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![A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning jet.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/35550677595_481c2424a0_o-400x300.jpg)
Burlington Mayor Continues to Pressure Air Force to Ignore Voters’ Will Over F-35 Basing
The mayor of wants to overrule the people's health concerns.
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Democrats Demand Paul Ryan Schedule Net Neutrality Vote Immediately
Net neutrality will be a major campaign issue as midterms approach.
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Why the GOP Really Wants to Cancel the Senate’s August Recess
Americans have complained for years about the do-nothing politicians in Congress.
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State’s Rights Bill on Marijuana Threatens to Divide Trump Administration
Trump has said legalization should be left up to states.
![President Donald Trump participates in the "Celebration of America" at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2018. Trump's "Celebration of America" "honors" football fans and not the NFL champions Philadelphia Eagles after he reignited his feud with the league by abruptly canceling a White House reception for the Super Bowl winners.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-968155230-400x300.jpg)
Trump, Ersatz Patriotism and the Divine Right of Kings
Trump wants to be untouchable. Everyone can be touched.
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Return of the Unbelievable Trump
A freak election transforms a conspiracy monger into... the Unbelievable Trump.
![Donald Trump at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Gage Skidmore](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/5440393641_6dabcc3f81_o-400x300.jpg)
A Democracy in Exile Fights Against Fascism
There is no change without a broad-based movement of collective resistance.
![Dinesh D'Souza speaks at CPAC 2016 conference, March 5, 2016, in National Harbor, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-524557414-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Pardon of Dinesh D’Souza Should Alarm Everyone
Trump has already made some pretty controversial pardons.
![A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrests an undocumented Mexican immigrant during an operation in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 11, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-945291472-400x300.jpg)
The Delusion of Deporting the Country’s Troubles Away by Banishing “Criminal Aliens”
Study shows "no observable effect on the overall crime rate."
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