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COVER/Wendell Potter p. 1
How health insurance industry allies will lie about Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All Plan
EDITORIAL p. 2
The right enemies
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
How repugnant is Big Oil?
Where Trump Can Find a Good Farm Policy.
Superrichinoids: The Weirdest Species of All
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Secular urge, religious language
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Thanks for caring
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump must pay $2 million to charities over misuse of his foundation;
Civiqs poll of battleground states shows tight prez race, no matter who Dems nominate;
Many undecided voters in ‘Blue Wall’ states;
Estimated 15,600 deaths result from GOP blocking Medicaid expansion;
Trump ends Filipino WW2 vets program
Ukraine expert says Mulvaney held up missile sles to Ukraine to avoid upsetting Russia;
At Rick Perry's suggestion, 2 political backers get Ukraine gas deal;
Senate Republicans ready to rubber stamp worst Trump judge appointee yet;
Trump hotels rake in millions from Republicans eager to suck up;
New Chinese trade deal might make chicken a booby trap
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats preside over stronger economies
ART CULLEN p. 6
Impeachment is not the issue in Iowa
BEN LILLISTON p. 6
NAFTA’s empty promises
GENE LYONS p. 7
It’s time to brush up our understanding of legal processes
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
We need publicly owned utilities
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Un-American to boo Trump? Well, lock us up
JOE SANBERG p. 8
Want to give everyone health insurance and fight income inequality? Sen. Warren has a plan for that
JOHN L. MICEK p. 8
Trump and Republicans are weak, even on friendly turf
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 9
Republicans, not Russians, threaten our elections
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
How much ‘inequality tax’ are you paying?
KEITH COMBS p. 9
One way to honor vets? Protect the Postal Service
THOM HARTMANN p. 10
A Democracy-killing duo: How the Supreme Court and the morbidity rich are ruining Democracy in America
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 10
If loving conspiracy theories is wrong, Republicans don’t wanna be right
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Missouri bureaucrats track menstrual cycles: A sign of the times
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Data show Trump’s most touted economic policies have failed US workers
TOM CONWAY p. 12
NAFTA is an accomplice to murder
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Trump’s greatest dereliction of duty — his disgraceful denial of climate change
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr’s attack on their own government is nothing new for Republicans
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Only two democratic candidates could fix our broken system
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Health care debate is long overdue
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
Japan-US trade agreement is weak and unconstitutional
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
California burning
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A note on the limits of Uncle Sam
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Can dogs help sell a presidential candidate?
GENE NICHOL p. 15
Obama and Cummings
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Annals of inequality: the Trump interlude
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Chile and 9/11 (1973)
FRANK LINGO p. 16
EPA ignores toxic PCBs in schools
JUAN COLE p. 17
Many problems with Trump plan to take Syrian oil
JASON SIBERT p. 17
International cooperation takes a break during the Trump era
JOE CONASON p. 18
Is he their president or ours?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
It takes only one to save the nation
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Elizabeth, Bernie, Joe and Pete
RALPH NADER p. 19
Excluding the civic community excludes life-savers
TED RALL p. 19
‘Far left’? There’s no such thing in this Democratic Party
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
Trump’s reelection campaign spreads lies online — and the press touts it as savvy
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Listening to music while driving
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
The lies in true crime
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
All-aboard the freedom train: ‘Harriet’ is real life African American action hero
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The Nationals’ discordant White House celebration
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump’s worst impeachable offense hurts the whole world
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
The Christian right’s loud-mouthed wrong
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Slander is Trump’s last refuge
RON NICHOLS p. 23
‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ and the GOP’s crisis of sonscience
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted November 15, 2019