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Meet the men who could topple Donald TrumpThe retired generals Mattis and Kelly will stand up to the president if he pushes them too far. Were they to resign, Congress would likely desert him too -
Dismantling Dodd-Frank: Donald Trump's Valentine's gift to Wall StreetWhile the world was up in arms over his travel ban, our faux-populist president was courting the very people he denounced during the campaign
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A chronicle of fear: seven days as a Muslim immigrant in AmericaLast week, I stood staring at my bathroom shelf. How many new rolls of toilet paper should I buy? The question is so difficult it makes my throat close up
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Donald Trump's 'listening session' on Black History Month was anything butThe president wants to control Black America, not hear its concerns. A stupid reference to the bust of Martin Luther King isn’t going to mask that
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Here are the questions Trump’s supreme court pick has to answerWhich comes first: the rule of law or the whims of the executive? Ultra-conservative judge Neil Gorsuch must be made to say where he stands
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Steve Bannon is calling the shots in the White House. That's terrifyingHe is unvetted, unconfirmed but immensely powerful – all thanks to the undisciplined and distracted Donald Trump
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What connects attacks in Québec and Charleston? Trump needs to knowThe president pats himself on the back for naming ‘radical Islamic terrorism’. But his actions and words are feeding a virus just as dangerous on the far right
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Troubled times make it hard to be an optimist. But I don't plan to stopOptimists like me read the news and know all the dire things happening in the world. But we also get up each day determined not to accept a bad fate
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My preferred friends? Other working-class people with debtI’m drowning financially for reasons the better-off can’t comprehend. That’s why I gravitate towards those with similar experiences
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Women will march on – What would a feminist do? podcastSaturday’s record-breaking demonstration brought together a diverse group of people to air a spectrum of grievances. We take a look at what comes next
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Staring down 2017 – What would a feminist do? podcastThis week, host Jessica Valenti talks with Syreeta McFadden, Jaclyn Friedman and Aimee Thorne-Thomsen about what comes next for feminism
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A feminist's debrief after the US election: share your perspectiveComing up, Jessica Valenti’s What would a feminist do? podcast tackles the buying, selling and branding of feminism. How has the movement changed?
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Why immigration is a feminist issue – What would a feminist do? podcastThis week on the podcast, host Jessica Valenti speaks with Hillary Clinton’s Latino outreach director about the realities of being undocumented and female
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The Guardian view on Trump v the judges: hastening a collapse of respectEditorial: For a nation that is built on the property rights and enforceable contracts, Mr Trump’s politics seem like an invitation to hold a grenade with the pin pulled out
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The Guardian view on David Beckham: embarrassed more than harassedEditorial: Online whistleblower Football Leaks has exposed malpractice in the beautiful game before. This time, if the emails are real, it has exposed merely vanity and greed
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The Observer view on artificial intelligenceSuperintelligent computers may grab the headlines, but the humble algorithm is a significant threat to humanity
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Jill AbramsonJill AbramsonWhile the world was up in arms over his travel ban, our faux-populist president was courting the very people he denounced during the campaignDismantling Dodd-Frank: Donald Trump's Valentine's gift to Wall Street
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Lucia GravesLucia GravesDonald Trump picks Neil Gorsuch as his supreme court nomination - as it happenedNeil Gorsuch unveiled in live broadcast as president’s pick to fill supreme court vacancy
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Steven W ThrasherSteven W ThrasherThe president wants to control Black America, not hear its concerns. A stupid reference to the bust of Martin Luther King isn’t going to mask thatDonald Trump's 'listening session' on Black History Month was anything but
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Thomas FrankThomas FrankThe intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometownIvy League graduates micromanaging the country – that’s how some in Marceline, Missouri, saw the status quo. In his native midwest, Thomas Frank investigates how the president won support despite local misgivings
Donald Trump acts like he wants regime change – in the United States