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Robert Reich | 5 Ways William Barr Is Turning America Into a Dictatorship








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Robert Reich | 5 Ways William Barr Is Turning America Into a Dictatorship
Robert Reich. (photo: Getty)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Website
Reich writes: "William Barr was installed as Attorney General specifically to turn the Department of Justice into an arm of the Trump Coverup. And we've seen him do exactly that."
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Bernie Sanders Is the Only Leading Presidential Candidate Publicly Opposing the Patriot Act
Sarah Lazare, In These Times
Excerpt: "Many Democrats are still acquiescing to a George W. Bush-era policy that has been in place for nearly 20 years."
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Trump's Flailing Incompetence Makes Coronavirus Even Scarier
Matthew Yglesias, Vox
Yglesias writes: "America's pandemic response capabilities have been systematically dismantled."
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The Typical US Worker Can No Longer Afford a Family on a Year's Salary, Showing the Dire State of America's Middle Class
Hillary Hoffower, Business Insider
Hoffower writes: "The American economy may be booming, but its middle class is struggling."
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Bloomberg Says "Defend the Banks" Would Be in His Presidential Platform
Luke Darby, GQ
Excerpt: "In yet another leaked speech, Bloomberg told Goldman Sachs executives about how he would keep their interests at heart."
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Outrage as Jair Bolsonaro Appears to Endorse Brazil Anti-Democracy Protests
Tom Phillips, Guardian UK
Phillips writes: "Jair Bolsonaro's apparent endorsement of protests designed to cow Brazil's democratic institutions has sparked outrage across the political spectrum with one lawmaker warning of a return to the dark days of dictatorship if the demonstrations are not opposed."
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Canadian Police Break Up Indigenous Solidarity Blockade, Arrest 10
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "An indigenous rail blockade that snarled train travel in Canada for more than two weeks came to an end Monday when police moved in to clear protesters acting in solidarity with another indigenous community in British Columbia, which is fighting to keep a natural gas pipeline off its land."
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