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January 13, 2017
Chris Hedges on Trump’s ‘Naked Kleptocracy’
Hedges argues that President-elect Trump is “malleable and easily manipulated” in the face of establishment politicians on both sides of the aisle.
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January 13, 2017 ‘Intelligence Report’ Leak Damages Donald Trump, Just as FBI ‘Hit Job’ Hurt Hillary Clinton
January 9, 2017
Chris Hedges Talks With Michael Gecan About Building Organizations to Empower Ordinary Citizens
When asked why he tells poor communities to raise funds without government aid, the community organizer responds, “Because power is organized people and organized money.”
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January 8, 2017 The Real Purpose of the U.S. Government’s Report on Alleged Hacking by Russia
January 8, 2017
The Real Purpose of the U.S. Government’s Report on Alleged Hacking by Russia
The declassified document is intended primarily to be a weapon for use in internal politics. If the establishment can discredit Trump, it can get rid of him.
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When Fear Comes
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GOP Tries to ‘Rush Through’ Appointees Not Yet Vetted, Ethics Office Warns
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Trump’s Tweets Are a New Form of Governing by Edict
When Fear Comes
Fear, a despotic state’s most potent weapon, keeps a population compliant. It will be lavishly supplied as we are thrust into a new dark age.
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The Real Purpose of the U.S. Government’s Report on Alleged Hacking by Russia
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Trump’s Tweets Are a New Form of Governing by Edict
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With Focus on Russians, Will U.S. Pay Attention to Israeli Plot on U.K. Parliament?
January 4, 2017
Chris Hedges: Vietnam War, Like the Later Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Was ‘One Long Atrocity’ (Video)
Hedges and Nick Turse, author of “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam,” discuss how American wars of occupation are “primarily about murder.”
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December 30, 2016 Best of ‘Live at Truthdig’ 2016: Election Chaos Provokes Thoughtful Discussion About the Future
January 1, 2017
Defying Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy
The president-elect represents the late stage of capitalism, when corporations, no longer able to generate profits at former levels, pillage the government and society for profit. However, he will be vulnerable to impeachment if we take to the streets.
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What We Expect to See in 2017
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Donald Trump’s New Nuclear Instability
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Bernie Sanders Answers Sarah Silverman’s Most Pressing Post-Election Question (Video)
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Discussing Race and Religion in the Age of Trump With the Rev. Madison Shockley
December 26, 2016
Chris Hedges Explores the New McCarthyism With Historian Ellen Schrecker
The Truthdig columnist and Yeshiva University professor, author of “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America,” examine the role of President-elect Donald Trump and the impact the suppression of dissent has had on higher education.
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January 1, 2017 Defying Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy
December 25, 2016
In the Time of Trump, All We Have Is Each Other
Under Donald Trump’s presidency—the outgrowth of the corporations’ 40-year-long war against democracy—we will have to battle a form of state repression far more sophisticated than McCarthyism. Our weapon: rebuilding alternative structures through small, local political actions.
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Noam Chomsky’s Bold Request Before President Obama Leaves Office (Video)
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Bernie Sanders Says Donald Trump’s ‘Dangerous’ Nuclear Arms Race Talk Must Be Challenged
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Best of Truthdig’s Reports 2016: Chris Hedges Prophesies Throughout the Election
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Hanukkah and Christmas: A Return to Hope in Troubling Times
December 21, 2016
‘On Contact’ Discussion: ‘Israeli Weapons Are Tested on Palestinians, Then Sold to the World’
Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and independent journalist Rania Khalek analyze the Israeli arms industry, which was involved in global contracts worth $5.7 billion last year.
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December 19, 2016 Donald Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move Is an Invitation to Terrorism
December 18, 2016
‘Fake News’ in America: Homegrown, and Far From New
The media for decades have been dominated by manufactured reports. This skillful manipulation of information erased the lines between fact and opinion and gave rise to the demagogue who will sit in the Oval Office.
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Leaked Documents Show Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson Is a Director of a U.S.-Russian Oil Company
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In ‘SNL’ Skit, ‘Hillary Clinton’ Pleads With Electors to Vote for Anyone but Trump (Video)
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Sorry, Donald Trump, You Can’t Bring Back Coal When Solar Costs Half as Much
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