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Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans claim to fear left-wing authoritarianism — but there’s no such thing

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The U.S. Constitution is an amazing document — but it won’t save us from Donald Trump

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Even a wealth tax isn’t enough: It’s time for an income tax based on economic inequality

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Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump (Getty Images/ AP Photo/ Salon)

Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice

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This photo taken on October 17, 2018 shows workers sewing shoes at a factory in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province (STR/AFP/Getty)

No, Mr. President: China didn’t steal our jobs. Corporate America gave them away

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Bernie Sanders; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

Democrats’ midterm playbook looks stale: Where are the left-wing populists?

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George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”: Guide to the rise of authoritarianism in the Donald Trump era?

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Corporate repatriation is a scam: GOP plan rewards tax-dodgers

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Donald Trump; Donald Trump Jr; Michael Flynn; Jared Kushner (AP/Getty/Salon)

Pardon-palooza: Trump could wreak havoc by abusing the presidential pardon

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Donald Trump; Donald Trump Jr. (AP/Susan Walsh/Matt York/Salon)

Chip off the old block: Donald Trump Jr. tells lies nearly as well as his dad

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James Comey; Robert Mueller; Donald Trump (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla/Staff/Alex Wong / Staff/Darren McCollester /Stringer)

Beware: Donald Trump can still find a way to undermine the Russia investigation

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(Reuters/Maxim Shipenkov/Christopher Aluka Berry/Photo montage by Salon)

Does Vladimir Putin really own Donald Trump? It’s more likely than you think

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Ballad of a sad little man: Pity Bill O’Reilly, for he will never experience great sex

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Obamacare architect Ezekiel Emanuel: Donald Trump has an opportunity “to do enormous good” — or to create “chaos”

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Trump the leech: Donald Trump got rich on government subsidies yet he refuses to give back

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It takes a village idiot: Thanks to Donald Trump, the president may be chosen by a fourth-grade mentality

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Donald Trump (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Stupid and contagious: What if Donald Trump is not “dumbing down” and actually is this dumb?

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Rudy Giuliani; Newt Gingrich (Reuters/Richard Drew/Eduardo Munoz/Photo montage by Salon)

The erosion of truth: Trump’s surrogates are Fox-ifying mainstream television news

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Kellyanne Conway (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Trump’s liar-in-chief: Since joining his staff, Kellyanne Conway has been living in a world of make believe

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Donald Trump (AP/John Minchillo)

Marketer-in-chief: Is Donald Trump only running for president to exploit the business opportunities?

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Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" (Universal Pictures)

His big con: Donald Trump’s campaign is a real-life version of “The Sting”

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Did we blame the wrong villain for the 2008 financial crisis? Perhaps the real culprit is capitalism itself

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Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" (Warner Bros.)

Economic inequality, the toil of work and Wall Street power: Our capitalist society is like “The Matrix”

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Donald Trump is wrong about trade agreements: Scrapping them won’t protect U.S. jobs

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