WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has a Plan B if he's faced with a contested convention, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he's called "corrupt."
While the billionaire businessman might lock up the Republican presidential nomination in the next five weeks of voting, he and his allies are simultaneously undertaking a parallel effort in case he falls short.
I am deeply disappointed by an event which recently transpired at my beloved alma mater, UMass-Amherst. The UMass-Amherst Graduate Employee Organization, a union representing graduate students working on campus, voted overwhelmingly (95 percent) to stand with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. However, it should be noted, that the vote had a turnout of less than 10 percent.
The BDS movement seeks to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict by caricaturing Israel as an oppressive, apartheid state and advocating for cutting economic ties with them. First, a caveat: I am in favor of a two-state solution and view BDS as a bluntly anti-Israel movement whose tactics and rhetoric only fuel an already volatile conflict. However, this blog is not about why I believe BDS is wrong, it is about why I believe the Graduate Student Union is wrong to formally adopt a stance on any political debate.
