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Naming America's Political Perverts
Another aspect of barbarism in the age of Donald Trump.
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Trump Is Turning America into China
China's dictator models the glories of the corporatist state.
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Does the economy matter in 2020?
Peter Coy has a big piece in Businessweek touching on a familiar frame: health vs. wealth. He says the president is gambling on a recharged economy powering him back to the White House. But this framing, and the conventional wisdom it rests on, seems stale. “It’s the economy, stupid”
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Donald Trump and the Age of Barbarism
We can't shame the GOP, but we can name their behavior.
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Land of the Weak, Home of the Depraved
The Memorial Day Weekend showed us who we are.
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Blood's Got Nothing to Do with It
Don't be like the rich.
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No, GOP Senators Are Not Cowed
They are willingly deepening the roots of authoritarianism.
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Why Trump's Job Approval Never Moves Despite the Repeated Expression of His Criminal Mind
There's probably nothing he can do, or fail to do, to change how people vote.
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Pandemic Reveals That Without Suffering, Our Advanced Capitalist Society Would Collapse
The economy requires a working class without political power.
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No, Protests Are Not a 'Class Struggle'
Not the one you think it is. Here's the real struggle.
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Freedom Fighters? More Like Freeloaders
When it comes to masks, responsible law-abiding people are doing the work.
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Do Not Presume a Fair Election
"Obamagate" is one reason why.