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COVER/Sophia A. McClennen p. 1
Beware the Trump brain rot
EDITORIAL p. 2
Time to expand Medicare
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
How magical is Donald Trump?
What should we do about a mentally ill president?
WILL DURST p. 3
Trump is the Picasso of hogwash
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Dakota pipeline just another Trump deal
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Guns and politics don’t mix
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump sets pace on lies, FBI probes Russian ties;
Trump budget hurts his voters;
Trump budget devastates rural communities;
Repubs seek to bridge impasse on health plan;
White House installs political minders at key agencies;
Trump plan to zero out public broadcasting would hurt 'Trump Country';
Economy grows as CO2 emissions drop, mocking Trump climate policy;
GOP senator thinks EPA cuts will keep agency from 'brainwashing our kids';
Faith leaders aren't happy with Trump budget;
Longtime cop detained by CBP
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Blue America gets richer
TIM LYDON p. 6
You can’t stop illegal immigration while denying climate change
BOB BURNETT p. 6
Indivisible: Social action startup
GENE LYONS p. 7
Who will save us from the conspiracy theorist in chief?
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The press is essential, whether presidents like it or not
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
From the mind of Steve Bannon? No, Mel Brooks
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 8
The AHCA’s war on women
RICHARD ESKOW p. 9
Nixon, Reagan paved way for GOP’s race-charged health agenda
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 9
Let’s give the CIA the credit it deserves
ROSIE SORENSON p. 9
Crikey! Trump grabs attention of British Parliament
DAVE JOHNSON p. 10
Should we pay the rich to build infrastructure, then pay them to use it?
MAX B. SAWICKY p. 10
Hands off Medicaid!
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
GOP health care bill recycles tired moralizing about the poor
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Progressives should support policies that help all working-class people
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 11
Politicking or tax breaks, but not both
HARVEY J. KAYE p. 12
Who says ‘it can’t happen here’?
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump’s plan for health care chaos
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s war on the truth-tellers
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The Trump Administration’s lies are starting to hurt
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
How Dems can win back the working class
SIMON MALOY p. 14
Paul Ryan’s alternate universe
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Proposed: A health-to-income ratio
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Regulation isn’t what threatens economy
BOOKS/Seth Sandronsky p. 15
Community empowerment
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Welcome to conservative health reform
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Enemy of your enemy is not your friend: Russia, CIA, and American Democracy
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil boycott or bromance?
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 17
The deep state, Donald Trump and us
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why Trump (and Bannon) mirror ISIS
DANA MILBANK p. 18
GOP masterminds behind Obamacare’s ‘death spiral’
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Don’t paint George W. Bush in rose colors
RALPH NADER p. 19
‘Making America Great’ at Americans’ expense
TED RALL p. 19
The splitting up of the Democratic Party: Why it’s probably coming sooner than you think
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
No laughing matter: The press shouldn’t be chuckling about Trump’s lies
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
The power of fame
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Neruda’ all top 2016 Progie Film Award winners
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Your March Madness bracket is exploiting student-athletes
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Facing famine, 20 million people need food, not bombs
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Rush-SHA, Rush-SHA, Rush-SHA
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Make the American novel great again
MARC MUNROE DION p. 23
A bowl of stew
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted March 24, 2017