Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania — "I can't believe there aren't any news people here," said Linda of Greene County, Pennsylvania, as she stood among hundreds of cars and pickup trucks idling in long parallel lines in a vast big-box-store parking lot Saturday, waiting to join the Interstate 70 Trump Train.
Indeed, although there were carloads of Trump supporters as far as one could see, and many more on the way from Ohio and West Virginia, and this enormous political event was happening less than two weeks before the presidential election, as far as I could tell, I was the only newsperson there.
It was the biggest political rally no one saw. And gatherings like it have been happening for months in some of the places President Trump needs most to win if he is to be reelected. And, remarkably, the rallies are not the work of the Trump campaign.
he road rally in Washington, Pennsylvania, was organized and staged by local Trump supporters, linked together largely by Facebook, who want to show that enthusiasm for the president in western Pennsylvania and surrounding areas is not just strong but stronger than it was when Trump eked out a victory in Pennsylvania in 2016.
If Trump wins this critical state, it will owe in significant part to this organic movement and the energetic organizers who have nothing to do with his campaign.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 26, 2020
Joe Biden’s Greatest And Most Important National Security Challenge: It’s Not What You Think -- Frank Kendall, Forbes
What Would a Second Trump Term Mean For Foreign Policy? -- Katie Bo Williams and Patrick Tucker, Defense One
Social media: Is it really biased against US Republicans? -- James Clayton, BBC
As virus resurges, so does fear of more economic pain ahead -- Christopher Rugaber, AP
How Donald Trump and Xi Jinping changed the US-China relationship forever -- Matt Bevan and Scott Mitchell, ABC News (Australia)
US election 2020: How Trump has changed the world -- Rebecca Seales, BBC News
Kyrgyzstan’s Descent Into Mob Rule Bodes Ill for Its Future -- Paul Stronski, WPR
Why Nigerian looters are targeting Covid-19 aid -- Nduka Orjinmo, BBC New
Eritrea Shifts Course on Nile Dispute -- Ayah Aman, Al Monitor
Can Russia Steer the Endgame in Nagorno-Karabakh to Its Advantage? -- Asbed Kotchikian, WPR
Azerbaijan’s next move will make or break Karabakh war -- Richard Giragosian, Asia Times
The End Of Venezuela’s Oil Era -- Matthew Smith, OilPrice.com
The End of the Petro-State -- Tahmineh Dehbozorgi, RCD
Illegal Fishing Fleets Plunder the Oceans -- Economist
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 26, 2020
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