The Progressive POPULIST

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July 1-15, 2021 -- Volume 27, Number 12


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COVER/Sonali Kolhatkar p. 1
Does the US really need another oil pipeline?

EDITORIAL p. 2
Return of the Grifter
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Your dog knows better than to let the GOP ‘fix’ our postal system.
Bigots and jolly bankers.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
The ReTrumplican party

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
SARAH ANDERSON p. 4
A plan to end poverty in the United States
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Be ready when the internet goes down
DISPATCHES p. 5
Far-right gang plotted violence to blame on left, then members killed cops.
Arizona ‘fraudit’ recount generates tourism.
Biden, Obama celebrate record ACA enrollments while Supreme Court ponders the law’s fate.
Republicans 'forget' that Trump fired embedded CDC observer in China months before outbreak.
Dems won Georgia, but gerrymanders kept legislature Republican.
Turns out people are less anxious about money when they have money.
Study shows conservatives hear, and believe, more fake news than libs.
Texas AB says Trump would have 'lost' Texas if he hadn't blocked mail-in ballot applications.
QAnon believers seek local positions of power. ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Rethinking the land of plenty
ART CULLEN p. 6
‘Storm Lake’ film is a labor of love about Iowa

ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Beware of philosopher kings and prophets of ‘synthetic alternatives’
GENE LYONS p. 7
Blame it on the filibuster
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
If you love our country, don’t ban its history

JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Trust research or, um, Tucker Carlson?

MOLLY ABSOLON p. 8
You can explore the West and escape the crowds
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 8
NBA Kings financial flop to hit city services?

DICK POLMAN p. 9
Tulsa and other missing pieces of the American mosaic
AMY YEE p. 9
Many Asian Americans are struggling invisibly
JASON SIBERT p. 9
AI may be moving in the wrong direction

TOM CONWAY p. 10
Ending the race to the bottom
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 10
Why we need to distribute and democratize wealth
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
LGBTQ house remains source of pride at Bucknell despite frat students’ attack
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The booming economy and debt and deficit fears
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
How everyone getting more equal slices of the economic pie can curb the ‘velocity of wealth’

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
As Pride Month begins, Republicans double down on restricting transgender Americans
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Could QAnon reign mean the ‘end times’ for democracy?

ROBERT REICH p. 13
Workers matter and government works: Eight lessons from the pandemic
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
No matter the issue, Republicans always say no
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ p. 14
The killing of people of color approximates wartime nubers
BOB BURNETT p. 14
California faces water crisis

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cheap insurance: Trump’s minefield surprises
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Taxes should promote philanthropy

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The world of woke

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Take this job and ...

LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN p. 16
Biden’s unconscionable military budget
JUAN COLE p. 17
Why proposed new Israeli PM — extreme-right Naftali ‘I’ve killed a lot of Arabs’ Bennett — is even worse for Palestinians than Netanyahu
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
The COVID surge and Asia’s distress

JOE CONASON p. 18
Time to dump, depose and defenestrate DeJoy
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A love lost: The Senate and me
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Two red herrings
RALPH NADER p. 19
To the media: Readers need to know more
TED RALL p. 19
Your opinion doesn’t matter. Protests matter
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Such delightful sisters

ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Left journalists move online

PAUL ARMENTANO p. 20
On marijuana, Republicans are canceling their own voters
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
The news never sleeps in ‘Storm Lake’

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Naomi Osaka and the growing backlash against athletes who dare to speak out
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
You think the coronavirus was bad? Ha!

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The lethal nexus: Mass shootings and domestic violence
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
The privilege to push against progress
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Force the Republicans to filibuster democracy. Again and again.
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Destroying Carolina

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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