The fantastical world of Republican economic thinking
The elites of the American right cannot reconcile the inconsistencies in their policy platform
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Von der Leyen welcomes US senators’ bid to pile sanctions pressure on Putin
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European Commission chief meets key Republican foreign policy hawk Lindsey Graham.
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Trump’s tax bill helps the rich, hurts the poor and adds trillions to the deficit | Katrina vanden Heuvel
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The ‘big, beautiful bill’ has reaffirmed that a pledged golden age is really just a windfall for the uber-wealthy
The blush is off the rose, or, rather, the orange. The erstwhile “First Buddy” and bor…
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We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade | Judith Levine
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The media has focused on the price tag and potholes. But history may mark 14 June as the ceremonial birth of US fascism
In 2017, watching a two-hour Bastille Day procession, Donald Trump told the Fren…
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Tariffs court fight threatens Trump's power to wield his favourite economic weapon
Despite the legal mire, all signs point to this being a battle the Republican president won't give up easily.
‘A cynical ploy to hold power’: how the US right has exploited racial division
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In the documentary White with Fear, an insidious long-running campaign to villainize people of color in the US is laid bare
In the year 1968, a group of housewives in Dearborn, Michigan, then a nearly…
House Republican budget bill calls for bigger 'pass-through' business tax break. Who could benefit
The House Republicans' budget bill calls for a bigger 199A deduction for qualified business income. If enacted, here's who could qualify.
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Elon Musk says Trump's spending bill undermines the work DOGE has been doing
Musk criticized the Republican spending bill that recently made it through a House vote.
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Trump hates wind power. But these Texas Republicans are embracing it
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Wind turbines have become a financial lifeline in rural areas, but state legislators are now targeting them
As a Republican state lawmaker for 16 years, a Texas rancher and a staunch supporter of Dona…
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
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The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
If enacted, Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill as it emerged on Thursday from the House of Representatives…