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Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.

Feb 11, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Donald Trump pats his bicep and pumps at an August 2019 rally.

Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected

The president is smudging facts—this time about defense spending—in hopes of a 2020 win.

Feb 11, 2020 / William D. Hartung

Fighting Poverty

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Public Benefits Take Action Now: Stand Up for Public Benefits

Learn more about Trump's harmful budget cuts, stand up for housing justice, and protect workers’ rights.

Feb 11, 2020 / NationAction

Trump and Pelosi

Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive. Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive.

Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans have blocked almost everything House Democrats have passed.

Feb 11, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Who’s Going to Save Us?

Who’s Going to Save Us? Who’s Going to Save Us?

ignore this…

Feb 11, 2020 / Jen Sorensen

The Vote to Acquit Trump

The Vote to Acquit Trump The Vote to Acquit Trump

He lies about how much he owns. But one thing’s true, and very scary: The US Senate has become His wholly owned subsidiary.

Feb 11, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the February 24, 2020, Issue Letters From the February 24, 2020, Issue

Competing theories… A serious misconception (web only)…

Feb 11, 2020 / Our Readers and Gabriel Winant

Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie

Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie

Picture this: my heart as thick orange as manteca as we turn on Twister for what has to be the sixteenth time since 1996,   and my parents are tired of it now, but I really be…

Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Analicia Sotelo

A Driftless Son

A Driftless Son A Driftless Son

It came to me to sell the family farm, shift its failures to a man who planned   to occupy the place for recreation, to hunt the deer that spook and shadow in the pines,  …

Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Mark Wunderlich

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Coronavirus

The pandemic spreads.

Feb 11, 2020 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr

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