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Straight talk about Trump
It’s time the news media called President Donald Trump's behavior for what it is rather than try to normalize it. Words matter. It’s important to describe Trump accurately. Every…
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355 days, 2001 lies, and a million insults
Apologists for the president will cite studies that show everyone lies every day. Yes, but Trump’s lies are different: they are not common lies about things such as why you didn’t turn…
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Donald Trump’s national security strategy
In December 2017, the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy. In it Donald Trump expresses a return to the idea of "preserving peace through strength," which…
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‘Remaining awake through a great revolution’
Monday, Jan.15, we celebrate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States. We bring our readers one of Dr. King's speeches delivered at the National Cathedral,…
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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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