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![Demonstrators protest changes to the Affordable Care Act on June 28, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1218-aca-400x300.jpg)
By Attacking Obamacare, GOP Harms Itself
You didn’t really think the GOP was done trying to dismantle Obamacare, did you?
![President Trump reaches for an embrace as First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump look on after his inauguration on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1218-ivanka-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Inauguration Paid Trump Inc. — With Ivanka in the Middle
Revelations show how the Trumps blurred the lines between their political and business lives.
![President Trump makes a statement to the press after a meeting with governors-elect in the Cabinet Room of the White House December 13, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1072848582-e1545071382967-400x300.jpg)
Trump Can and Should Be Indicted
Nothing in the Constitution prevents Trump's criminal indictment while he occupies the Oval Office.
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Ralph Nader on How Bush and Obama Paved the Way for the Trump Presidency
Nader links the criminality of the Trump administration to the unchecked power of previous US presidents.
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Chuck Schumer Refuses to Endorse Medicare for All
Schumer's refusal comes after a federal judge deemed the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
![Protesters march and chant slogans during an anti-government protest led by a coalition of opposition parties in Lome, on September 7, 2017. Huge crowds turned out in Togo's capital for the second day running to demand political reform, in the largest opposition protests against President Faure Gnassingbe's regime. The placard reads 'Faure, resign'.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1216-togo-400x300.jpg)
Mass Protests Bring Togo to the Brink of Ending 50 Years of Dictatorship
A coalition of opposition parties are calling for the cancellation of elections on December 20.
![Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro greets people during his visit to the Superior Court of Labour in Brasilia, on November 13, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1216-brazil-400x300.jpg)
How the US Contributed to Brazil’s Return to Fascism
Major US newspapers failed to do serious investigative work on the merits of the corruption charges against Lula.
![Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke pauses during a Camp Fire press conference at the Cal Fire Incident Command Center at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, CA, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1070806026-400x300.jpg)
Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign
President Donald Trump announced Zinke's impending departure in a tweet Saturday morning.
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The Public Is Ready to Respond to Attacks on the Mueller Investigation
A majority of Americans polled believe the public should see Robert Mueller's report.
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Sisyphus the Elephant
The GOP is doomed to bear the weight of Trump's crimes for eternity.