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With Ros-Lehtinen retiring, the anti-embargo side has reason to celebrate
The surprise announcement that Republican representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen would not run for re-election is welcome news for those who are looking for something positive in the…
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Faint praise for Barack Obama’s embrace of wealth
In 2009, President Obama said, “I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street,” although he managed to do as much. Obama’s campaign included the…
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Trump’s killer budget
This is, literally, a killer budget. It toys with human lives. It amounts to a counterrevolution the GOP has been carrying out for decades. A class war from above, which has succeeded…
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The Democrats delivered one thing in the past 100 days: disappointment
As the first 100 days of the plutocratic and militaristic Trump administration draw to a close, one truth has been crystal clear: the Democratic party lacks the vision, discipline and…
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Harvard poll: President Trump approval rating at 32% with young Americans
As the first 100 days of the administration nears, 32% of 18- to 29-year-old Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance overall, according to a new national poll by…
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Mr. President, can we have 10 minutes of your time?
Taking a page from China's President Xi's playbook, we're asking President Trump to take at least 10 minutes to consider the strongest arguments we and other advocates are making for…
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The Trump Doctrine
At first glance, foreign policy under Donald Trump seems inconsistent, arbitrary, and devoid of principle. The Trump Doctrine began to emerge when Trump issued his travel bans on…
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Majority in U.S. no longer think Trump keeps his promises
President Donald Trump's image among Americans as someone who keeps his promises has faded in the first two months of his presidency, falling from 62% in February to 45%, according a…
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The punitive society
The image of the United States as a cruel and punitive society is not the one the overwhelming majority of Americans have of their country. But it is an accurate one. Americans delude…
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No one can sit on the sidelines. Not now.
This country will either move in the direction of an authoritarian government where the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer, or we will successfully fight back and build a…
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