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Haitian government claims ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier laundered stolen money through Trump Tower
More than a fifth of Trump’s condominiums in the U.S. have been purchased since the 1980s in secretive cash transactions that fit a Treasury Department definition of suspicious…
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Donald Trump proves he’s a racist — again
Instead of worrying so much about the use of the word ‘SHITHOLE,’ headlines should have read: Donald Trump, president of the United States, proves he’s a racist — again. Editorials…
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Deal with the devil
The news in Michael Wolff’s new blockbuster book, ‘Fire and Fury,’ is that Trump’s own inner circle and his Republican enablers in Congress realize that Trump is an extremely dangerous…
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Promises not kept
Almost one year in, it’s time for another update for Trump voters on his election promises. Using 20 examples of promises made by Trump, the author demonstrates how the president has…
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One hundred days of solitude, one hundred years of colonialism
More than three months ago Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, laying waste to the island. The response of the Trump administration has been deplorable. The federal government…
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2017: The year of the living dead
This was the year that all the old, discredited, long-buried political ideas, practices and groups sprang back to life and took center stage. The real zombies are running the show and…
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U.S. immigration agency moves office from Cuba to Mexico — “temporarily”
In an apparent move to further hinder travel between Cuba and the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended operations in Havana. The announcement, made…
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Mostly unaffected by new rules, cruise lines seek to expand into Cuba
Cruise lines are laying the groundwork for further expansion into Cuba now that the rules governing U.S. tourism to the island have been revised and clarified by the Trump…
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New tax law supercharges existing inequality trends
The 2018 World Inequality Report shows in rich and convincing detail why the new Trump-Republican tax law makes a bad situation worse. It will increase economic inequality significantly…
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A guide to why the Trump-Republican tax plan is a disgrace
Don’t let anybody tell you the big lie: Republicans are voting for the tax plan because their wealthy patrons demand it. It will weaken our economy for years – reducing demand, widening…
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