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Topic: Elites

Nuclear explosion with mushroom cloud on scorched earth (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

The ultra-rich want to escape. Good idea

Troy Farah
Charles I on his way to be executed, 30 January 1649 (Culture Club/Getty Images)

Civilizations collapse: Are we next?

Paul Rosenberg
Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (R) and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are seen outside the Senate chamber on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

So who are the real "elites"?

Kirk Swearingen
The first day of the Strike WEF march on Davos on 18th of January 2020 near Davos, Switzerland. The first day of the march started in Lanquart with speeches and hot food and ended in Schiers. The protest is planned to finish in Davos with a public meeting in the town on the day the WEF begins. The march is a three day protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. The activists want climate justice and think that The WEF is for the world's richest and political elite only. (Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Ultra-rich: "It's taxes or pitchforks"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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Why Dem elites must change

Alli Joseph
Mitch McConnell, David Koch, Paul Ryan (AP/Reuters/J. Scott Applewhite/Paul Vernon/Kevin Lamarque)

They created this nightmare

Jim Hightower
(Reuters/Joe Skipper)

Jeb inspires the nation!

Simon Maloy
Rand Paul (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Exclusive: Rand Paul unloads

Phillip M. Bailey
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David Brooks (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

David Brooks goes spastic

Jim Newell
(AP/Alex Brandon)

The Tea Party has you fooled

Michael Lind
Paul Wolfowitz, Susan Rice, George W. Bush (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Devra Berkowitz/Reuters/Jason Reed)

What does "idealism" mean now?

Justin Doolittle
David Gergen, David Gregory, Thomas Friedman. The Grand Bargain is revered among the Sunday Show set. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson/AP/William B. Plowman/Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Elites keep ruining America

Michael Lind
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Worse than the Koch brothers

Michael Lind
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The Petraeus scam

Alex Pareene
(AP/Seth Wenig)

Michael Lind
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