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To link - How Trump's 'fake news' gave authoritarian leaders a new weapon
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"POMPEO AND PENCE SEND A POOR MESSAGE WITH THEIR BUMBLING TOUR OF EUROPE"

Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up
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Why is Trump still so popular? He gives his base what they want

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But how is this possible, I hear you think? Has Trump not said that there were “very fine people ..

” among the extreme-right demonstrators at the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia? Has he not consistently undermined the independent judiciary and media by attacking “so-called judges ..

The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017

” and “the ‘Fakers’ at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS ..

The Fake News Networks, those that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast. The “Fakers” at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018

”? Has he not systematically dehumanized immigrants and minorities, introduced nativist policies such as a (slightly watered-down) “Muslim ban”, and made the immigration services into an inhuman authoritarian apparatus that separates crying and screaming children from their parents?

The latest major Trump resignations and firings
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Yes, he has. But he has also give a significant tax cut which disproportionately benefits above-average-income Americans, the true core of the Republican, and therefore Trump, electorate. And for many Republicans, if they get a tax break, you can do little to no wrong. Moreover, he is rapidly dismantling the state, by deregulating industries .. https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/ .. and defunding regulation agencies, which satisfies most of the usual Republican mega-donors – including former anti-Trumpists like the Koch brothers.

For the Christian right, he has appointed the staunchly anti-abortion Neil Gorsuch to the supreme court and moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This more than compensates for all his scandals with porn stars and bragging about pussy-grabbing. And given that he will undoubtedly please them with another supreme court judge soon (to replace Anthony Kennedy .. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jun/27/anthony-kennedy-us-supreme-court-justice-to-retire ,
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Trump strategy with his base: give me free license to ignore the truth and i'll give you temporary
tax cuts, conservative courts, deregulation. Basically, i'll give you more increased inequality for all.