Archive For April 9, 2017

Trump’s Authoritarian Vision

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Trump’s Authoritarian Vision

By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD APRIL 4, 2017 Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country’s politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders. He swooped into politics, he declared, to subvert the…

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Trump’s War on Journalism

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Trump’s War on Journalism

  By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD APRIL 5, 2017 In Donald Trump’s America, the mere act of reporting news unflattering to the president is held up as evidence of bias. Journalists are slandered as “enemies of the people.” Facts that contradict Trump’s version of reality are dismissed as “fake news.” Reporters and their news organizations…

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Why Trump Lies

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Why Trump Lies

By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD APRIL 3, 2017 Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians’ mouths — out of all people’s mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech….

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