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Eric Zuesse

Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of Christ's Ventriloquists: The Event that Created Christianity.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the University of Iowa Field House, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (AP)

Let’s face it: All our presidential candidates are hucksters

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Jim Bourg/Mark Kauzlarich/Photo montage by Salon)

Bernie never stood a chance: The game was always rigged for a Hillary win

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bernie sanders (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Bernie on the brink: The latest New Hampshire numbers reveal a national trend

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Class warfare in Dixieland

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Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein. (AP/Susan Walsh)

World’s richest 8 percent earns half the planet’s income

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Barack Obama speaks at a rally the night before election day, in Manassas, Va. on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama’s entitlement plan was four years in the making

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