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John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup
The chief of staff sees his role as controlling Trump. If the President obeys him, then the President cannot be criticized. By Masha Gessen.
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Trump Keeps Getting Mad When He Finds Out What His Policies Actually Do
America’s first “low-information” president. By Eric Levitz.
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Nomination of climate skeptic to head White House environmental office draws strong reactions
Former Texas regulator expected to bring big changes to Council on Environmental Quality. By Hannah Northey.
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America’s Crisis Of Disconnection Runs Deeper Than Politics
Our national self-sorting into liberal and conservative enclaves is tracking with rising rates of loneliness. Why, and at what cost? By Brené Brown.
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Why American Democracy Has Descended Into Collective Hysteria
We are a great power in decline—but neither party has a clue what to do about it. By William Greider.
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No business, no boozing, no casual sex: when Togo turned off the internet
When young people started mobilising online against Togo’s president, the state switched off the internet. In the week that followed, people talked more, worked harder and had less sex – all of which proved bad news for the government. By Mawuna Koutonin. (Sept. 21, 2017)
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The Madness of Donald Trump
The pressures of the presidency have pushed Donald Trump to the edge, but is he crazy enough to be removed from office? By Matt Taibbi.
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Top Ten Signs of [Trump’s] Creeping Authoritarianism, Revisited
Is the president looking more like a dictator after six months in the White House? By Stephen M. Walt.
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How Scott Pruitt Is Gutting the EPA on Behalf of the Fossil-Fuel Industry
Trump's EPA chief is gutting the agency, defunding science and serving the fossil-fuel industry. By Jeff Goodell.
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The Authoritarian Personality Revisited: Reading Adorno in the Age of Trump
“There is reason to look for psychological types,” Adorno explained, “because the world in which we live is typed and ‘produces’ different ‘types’ of persons.” By Peter E. Gordon. (June 15, 2016)
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Protests in Poland as Right-Wing Ruling Party Dismantles Democracy
‘This is a blatant attack by Poland’s government on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.’ By Jessica Corbett.
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America’s Future Is Texas
With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether. By Lawrence Wright.
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Trump chooses family event planner to run N.Y. housing programs
She’s arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses and arranged Eric Trump’s wedding, but has zero housing experience. By Greg B. Smith.
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The Madness of King Donald
When people start asking questions about a king's mental stability, the story usually doesn't end well for the monarch. By Richard Evans.
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Lawmakers across the US are finding ways to turn protesting into a crime
Efforts range from charging people for the costs of policing to making. By Ruthann Robson.
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Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights
The right-wing extremist’s disregard for the Constitution is well documented, and now he’s reportedly joining Trump’s DHS. By John Nichols.
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The Impeachment Trap: Be Careful What You Wish For
Trump is odious, but impeachment is dangerous—both for the Democrats and the progressive movement. By Jeff Alson.
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The Trump news you missed: he asked Comey to jail journalists
Given how much the media has hampered his administration, Trump’s goal seems to be to snuff it out any way possible. By Trevor Timm.
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Does Donald Trump Have a Fully Developed Theory of Mind?
Most adults can do a decent job of understanding other people’s internal mental states. Not the leader of the [supposedly] free world. By Jesse Singal.
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A call from Venezuela to the anarchists of Latin America and the world: solidarity is much more than a written word
El Libertario call on all "real anarchists" to wake-up about the situation in Venezuela. Events in Venezuela are genuine expressions of working-class frustration, against a corrupt and dysfunctional state-capitalism, no longer able to sustain itself given the sharp fall in global oil prices.
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