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Henry Giroux on a Politics of Cruelty Without Euphemisms

The US right wing currently has so much power that it no longer feels the need to justify its form of lawlessness. The concentration of wealth has created a culture of cruelty.
Donald Trump Threatens to Punish Alaska to Get Back at Lisa Murkowski Because of Health Care

Donald Trump sent his interior secretary to make a pointed threat against Lisa Murkowski over her health care vote.

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