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Topic: the rich

Ted Cruz (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Cruz to Trump: More tax cuts, please

Igor Derysh
Brett Kavanaugh (Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Kavanaugh: Social capital and class war

Chauncey DeVega
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP's health care tax swindle

Simon Maloy
Sheldon Adelson, David Koch (AP/Julie Jacobson/Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Billionaires unite!

Jim Newell
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Justin Theroux in "American Psycho"

Thom Hartmann - Alternet
Ayn Rand, Peter Thiel, Rand Paul (AP/Reuters/Fred Prouser/Charles Dharapak/Photo montage by Salon)

Welcome to Libertarian Island

Conor Lynch
Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Lloyd Blankfein (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Reuters/Steve Marcus/Jim Young/Salon)

"The interests of the wealthy"

Elias Isquith
Kirsten Gillibrand (AP/Charles Dharapak)

"Disgraceful and sexist!"

Joan Walsh
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Chris Matthews, Ed Rendell (AP/Andy Kropa/Matt Rourke)

Fake working-class heroes

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Lloyd Blankfein (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Reuters/Steve Marcus/Jim Young/Salon)

"Wrong now in spades"

Elias Isquith
Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Lloyd Blankfein (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Reuters/Steve Marcus/Jim Young/Salon)

How the rich stole our money

David Atkins
Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Lloyd Blankfein (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Reuters/Steve Marcus/Jim Young/Salon)

The 1 percent's midterms scam

Michael Lind
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Sean Parker (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Young, rich and ignorant

Heather Digby Parton
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Take away their money!

Alex Pareene
Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Lloyd Blankfein (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Reuters/Steve Marcus/Jim Young/Salon)

You call this a meritocracy?

Matt Bruenig
Sam Zell (AP/Richard Drew)

Evan McMurry - Alternet
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John Boehner, Dave Camp (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

It was a scam all along

Brian Beutler
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The 1 percent wins again

Michael Lind
(Reuters/John Sommers Ii)

Real IRS flap: Class targeting

David Dayen
Gwyneth Paltrow needs her organic wine, and she needs it now.

The world according to GOOP

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw - The Daily Dot
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Corinne Purtill - GlobalPost
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