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COVER/Thom Hartmann p. 1
How much damage has the Trump-Putin collusion inflicted on America?
EDITORIAL p. 2
GOP’s Disinfo Wars
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Biden, the GOP and you: Who won the debt-ceiling fight?
How it’s done: Setting low the ethnical bar in politics.
The unreported news about your ‘newspaper.’
True ‘wokeism’ is a core American value — stand up for it!
A labor strike in Hollywood? Why should you care?
What pan would you take to a public protest?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Cormac McCarthy: Disturbing
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Debt ceiling still needs to be dealt with
DISPATCHES p. 5
RNC sticks with loyalty pledge to accused criminal.
Bernie Kerik pitched Trump chief of staff on ‘$5 to $8’ million plan to reverse Trump’s 2020 loss.
Texas nullifies local rules requiring water breaks for workers as temps soar.
Biden admin implores states to slow Medicaid cuts after more than 1 million enrollees dropped.
Penn GOP lawmaker’s lawsuit against newspaper backfires as it exposes damning 2020 election emails.
Major labor unions endorse Biden for 2024 ....
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Anatomy of an insanity
ART CULLEN p. 6
The Democrats’ long wander into the weeds in Iowa
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Happy bacon, unhappy blueberries, and Washington’s revolving door
GENE LYONS p. 7
Read the indictment before grabbing your pitchforks
KAREN DOLAN p. 7
Next time, abolish the debt ceiling
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
He should pay for defilling our property
JOE CONASON p. 9
When a Republican lawmaker confesses
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Let the MAGA cultists dwell where the sun don’t shine. Politically, their sun god is going down.
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Biden protected working people
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
How contractor CEOs get rich off taxpayers
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Why we must fight
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Beware of Machiavellian interests seeping into the news
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Biden, student debt, and the 2024 election
GENE NICHOL p. 11
Tar Heel war on democracy rages
MARILYN W. THOMPSON p. 12
Voting maps throughout the Deep South may be redrawn after surprise Supreme Court ruling
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Once more, the Washington debt ceiling ritural ends in a lousy deal
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Low pay and a four-day workweek is not a great deal
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Violence is possible, but there will be no civil war over Donald Trump
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The woke derangement syndrome
DR. CINTLI p. 14
The White House creates a blueprint to end racial violence?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Whither common sense? Four health test cases
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Robert Kennedy Jr. is not his father
JAKE JOHNSON p. 15
Top US companies admit to hiking prices to pad their profits: Analysis
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Zombie banks and rogue bankers
DEDRICK ASANTE-MUHAMMAD p. 16
The boldest step to close the racial wealth divide in generations
FRANK LINGO p. 16
Plastic recycling is a gigantic fraud
JUAN COLE p. 17
With two damaging Trump trials during the campaign, did Joe Biden just become a shoo-in in 2024?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Will multiple currency blocs emerge to challenge the dollar?
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Merger of PGA and LIV Golf is an antitrust violation and a human rights disaster
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The best of the worst: Republicans for president
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
The shelf life of outrage
SATIRE/Rosie Sorensonp. 18
The blob that ate DeSatan
RALPH NADER p. 19
Technology needs assessments by Congress, municipalities and local civic groups
TED RALL p. 19
Still stumped by Trump
GARY WOCKNER p. 20
Boondoggle on the Colorado River
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Dylan explores philosophy of song
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Combating COVID-19: Pandemics, power and profits
ALEX LAWSON p. 20
Big Pharma CEOs are killing Americans for profit. Here’s how Biden can stop them
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
“Americonned’ explores the gap between billionaires and ordinary people
DAVE ZIRIN and JULES BOYKOFF p. 21
Get ready for AI surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Celebrate Juneteenth, but racism still kills
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Gold stars buy nothing: Why we should be more ambitious about community care
DANA MILBANK p. 23
In the House, a spectacular flameout
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
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