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Rigged: Combined $5.1 Trillion in Tax Cuts by Bush, Obama, and Trump Went Mostly to Nation's Richest

After Long Career Bailing Out Big Banks, Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Now Runs Predatory Firm That Exploits the Poor for Profit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

"Your economy, rigged to redistribute wealth to the top."

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Can US Government 'Secretly Plot to Assassinate' Americans Without Due Process? Judge Says No, Allowing Case Against 'Kill List' to Proceed

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"For too long, the U.S. Government has sentenced people to death in secret,...

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Melania Trump Plagiarizes Obama Administration... Again: 'Be Best' Initiative Takes Whole Pages From 2014 Project

Julia Conley, staff writer

Melania Trump's use of a document published by Barack Obama's FTC adds an layer...

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In 'Dictator Move,' Trump Accuses Democrats of Treason for Not Applauding at SOTU

'Delivered From the Heart!': Trump Lies About Historic SOTU Viewership

Admitting He Hasn't Called Soldiers' Families, Trump Lies Obama Didn't Either

As Trump Carves Path of Destruction, Nader Asks Obama: Where Are You?

Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit on May 9, 2017 in Milan, Italy.

After Failing to Prosecute Bankers, Obama Cashes In With Wall Street Speeches

A new report found that watching Fox News for only three minute per week made an average Democratic voter more likely to vote Republican in the 2008 election.

Your Worst Fears About Fox News Are Confirmed By New Study

New York City police arrested undocumented immigrants and DACA supporters

Obama Denounces Trump as DACA Decision Sparks Nationwide Protest

Weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, President Trump announced a rollback of Obama-era regulations aimed at keeping federally-funded projects out of flood zones.

Harvey Destruction a 'Grim Preview' of Pain Caused by Trump’s Climate Denial

It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months.

'Arrogant, Intolerant, Dangerous': Survey Shows What the World Thinks of Trump

"I stopped seeing just statistics and information, and I started seeing people," Manning said.

Manning: Seeing Victims of US War As 'People' – Not 'Statistics' – Compelled Leaks

Pro-Clinton Probe of 2016 Reveals That, Yes, Democrats Have a 'Wall Street Problem'

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Hashtag Fail: #My Husband Kills Kids With Drones

Calling out abject hypocrisy, drone opponents have picked up and run with Michelle Obama's sad-eyed contribution to the #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign in support of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist Boko Haram, arguing, in the words of one revamped sign, "Your Husband Has Killed More Muslim Girls Than Boko Haram Ever Could." There was also a flood of goofy responses and furious redos of Ann Coulter's racist redo of Obama's original, thus underlining the hazards of a...

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ACLU

President Grants Commutations to 330 Federal Prisoners, Including Robert Riley

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth Praises U.S. Contribution to Green Climate Fund Despite Congressional Obstacles

Fight for the Future

The Internet Wants to Give Chelsea Manning A Hug

Fight for the Future

Chelsea Manning Reportedly on President Obama’s “Short List” for Commutation

Our Children's Trust

Youth Delivers 62,000 Care2 Petition Signatures in Support of Climate Lawsuit to White House Urging Obama to “Leave a Legacy of Truth”

Reprieve

15 Years on, Obama Must Close Guantanamo Before It’s Too Late – Reprieve

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Will Bunch

Some of the Pictures of Border Kids That Haunt Me Most Are From 2014. Here's Why

Richard Eskow

“Establishment Wins” Are Bad for Democrats – and the Country

Dean Baker

No You Assholes, Obama Did Not Do It Too

Norman Solomon

The Ghosts of 'New Democrats' Are Haunting Us

Jim Naureckas

NYT Examines How History Impacts Korean Talks–but Its Own Memory Is Fuzzy

Ray McGovern

Welcome to Vietnam, Err, I Mean Syria, Mr. President

Marcy Wheeler

Democrats’ Surrender On Torture Is Nearly Complete

Phyllis Bennis

This Opportunity to End the US-Backed Carnage in Yemen Must Be Seized

Ben Manski

After Trump and Obama: A President’s Day Resolution to Abolish the Presidency

Andy Worthington

Exactly 16 Years Ago, George W. Bush Opened the Floodgates to Torture at Guantánamo

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