By Calling More Than Half the Country ‘Scum,’ Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag

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By Calling More Than Half the Country ‘Scum,’ Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag

When political leaders use dehumanizing language to vilify their opponents, they’re in actuality laying the groundwork for authoritarianism, repression, and violence. U.S. President Donald Trump opened Memorial Day in the most disgusting way possible, not by praising our fallen heroes but by attacking Democrats. He wrote on his Nazi-infested social media site on Monday morning: When the President of […]

The GOP Is Actually Running on Raising Taxes on the Poor and Destroying Medicare and Social Security

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The GOP Is Actually Running on Raising Taxes on the Poor and Destroying Medicare and Social Security

For the majority of Americans who are so poor, they barely have to pay income taxes, Scott’s plan is just the latest in a 40-year barrage of assaults and insults coming from the GOP. They’re at it again: Republicans want to raise taxes on poor and working-class Americans, end Social Security and Medicare, jack up pollution […]