The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
December 1, 2022 -- Volume 28, Number 21


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Jeremy Schwartz and p. 1
Jessica Priest, ProPublica
Churches are breaking the law by endorsing in elections, while the IRS looks the other way

EDITORIAL p. 2
Beat the Big Lie

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Are you ready for corporate America’s robust economy?
A ‘locally grown’ Thanksgiving
FRANK LINGO p. 3
To reduce climate chaos, eat less meat

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Jerry Lee Lewis: A complicated legacy?

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Nutrition and diet starts on the farm

DISPATCHES p. 5
Congress reports corporations use inflation to ‘raise prices excessively.’
House Dems propose end to Wall Street rent-gouging.
Job growth remains strong as wage growth settles, but Fed goes ahead with interest hike.
Senate report details latest privatized Medicare scandal.
So much for inflation and gas prices. House GOP agenda is revenge ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Putin sends renewable energy — and efficiency — into even higher gear
ART CULLEN p. 6
Sundays with Ernie

ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Don’t bet against the latest supermarket super merger

GENE LYONS p. 7
When thuggish threats turn to actual assaults
SULMA ARIAS p. 7
Keep democracy on the ballot

JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Attack on democracy barely camouflaged

TOM CONWAY p. 10
The infrastructure program’s chain reaction

JOE CONASON p. 10
Trusting the Republicans?
EILEEN SEPULVEDA p. 10
Back to school blues linger without the Child Tax Credit

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Expand your view of ‘school shootings,’ but prepare to be alarmed
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Elon Musk takes over Twitter, can we stop wasting time on campaign finance reform?
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
Musk plans to profit from Twitter, not create a town square for global democracy

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
In this time of ‘polycrisis,’ the midterms are more critical than ever
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Is most of America’s inflation due to monopolies, price-gouging & oil barons fleecing us?

ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Musk must relinquish Twitter
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Federal Reserve determined to stop growth
DR. CINTLI p. 14
The latest declaration of war against ethnic studies
DICK POLMAN p. 14
Republicans have demonized Nancy Pelosi for 16 years. No wonder a nut tried to take action.

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Stalling the surge in insulin prices: A Thanksgiving tale
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Refugees keep coming

JASON SIBERT p. 15
Will the end of Putin bring the end of the world?

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Monetizing Congress

SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
California refiners’ profits spur scrutiny from special legislative session

JUAN COLE p. 17
Lula’s triumph in Brazil is a victory for the Amazon and for the planet
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 17
Europe: Great public systems and eroding public confidence
JOHN L. MICEK p. 17
A roadmap to Republican grievance in 2022

JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Two blows in one night to democracy
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
We forgive the talented

BETSY MARSTON p. 18
Hats off to a determined woman

RALPH NADER p. 19
What could Donald Trump be thinking about the Democratic Party?
TED RALL p. 19
Here’s what a progressive platform looks like
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
To begin again

REED D. BENSON p. 20
New Mexico court upholds public access

ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Give ‘The Killer’ his due

FROMA HARROP p. 20
The republic will survive drag queens
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist

DAVE ZIRIN p. 21
Kyrie Irving and our fraught history of collective liberation
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Make America great, at last
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Our free press is on fire, and no one can spare the water
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Here’s what Paul Pelosi has in common with litter boxes
GENE NICHOL p. 23
When the Supreme Court claimed to be originalist, it lied

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