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Trump’s use of the New Deal is emblematic of his campaign and his first week in the White House. When not directly targeting marginalized people, he has often appropriated the language of the left to drum up support for racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist policies.

Here’s an accounting of his public statements in the first seven days as president, not counting his error-plagued inauguration speech (which had eight problematic claims).

Oil is indispensable for war and militarism. Think of it as the lifeblood coursing through our foreign policy, a policy based on maintaining superpower status and confronting those whom we perceive as challenging us.

Moderators Note: This article, which is not friendly to the workers of Puerto Rico, does list in detail the latest austerity measures enacted by the Government of Puerto Rico as dictated by Obama's Federal Control Board.

We need a socialist politics that challenges the Democratic Party's leadership, not just the Right.

The new figures have just come out, and we are slightly down again.

With the poet's thanks and apologies to Walt Whitman, Dan La Botz captures the spirit of resistance in today's America and reaffirms the importance of speaking up and marching, marching, marching. Note the poem below is also translated into Spanish and French.

Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself

In some ways, it's way worse than lying. A bullshitter just isn't concerned about truth.

Torture is an excellent way to be trolled by a seasoned operative, with potentially disastrous consequences, as Iraq showed