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Archives: Plutocracy

Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the "Stormfront" in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon…

Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. "If House…

Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | - - The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin. I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking…

Top 5 things Trump is doing to us Worse than insulting Mika

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yes, Trump's gratuitous Twitter insult to newswoman Mika Brzezinski was horrible. But US cable news and even a lot of print news are…

Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank

TeleSur | - - Jared Kushner was an adviser to the Trump campaign and an employee at his own real estate company when the firm received the loan. A real estate company…

3 mn will own 70% of US Wealth generated by 320 mn by 2021

TeleSur | - - Even though the rising inequality is a global phenomenon, it is especially pronounced in the United States, the study noted. According to a new study, the 1 percent…

Trump could reform the Banks, or start 2nd Great Depression; Which is most Likely?

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com Donald, listen, whatever you’ve done so far, whatever you’ve messed up, there’s one thing you could do that would make up for a lot. It would…

It isn’t just Trump: The American System is Broken

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | - - NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump’s ravings against the 2015 Paris climate agreement are partly a product of his ignorance and…

Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted…

Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News

By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | - - The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible to heal. Fox News creator and former…

US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions

By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual “Best Countries” ranking, based on how thousands…

Boycott Trump! Hit him where it Hurts

By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - In normal times, Dee from New York would have ordered her copy of The Handmaid’s Tale from Amazon, but these are not…

It’s the wrong time to mock Republican voter outrage

By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Waking of the American Voter As voters express their anger at Republican politician town halls, Democrats are rejoicing saying I told you…

American Workers in Age of Trump just aren’t being Paid Fairly

By Josh Hoxie | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - Imploring people to simply work harder ignores the fact that most jobs don’t pay enough to get ahead. The gap between the…

US Nears $100B Arms Deal for Saudi Arabia: White House Official

TeleSur | - - The official said the deal will be good for the U.S. economy. The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals forSaudi Arabia totaling more…

GOP Rep. Labrador: “Nobody dies b/c they don’t have… Health Care”

DeMarco Morgan | (CBSN) | (Video News Report) | - - "An Idaho lawmaker is facing intense scrutiny after defending the GOP health care bill. During a town hall, Rep. Raul Labrador…

Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing call to 'make them pay' As Republicans…

Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump's peculiar comments about and relationship with dictators and loonies among foreign leaders have upset a range of observers, from sincere…

Trump White House Taking “Marching Orders” from Hundreds of CEOs: Report

Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration within the first 100 days represented the…

“Steve Bannon just Snapped” – “Super-Scary” (TYT & Maz Jobrani)

The Young Turks | (Lively Video Discussion) | - - "The Trump Administration would like you to think they aren't still plagued with infighting. Wrong. Sad. Babies. Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and…