January 6: America’s ‘feast of the goat’?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 22, 2022


When reports from the January 6 committee’s latest hearing came in, it told us nothing …

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The terrible truths about politics and power in America

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2021


/IT’S THE BUSINESS  For those who don’t know about ‘Popular Information’, it’s a newsletter that …

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What Mr Trump said, how he said it and how it was heard

by Rashmee

Posted on February 12, 2021


/ LANGUAGE For a man who wears his intellectual bankruptcy and linguistic imprecision as a …

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MAGA: In Trumpspeak, an aspirational euphemism for Republicanism?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 18, 2021


This is the last week that we need to invest Donald Trump’s pronouncements with the …

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1/6, 9/11 and the threat of terrorism

by Rashmee

Posted on January 17, 2021


Could 1/6, the day of the Trump-incited US  Capitol siege, be the harbinger of …

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#CoupKluxKlan. The headline that said it all came from India

by Rashmee

Posted on January 15, 2021


The nuanced way the world understood Donald Trump’s racially charged call to a mob to …

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America then and now through the actions of one company, Airbnb

by Rashmee

Posted on January 14, 2021


It was Morning Brew, the smartest and sassiest business newsletter in the world, that …

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The US Capitol siege in Smart-Aleckisms and gags from around the world

by Rashmee

Posted on January 13, 2021


When Donald Trump incited a mob to lay siege to the US Capitol, WhatsApp users …

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Here’s the petty good that’s come to pass since Trump incited US Capitol siege

by Rashmee

Posted on January 11, 2021


Four days after Donald Trump incited the siege of the US Capitol, here’s a rundown …

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‘Trump is a political David Koresh’

by Rashmee

Posted on January 9, 2021


In all the commentary on Donald Trump’s incitement of a mob to march on the …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK