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COVER/Steven Rosenfeld p. 1
Watch out for the next big attack on our voting systems
EDITORIAL p. 2
GOP owners seek payback
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Trump’s strange bromances with Duterte and Putin;
Earth dinner
WILL DURST p. 3
Classier class war
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
We were there
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Step out of that caootprint
DISPATCHES p. 5
What does the internet look like if net becomes less neutral?
Open internet one of few things standing between us and Trump’s authoritarian rule;
Corporate news largely ignored FCC plan to kill net neutrality;
War over direction of bank watchdog;
Trump disrupts Navajo code talker reception with ‘Pocahontas’ slur;
Trump plays golf three times more than Obama;
Solar and wind energy now cheaper than coal and nukes;
No one wants KXL pipeline, but Nebraska approves it anyway;
Coal baron convicted in mine disaster mulls Senate run;
Comcast hints at plan for paid fast lanes after net neutrality repeal
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Go ahead Republicans. Investigate Hillary. Again
CRISTA WORTHY p. 6
Grand Staircase monument has sparked a new economy.
ART CULLEN p. 6
Change is due
GENE LYONS p. 7
Even now, media delights in Bill Clinton scandals
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Washington’s war on poor grad students
JIM VAN DER POL p. 7
Rural race to the bottom
NEIL BARON p. 8
What’s the Republican game plan for ‘18?
BOB BURNETT p. 9
One year later: Ten lessons learned
LEO GERARD p. 9
GOP tax scam: Make America grieve again
S.V. DATE p. 10
Russia wanted Trump as president and it got him. Now what does America do?
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Republicans in Congress think you’re an idiot
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
We must defend 1st Amendment, because Trump won’t
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Rich people need tax cuts: Repub tax plan
JOHN YOUNG p. 11
Your basic, average, ordinary, garden-variety cult
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON p. 12
Why this House tax scheme is for idiots
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
The true cost of inequality
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Haitian disaster in the making: Trump ends the era of American goodwill
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
We’re now seeing a backlash against bullies
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump’s assault on Obama’s legacy will fail; A personal note
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Anti-Trump fervor can’t fully explain Nov. 7
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Newspeak in Trumplandia: Block grants
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Fish heads and chicken feet in your future?
BOB LORD p. 15
This tax plan is going to cost a lot more than advertised
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Republican death obsession
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Origins of an invulnerable base
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
White-on-white crime
JUAN COLE p. 17
Saudi-US war on Yemen killing 130 kids a day and other bleak statistics
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Trump’s Asia visit: behind red carpet reception
JOE CONASON p. 18
When ‘reckoning’ with Bill, try facts, not myths
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Dear Sarah: I’m thankful Trump has failed
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
JFK: When the light went out of the sky
RALPH NADER p. 19
Rule of power over the rule of law
TED RALL p. 19
How society makes victimhood a no-win
JIM GOODMAN p. 19
Stop pretending estate tax has anything to do with family farmers
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Simon still rhymin’ after all these years
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The new, improved Sophia (not Loren)
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Thanks don’t cure PTSD
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
About Lavar Ball vs. Donald Trump
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Respect existence or expect resistance
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
’Tis never the season for revenge parenting
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
It’s time for Thanksgiving, be happy
MEDEA BENJAMIN p. 23
Cubans start small businesses, but US hurts them
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted December 2, 2017