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No, Saudi Can't Save Trump from High Gas Prices

No, Saudi Can’t Save Trump from High Gas Prices

Juan Cole

Trump has tweeted that King Salman of Saudi Arabia has promised to increase Saudi oil production by 2 million barrels a day. Trump says he feels this is important because US gasoline prices are “too high.” Trump is aware that high gasoline prices have tracked since the 1970s with public disapproval of the party in […]

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Massive Crowds throughout US Rally against Trump Targeting of Immigrants

Massive Crowds throughout US Rally against Trump Targeting of Immigrants

Ivan Couronne

Washington (AFP) – Thousands of demonstrators, baking in the heat and boiling mad at US immigration policy, marched across the country Saturday to protest the separation of families under President Donald Trump’s hardline agenda. Directly across from the White House, demonstrators filled Lafayette Square park in an atmosphere of both indignation and sadness, before marching […]

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