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June 15, 2017 -- Volume 23, Number 11

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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COVER/Conor Lynch p. 1
Future of the resistance: Where does anti-Trump movement go from here?

EDITORIAL p. 2
Fire Red Don; Support reform in Iran

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Stop blaming workers, the bosses made this mess.
Trumpty dumpty.
WILL DURST p. 3
President Braggadocio fires a showboat
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
FFA finds its way but at what cost?

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Climate change still in early innings

DISPATCHES p. 5
Supreme Court strikes down racially gerrymandered NC congressional districts;
Trump’s common curtsy;
House Dems raking in small-dollar donations;
White House keeps ‘Obamacare’ payments in place another 90 days;
O'Donnell may be outin MSNBC rightward revamp;
White House having H.R. problems;
Days after promise to save food stamps, Trump budget targets them, as safety net is slashed;
Airport lawyers who stood up to Trump under attack
'Essential' toxic waste cleanup program to be slashed;
First rule of pipelines: They leak;
Gingrich pushes discredited conspiracy theory about death of DNC staffer;
Right-wing attacks on Planned Parenthood are working ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
States in shock as R’s unleash health care chaos
LUTHER PROPST p. 6
We can fight against Utah’s war on public lands
ART CULLEN p. 6
The problem with Iowa

GENE LYONS p. 7
Will Trump’s incompetence save us?
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The coming crisis for the world’s farmers
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Two impeachable obstructions at play here

MICHAEL BOLAND p. 8
Fight back with voting and election reform

RICHARD ESKOW p. 9
What progressives should demand from the FBI

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Donald Trump is waging a war on workers

LEO GERARD p. 10
Stop China’s stealth invasion of US aluminum
LIBERO DELLA PIANA p. 10
When protests are powerful, the powerful punish protest

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
N.H. state rep. creates a forum for Neanderthals
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Trump family and friends: In your pockets
PETER CERTO p. 11
The hidden bombshell in the Comey-Trump story
ALEX KOTCH p. 12
Deep pockets for right-wing causes
GARY LEGUM p. 12
Are Republicans starting to turn on Trump?
HEATHER ‘DIGBY’ PARTON p. 13
Donald Trump sinks ever deeper
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
A roadmap to the end of Trump’s presidency
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The lie about voter fraud is the real fraud
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Explaining Trump’s base support

SARAH ANDERSON p. 14
If Washington won’t rein in corporate greed, your state might
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Nostalgia, or careening back to the future

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Penny pinching Texas legislators slam family planning

CHUCK COLLINS p. 15
Congress wants to cut your health care — and billionaires’ taxes
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
A tinge of fascism

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Is Trump’s infrastructure plan an attack on democracy?

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 16
US will never win war in Afghanistan
JUAN COLE p. 17
Erdogan & Trump? Can Syria conflict be resolved?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Hazards of ‘petty trade’ in Asia
JOE CONASON p. 18
Trump voters are willing to be conned as long as he deports immigrants and bombs the world
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Trump can do whatever he wants. God help us.
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
ALEC and the minimum wage

RALPH NADER p. 19
Schooling for myths and powerlessness
TED RALL p. 19
Security is ruining the internet
JAMIE STIEHM p. 20
Raising a glass of love to second mothers
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Punctuate this!

ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Watchlists

MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Josh Fox’s latest film captures the struggle at Standing Rock

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
MLB and Boston sports fans have to stand up to racism in the stands
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Donald Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Strange fruit, 2017
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Trump and the fraternal order of exclusivity
JAMES HAUGHT p. 23
‘White privilege’ makes some uncomfortable

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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