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COVER/Molly Redden p. 1
How Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from Congress
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump’s ne’er-do-wells
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A kakistocracy takes over immigration policy | Can corporate profit and morality be compatible? | Trump’s plan to feed the greed of corporate elites | When and where was the first Thanksgiving feast?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Climate conference has conflicting conclusion
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
European journalists are gearing up against disinformation
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Don’t give up. Organize locally
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump’s FBI pick threatens critic with lawsuit.
‘Budapest Memorandum,’ now largely forgotten, shaped Ukraine’s nightmare.
Trump has more kooky plans for America. Trump still wants to kill A.C.A., which could backfire.
Wanna work for Trump? There’s a loyalty test for that ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Trump likely to stiff workers who elected him
ART CULLEN p. 6
It all went up in smoke
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
First order of business in Congress is unfinished business
JOE CONASON p. 7
How Trump corrupted Pam Bondi
CHLOE MEDINA p. 7
We need to invest in families. Project 2025 wants the opposite.
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
From a leader/builder to one who blows things up
PHIL GALEWITZ p. 8
Nine states poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding
DICK POLMAN p. 9
I launched this political column 20 years ago. I’m ending it now.
SARAH MELOTTE p. 9
Lack of civic infrastructure drives rural health disparities
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Bold rulings, better lives
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
Our plutocrats have plenty of money to burn
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Grieving Laken Riley without politicizing her death
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Does Trump have a coherent trade policy?
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
The warning from Seoul: Democracy at risk in an age of authoritarian power
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Loyalty trumps qualification in Trump universe
SABRINA HAAKE p. 13
Gratitude or platitude? You decide.
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Musk’s dangerous bullying
CLARENCE PAGE p. 14
Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change
THE BIG PICTURE/Glynn Wilson p. 14
Ignorance is bliss: The word of the year is brain rot
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The glumness of Trump-world
SAM URETSKY p. 15
What happens when the sick can’t afford their medication?
JASON SIBERT p. 15
Powers need to respect each other
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Of landslides and mandates
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 16
I’m not afraid to say it: Annexing Canada is
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 16
Donald T and Mary C
JUAN COLE p. 17
Syrians finally win the Arab Spring; now can they avoid the pitfalls and finally win democracy?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Trump’s Asia policy 2.0 continues US-centric hegemony
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Three Januarys: All ye need to know
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
What happened to abortion
TRACEY L. ROGERS p. 18
Another whitewash election
RALPH NADER p. 19
Greater energy levels by GOP produce victories over Democrats
TED RALL p. 19
Put the planet first
DAVE MARSTON p. 20
Let’s scrap the stigma of mental illness
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Elvis is still everywhere
ED RAMPELL p. 20
Intrepid exile Mohammad Rasoulof thwarts the theocracy
DAVE ZIRIN and JULES BOYKOFF p. 21
Stopping Trump from using the LA Olympics to burnish his strongman image
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 21
No peace, no justice
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Biden’s pardon power and the last federal pot prisoners
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
If we can reelect Donald Trump, we can be honest about the Alamo
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Democrats don’t have a working-class problem. America does.
GENE NICHOL p. 23
The Carolina two step
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