West Virginia mayor resigns after racist Michelle Obama Facebook post (Nov. 15, 2016)
• [Video] Racist incidents after the election (Nov. 15, 2016) 
• (Opinion) Why we can't forget the racism of this campaign (Nov. 15, 2016) 
• FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67% (Nov. 15, 2016) 
• Rash of school incidents demand administrator's act quickly (Nov. 15, 2016)
• These educators aren't tolerating racism in the classroom (Nov. 16, 2016) 
• The internet in Trump's nation (Nov. 16, 2016)
• Tennessee official says KKK better than Obama (Nov. 16, 2016)
• The schools trying to heal wounds post-election (Nov. 16, 2016)
• The wave of post-election hate reportedly sweeping the nation, explained (Nov. 17, 2016) 
• Trump Election Spurs Hate Crime Wave with 400 Racist Incidents (Nov. 17, 2016)
• Update: Incidents of Hateful Harassment Since Election Day Now Number 701 (Nov. 18, 2016)
• Feeling validated by Donald Trump's win, German hate groups team up with right-wing American hate groups (Nov. 18, 2016)
• Swastikas, Trump graffiti defaced park name for Jewish Beastie Boys rapper (Nov. 19, 2016)
•  [Video] 'Make America White Again': Hate speech and crimes post-election (Nov. 19, 2016)
• Spike in hate crimes prompts special NY police unit (Nov. 20, 2016)
• KU also suspends three men's spirit squad members who appear in KKK snapchat photo (Nov. 22, 2016)
• Across the country, Americans are standing up against hate (Nov. 22, 2016)
• Kansas cheerleaders suspended after 'KKK, go Trump' Snapchat post (Nov. 23, 2016) 
• School District Asks Police to Investigate Swastika Graffiti (Nov. 25, 2016) 
• Swastikas and racist messages scrawled outside Boston-area school (Nov. 27, 2016) 
• CAIR: Three California mosques receive hate letters (Nov. 28, 2016) 
• Harassment in schools skyrockets after election, teachers report (Nov. 29, 2016) 
• How Trump took hate groups mainstream (Oct. 14, 2016) 
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• Trump Disavows Hate Crimes, Racism:
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• Ryan says Trump agrees 'no place' for racism, hate crimes (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Trump Disavows Alt-Right Group: 'I Condemn Them' (Nov. 22, 2016) 
• Jared Kushner defends Trump, Bannon against racism and antisemitism allegations (Nov. 22, 2016)
• Donald Trump's disavowal of white supremacists doesn't dismiss civil rights concerns (Nov. 28, 2016)
• Trump still facing concerns about white supremacists (Nov. 28, 2016)
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• Post-Trump-Election Hate Crimes, Racism in Canada:
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• Think Canada is better than the U.S. when it comes to racism? Not so fast, says author of Brown (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Racist posters promoting 'alt-right' alarm Toronto residents (Nov. 14, 2016)
• Homegrown Canadian racists determined to compete with flashier American racists (Nov. 15, 2016)
• It's ugly out there: After Trump's victory, racist acts have also cropped up in Canada (Nov. 15, 2016)
• Trump win gives 'permission' to racists, but hate crimes are nothing new in Canada (Nov. 16, 2016)
• Anti-Semitic graffiti leaves mark on Ottawa as social media reacts (Nov. 16, 2016)
• You Can't Avoid Racism by Moving to Canada (Nov. 20, 2016)
• Is the 'Trump effect' causing a spike in hate crimes in Canada? (Nov. 22, 2016) 
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• Hate Crimes, Race Threats After 2008 Barack Obama Win:
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• Obama election spurs race threats, crimes (Nov. 15, 2008)
•  Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes (Nov. 15, 2008)
• Barack Obama's election spurs crimes around the USA (Nov. 16, 2008)

Adverse Reactions and Protests in U.S. and Canada on Donald Trump Win

President-elect Donald Trump

Artwork © Ujjal Peter D'Costa (Nov. 17, 2016)

Republication presidential election nominee Donald Trump won, in his own language, the "rigged election" on November 8. Until the day of the election, he had been constantly pounding the election campaign trail with his verbal bombardment of the "rigged election."

When he himself won this very rigged election, not by popular votes (Hillary Clinton so far won more than two million popular votes than Donald Trump) but by electoral votes (Trump won 290 and Clinton 232 of these votes), he claimed legitimacy instantly! 

Immediately after the election, protests started and surged all over the U.S. and parts of Canada against Donald Trump's win. Protesters claimed the election to be fraudulent. Now some even want some centres' votes to be recounted to see if fraud was committed.

Whatever it is, now it is the reality that Donald Trump won and Hillary Clinton conceded to it, and Trump is going to be the next U.S. President after Barack Obama. 

Donald Trump is now not only the President of the people who directly voted for him, but also voters who voted against him. He wants to make America great, which he can only do if he works both for his supporters but also for his opponents. This is a very delicate balance to be achieved with cool and calm head as well as intelligent prowess. Can Donald Trump do it? That is the question in the minds of the Americans as well as onlookers from around the world.

 To know more on the above, please click on the following:

• Donald Trump wins 2016 presidential election: victory speech, full transcript (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Transcript: Donald Trump's Victory Speech (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Trump spent a good portion of Election Day sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the election result (Nov. 8, 2016) 
• Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump's election lead grows (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• U.S. traffic to New Zealand immigration sites soars after Trump win (Nov. 10, 2016) 
• Calls to crisis, suicide prevention hotlines surge post-election (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Californians suggest 'Calexit' in Wake of Donald Trump Win (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Silicon Valley investors call for California to secede from the US after Trump win (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Interest in #Calexit growing after Donald Trump victory (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Trump denounced in protests across U.S. (Nov. 10, 2016) 
• Angry protesters flood U.S. streets opposing Trump's election win (Nov. 10, 2016)
• 'Not my president': Trump denounced in protests across America (Nov. 10, 2016)
• 'Not my president': Trump denounced in protests across the U.S. (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Americans are freaking out about losing Obamacare (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Donald Trump effigies and American flags burned as thousands fill streets of U.S. cities in angry protests as celebs demand 'revolution' over vote (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Anti-Trump anger feeds protests, violence (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Trump supporters cry foul over street protests (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Protesters vow to fight Donald Trump presidency (Nov. 12, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests head into fourth day as thousands rally, celebrities voice support (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Thousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protest in Vancouver draws hundreds (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Canadians protest Donald Trump in Toronto (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests move through fifth day (Nov. 14, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests join hands in North Carolina (Nov. 19, 2016)
• A third of Hillary Clinton supporters do not believe Donald Trump's victory was legitimate, new poll finds (Nov. 13, 2016)
• One-third of Clinton supporters say Trump election is not legitimate, poll finds (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Gallup: 23% of Clinton voters say they won't accept Trump as legitimate, whatever that means (Nov. 13, 2016) 
• In U.S., 84% Accept Trump as Legitimate President (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Donald Trump declares Wisconsin [vote] count a scam as Clinton joins Green Party's Jill Stein's attempt to overturn result (Nov. 26, 2016) 
• CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever (Nov. 27, 2016) 
• Photos of Protests Against Donald Trump Win