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COVER/Bill Blum p. 1
How Donald Trump has constructed a legal infrastructure of fascism
EDITORIAL p. 2
Make Trump the “loser”
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Where did the Republican party go? The Dow Jones v. the Doug Jones
WARREN ALAN TIDWELL p. 3
We need more than disaster recovery — we need green jobs
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Neocons on the outside looking in
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
The urban-rural divide
DISPATCHES p. 5
Set the record straight on unions.
Six months into recession, economy is still down 11.5 million jobs.
US debt will overtake GDP next year.
Social Security’s future hangs in the balance.
Trump administration plans $250 million ad buy to persuade you not to worry about the pandemic.
Dems urge probe of fundraising fraud allegations against postmaster general.
Trump campaign, GOP have spent nearly $60M on lawyers for Trump
US goes it alone on COVID vaccine
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Sweden’s virus plan proves deadly. Trump’s adviser likes it
ART CULLEN p. 6
Anxiety is a hard sell in a catastrophic run-up to the election
JOHN L. MICEK p. 6
Donald Trump and Republicans, in their own words
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump overexposed and underwhelming
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Where have I heard these Trump lines before?
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Trump spread his lies on my lawn
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Kenosha reveals ongoing police violence, growing menance of white militia forces
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
The decider: How John Roberts will rid the country of Trump
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Voter suppression is as un-American as you can get
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 10
Organizing labor in the pandemic south
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The America described by the RNC is not the America voters see
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The comeback of manufacturing jobs: MAGA land and the real world
JAMES A. HAUGHT p. 11
Conservatives lose — and lose
BOB CESCA p. 12
We just passed 6 million COVID cases, and 186,000 deaths. It didn’t have to be like this — if we’d had a leader
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
‘American carnage’ in Kenosha: Trump comes closer to advocating right-wing terror
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The real threat to law and order is Trump himself
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
America’s greatest athletes are standing up, calling this country to change
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Memory, COVID-19 and sequelae violence
CINNAMON JANZER p. 14
Heartland tenants who beat the odds
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Trump’s virus strategy: Blinders
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump seeks immunity from COVID repercussions
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 15
Within healthcare USA, risk and reward have never been more out of kilter
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Donkey Kong
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Who is calling the tunes at CDC and why care?
JAMES E. VARNER p. 16
Trump’s Postmaster General should be returned to sender
JUAN COLE p. 17
China slams Trump admin. as “saboteur” on Iran deal, ‘making a mockery of int’l law’
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Trump hasn’t ended endless wars. Congress must use the War Powers Resolution.
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
How to fire the Postmaster General
JOE CONASON p. 18
Neither law nor order but bloody chaos
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Harris is not the second coming of Obama (and that’s ok)
JEFF COHEN and NORMAN SOLOMON p. 18
Four years ago, we warned that Trump could win. Now, we’re warning again.
RALPH NADER p. 19
Democrats must demolish Trump’s delusional law-breaking dystopia
TED RALL p. 19
The only wasted vote is a vote not for a third party
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
See you at the movies
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Don’t feel bad about ‘Guilty Pleasures’
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Report: COVID-19’s impacts on Hispanic workers
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
What is happening in Trump’s brain?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Professional athletes are showing America just how powerful labor really is
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Battle Hymn of the Trumpublic
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Honor essential workers and remember those who died
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
How polite of Melania Trump
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump flies to Kenosha but lands on Planet Zog
SATIRE/Frank Lingo p. 23
America’s marriage on the rocks
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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