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China’s labor practices are now to be admired rather than scorned, lest the American economy decline further in the new world order.

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Bribes from billionaires? Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos.

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That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to reason.

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I get angry because betrayal by the “good guys” for whom I have ended up voting has become the norm.

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Robert Scheer’s weekly column will resume next Thursday. In the meantime, read up on the classics or tune in to this week’s Truthdig Radio (Thursday at 4 p.m. Pacific on 90.7 KPFK Los Angeles—livestream here) for Scheer in conversation with Chris Hedges.

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GOP candidates are embracing populism, but as the presidential election is now shaping up, voters will not be given a choice to rebuke Wall Street by either major party.

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Barack Obama will be re-elected not as a vindication of his policies but because the Republicans are incapable of providing a reasonable challenge to his flawed performance.

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Paul is being denigrated as a presidential contender even though on the vital issues of the economy, war and peace, and civil liberties, he has made the most sense of the Republican candidates.

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