Tag: trump
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is Out
For the first time the only controversy around a Wolfenstein game isn’t about the violence, nobody cares about that anymore. It’s from the republicans who feel like they’re being attacked for supporting fascists like Trump. GQ’s Joshua Rivera: In moving the action to America, Bjork and MachineGames weren’t really out to comment on the current…
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Vox: “The Senate GOP health bill in one sentence: poor people pay more for worse insurance”
This is the single most important issue for many Americans today. The Russian interference into our elections is bad, but this could be imminently devastating to anyone who needs their health care to actually function. Ezra Klein: If all this sounds a bit in the weeds, here’s the bottom line: Low-income Americans get less money…
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The Times’ Catalog of Dear Leader’s Lies
David Leonhardt and Stuart A. Thompson: Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them. So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office. […] There is simply…
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Trump Stole Money Donated For Kids Fighting Cancer
Dan Alexander with Forbes: The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity’s efficiency: Because he can get his family’s golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. “We get to use our assets 100%…
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A Direct Line to Compromise
Our days aren’t complete without the latest aside in the ongoing disaster. This time it’s a secret phone line that Trump’s son-in-law wanted to set up between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin using Russia’s technology. Ellen Nakashima, Adam Entous, and Greg Miller for the Washington Post: Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed…