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Trump Seeks Record Pentagon Budget Eclipsing Spending by Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush

President Trump has proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion—a 10 percent increase—while deeply slashing the budgets of other agencies, likely including the Environmental Protection Agency and…

March 1, 2017
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WhoWhatWhy at CPAC: Fissures Mask Unity of Trump’s Base

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The alt-right took a public beating at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), but the undercurrents of the conference show that the far right is welcome among conservatives, at…

March 1, 2017
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In Speech to Congress, Trump Pits Black and Latino Communities Against Each Other

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Historian Gerald Horne says Trump was attempting to disrupt working class unity while ignoring that the police are the greatest threats to these communities.

March 1, 2017
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With Transparency Rule Eliminated, Extractive Industries Can Hide Billions in Payments to Foreign Governments

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Corinna Gilfillan of Global Witness says the change will prop up big oil's corrupt business model.

March 1, 2017
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'J is for Junk Economics': Michael Hudson on TRNN (2/5)

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Trump's infrastructure plan will privatize all the benefits for the financiers and make sure that the population at large gets zero benefit from it while paying the costs, says economist…

March 1, 2017
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As Trump Pushes for Historic $54B Military Spending Hike, Which Programs Will He Cut to Pay for War?

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President Trump is heading to Capitol Hill tonight and is expected to outline part of his budget plan before a joint session of Congress. On Monday, Trump proposed increasing the…

February 28, 2017
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