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Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway — to the Tune of $400 Billion
3 Mar 2016 … Young people are the good news of 2016. They see the stressful realities of American life more clearly than their elders and are rallying around the straight talk of Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, the big hitters back in Washington politics are working Continue reading
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Jon Stewart on Comedy in Times of Tragedy
3 Mar 2012 … Jon Stewart talks about his struggle to remain empathic and upbeat in a world of concurrent tragedies, and the importance of delivering news with context. Continue reading
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How Politico’s Mike Allen Blends Ads and ‘News’
11 Nov 2013 … Special interests pay-for-play in the beltway mag's influential reports. Continue reading
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Why Trump Might Win
5 May 2016 … A new Washington Post/ABC News poll released Sunday finds Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie, with Trump leading Clinton 46 percent to 44 percent among registered voters. That’s an 11 percent swing against Clinton since March. Continue reading
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Resistance for Real: The Moment Has Come
7 Jul 2020 … In a morally and politically “arresting” column last week, the Financial Times’ Michelle Goldberg noted that unidentified federal forces were snatching protesters from Portland’s streets without warrants. “Can we call it fascism yet?” she asked, citing the historian Timothy Snyder’s warning, in his truly arresting On Continue reading
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Why Donald Trump Sends a Chill Through My Muslim-American Body
3 Mar 2016 … The Huffington Post adds a disclaimer to nearly all of the articles it publishes about Donald Trump that says: "Editor's note: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban Continue reading
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Are There Questions About US Foreign Policy We’re Forbidden to Ask?
5 May 2017 … Donald Trump's election has elicited impassioned affirmations of a renewed commitment to unvarnished truth-telling from the prestige media. The common theme: you know you can’t trust him, but trust us to keep dogging him on your behalf. The New York Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Supremes Reject Kentucky Clerk’s Same Sex Marriage Protest, Obama in the Frozen North
9 Sep 2015 … As we continue our effort to keep you up-to-date on how money corrupts American government and politics, as well as other news of the day, we’re pleased to publish this daily digest compiled by BillMoyers.com’s Michael Winship. Marry the men Continue reading
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Trump Voters and I Have One Thing in Common: We’re Scared of Losing Medicaid
1 Jan 2017 … I recently read about a county in Kentucky that is typical of the kinds of depressed white communities that have dominated the news since Trump’s election. Owsley County is 83 percent white, mostly rural, and rigidly conservative. Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Injunction on Muslim Ban Upheld; Senators Call for Probe of Yemen Raid
2 Feb 2017 … We produce this news digest every weekday. You can sign up to receive these updates as an email newsletter each morning. 3-0 –> Late yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld on injunction on Donald Trump’s Continue reading