The Progressive POPULIST


A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland

March 1, 2017 -- Volume 23, Number 4


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Nomi Prins p. 1
Goldman Sachs conquers Washington

EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump’s bait & switch; ‘Pro-lifers’: expand life
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Is Trump’s America our America?
Why so many people loathe Congress.
WILL DURST p. 3
Partying like it’s 1939
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 4
America’s construction carnage

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We need more like Kathy Ozer

DISPATCHES p. 5
Kellyanne Conway's explanation for ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ also a lie;
Trump baselessly accuses media of covering up terrorist attacks;
Trump’s Treasury pick says his bank didn’t robo-sign, court papers say it did;
Trump quickly changed his mind on drug prices, expect the same on Obamacare;
Obamacare sees 9.2M signups;
Pro-life goes both ways;
Cable news channels hike ad rates for shows Trump watches;
Obama era ends with152M at work increase of 9M;
S.D. declares 'state of emergency' to reject ethics reform initiative;
Hawaii Republican leader ousted for rebuking Trump;
Trump's new FCC chief could have big effect on Internet.

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats, get out of bed
JAMIE WILLIAMS p. 6
Why the West should thank Obama
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Ruling by chaos

GENE LYONS p. 7
There’s a fuzzy new sheriff in town
ART CULLEN p. 7
How do you unravel what NAFTA has bound?

JOHN YOUNG p. 7
The impermanence of Trump the temp

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
Resistance to Trump is big, diverse and ferocious
MATT ROTHSCHILD p. 9
10 good omens since Trump’s inauguration

DON ROLLINS p. 9
Debtors’ prisons, then and now

GARY LEGUM p. 10
Profiles in cowardice

JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 10
Torture is a monster and a terrorist lover
JOHN L. MICEK p. 10
Trump’s ban a win for ISIS

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump’s border lunacy won’t end well
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Truthiness on trade
CHUCK COLLINS p. 11
Trump’s first test on taxes

AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 12
The Nevada playbook
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump’s payback to the Christian right? Neil Gorsuch is the first installment
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s takeover of the truth
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump’s latest provocation and its unintended consequences
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 14
Who put the ‘con’ in Conway?
WENDY C. WOLF p. 14
If you work, labor secretary matters to you
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Alas Pollyanna!

SAM URETSKY p. 15
High IQ no guarantee of performance

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Aberration and culmination

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Donald in trade land

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Resisting Trump; building alternatives

JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump can’t make America great again without immigrants
MARK ANDERSON p. 17
Globalizers fret over collapse of Trans-Pacific Partnership
JOE CONASON p. 18
‘Populist’ Trump punks his fans
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Washington is Trumped up
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Surprise, GOP: You should’ve taken Trump literally
RALPH NADER p. 19
Flailing Trumpsters upset a hijacked nation
TED RALL p. 19
The case for left nationalism
J.S. DECKER p. 20
Hundreds charged with felony rioting in inauguration protests

PETER CERTO p. 20
The trouble with Trump’s ‘alternative facts’
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Thanks for the laughs in Trumpland

MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
2016’s best progressive films and filmmakers

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The sports world must stand with Muslim athletes
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Frederick Douglass: Power concedes nothing without a demand
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
What do we tell our children?
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Republicans, the nation looks to you
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 23
An America first energy policy?

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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