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Déjà vu All Over Again: The GOP Prepares to Make the Rich Even Richer

It's not that trickle-down economics "doesn't work." The problem is that it has "worked" exactly how the wealthy and powerful have always wanted it to work: for them

January 19, 2017
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Scahill: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump

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The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks.…

January 18, 2017
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Trump's Biggest Donor Firm Bankrolls Israeli Right Extremism

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Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has also provided major support to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for years, but that relationship might collapse in the coming days, says Shir Hever.

January 17, 2017
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Demonetisation: A Body Blow to the Indian Economy and People

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Two months after India's massive currency demonetisation exercise, Former India Planning Commission member India Abhijit Sen speaks about its failure to curtail black money.

January 17, 2017
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Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than Bush

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There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama’s presidency than under his predecessor, George W. Bush.

January 17, 2017
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Jeremy Scahill on Obama's Commutation of Chelsea Manning & Continued Demonization of Edward Snowden

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While President Obama has commuted the sentence of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the administration has indicated it has no plans to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. White House Press Secretary