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Ivanka is starting her own foundation — and is accepting checks from foreign governments: report
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the Clinton Foundation pledged that it would stop accepting foreign donations if Hillary Clinton became president... By Brad Reed.
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Trump’s Tax Proposal Is Just a Symptom of the Disease
No wonder this administration can't get anything done. It specializes in wishful thinking. By Megan McArdle.
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Donald Trump’s Andrew Jackson-Civil War Answer Is All Steve Bannon
President Trump’s revisionist, Andrew Jackson-related history can be traced to none other than Steve Bannon. By Asawin Suebsaeng.
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Trump’s Support and Praise of Despots Is Central to the U.S. Tradition, Not a Deviation From It
The jingoistic fairy tale that casts the U.S. as defender of freedom and democracy in the world is an obvious farce. By Glenn Greenwald.
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How Trump makes dictators stronger
Expect the world to look elsewhere for moral leadership. By Anne Applebaum.
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Trump Gives Press Pass To ‘Alt-Right’ Racist Frog Lunatic (We Mean Again)
We old-timers (online since 1987) don’t know what to make of these kids and their Inter Webs anymore. By Doktor Zoom.
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The Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Suppression
The president’s new “election integrity” group will find fraud where it doesn’t exist and make it harder for Americans to cast their ballots. By Jamelle Bouie.
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Two Dead Canaries in the Coal Mine
If you’re unconcerned by the termination of FBI Director James Comey, the views of Ben Wittes, who typically thinks civil libertarians are being alarmist, might change your mind. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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President Trump After Hours
Watching TV with the President the night before he fired James Comey. By Michael Scherer, Zeke J. Miller.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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