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Mike Lofgren

Mike Lofgren is a former congressional staff member and the author of The Party is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted and The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Mike Lofgren | The Authoritarian Seduction

The seductive power of authoritarianism is particularly strong during times of economic and social stress.
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Mike Lofgren,
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June 28, 2013
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Op-Ed

Mike Lofgren | American Exceptionalism: Alibi of a Nation

We may have moved beyond Manifest Destiny, but American Exceptionalism is still prevalent in modern society.
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Mike Lofgren,
Truthout
June 11, 2013
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News Analysis

America’s Three-Tiered Justice System

A three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.
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Mike Lofgren,
Truthout
March 20, 2013
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Op-Ed

Chuck Hagel and the American Empire

Will Chuck Hagel essentially be a cipher as Defense Secretary?
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Mike Lofgren,
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January 30, 2013
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Op-Ed

Mike Lofgren | How Democracies Die

A historic parable shines a bright light on today’s troubling social and political realities.
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Mike Lofgren,
Truthout
October 25, 2012
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Op-Ed

Meet the Welfare Queens of the 1%: The Moochers Mitt Missed Work for the Pentagon

There is no dispute about the status of major Pentagon contractors, their utter dependency on government, and their outsized profiteering.
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Mike Lofgren,
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September 26, 2012
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Mike Lofgren: A Devil’s Dictionary

In that spirit, allow me to offer up my own devilu2019s dictionary of contempou00adrary American political terms.
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Mike Lofgren,
Viking Press
August 8, 2012
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News Analysis

Why Republicans Need Remedial Math: Their Budget Plans Explode the Deficit

Members of the audience listen to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak at a town hall style campaign event at the Mississippi Farmer's Market in Jackson, Mississippi, on…
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Mike Lofgren,
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March 13, 2012
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News Analysis

Iran and the Shape of Things to Come

(Photo: yeowatzup) It is hard not to think of that Gallic witticism when observing recent international events. Aside from almost daily threats from the governments of…
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Mike Lofgren,
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February 23, 2012
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News Analysis

The Right-Wing Id Unzipped

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although Mitt Romney used the word “conservative” 19 times in a short speech at the February 10, 2012, Conservative Political Action…
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Mike Lofgren,
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February 14, 2012
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