What’s wrong with America is what’s wrong with San Francisco, and vice versa.
TPP
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Economists say that free trade agreements like TPP, which are unpopular with voters and have driven the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders,are good for the American economy overall, as long as dispossessed employees are provided with assistance. But they never are.
Satire Comes to the End of the Line
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Donald Trump’s campaign leaps over one taste line after another. Now his campaign manager has been formally charged by the police with physically assaulting a reporter during a rally. Trump promises to stand by his employee. What next for this crazy campaign, in which his supporters will forgive anything?
Thank You For the Precious Gift of Capitalism
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In one of his few major accomplishments, President Obama has moved toward normalization of diplomatic and economic relations with Cuba. But Cubans are already suffering such symptoms of “shock capitalism” familiar to 1990s Russia as inflation and food shortages.
In the South, Segregated Restrooms Are Back
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North Carolina has passed a law prohibiting cities and counties from protecting the rights of the LGBTQA community, including “bathroom laws” that allow trans people to use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities. This will, among other things, force trans men to use the ladies’ room.
The Muscle in Brussels
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ISIS-affiliated suicide bombers attacked the passenger terminal at the Brussels International Airport, prompting calls for increased security not just at access points to flights, but at the entrance of the terminals. Where does this ever end?
How Do You Like Your Wars?
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If the presidential race comes down to a contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, American voters will have to choose between a woman who never met a war she didn’t like, and a manic bull in a china shop who could easily start a war by accident.
The One Republican Who Can Defeat Donald Trump
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Who is the one Republican candidate who can defeat Donald Trump? The one who still pretends to be a Democrat.
Violence Has No Place in Politics
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Following violence at Donald Trump’s raucous rallies, Hillary Clinton says that violence has no place in politics. But what about the violence in hers?
Incrementalism at Work
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Faced with an intolerable situation like racism and poverty, most people want radical solutions. But supporters of Hillary Clinton say they prefer someone who knows how to work the system to someone who wants to change it completely.
