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Topic: The safety net

House Speaker Paul Ryan, (AP Photo/) (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan's anti-poverty scam

David Dayen
Donald Trump (AP/Paul Vernon)

Trump's killing middle America

Edwin Lyngar
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shown on a video screen from C-SPAN's Washington studio, speaks during a forum Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (AP)

Rand's Ronald Reagan amnesia

Conor Lynch
(Reuters/Ben Brewer)

The shocking truth about Trump

Conor Lynch
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The ballad of Bernie & Donald

Robert Hennelly
(AP/Reuters/Mark Humphrey/Brendan Mcdermid/Rich Schultz/Photo montage by Salon)

America will die old and broke

Edwin Lyngar
(AP/Dennis Cook/J. Scott Applewhite)

The economy is a Democrat

Sean McElwee
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