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The GOP defends its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor. It’s time to reverse the script. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Trump’s budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even-richer bill is a historic travesty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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