Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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2021: An arresting start
Trump was an enemy of the security services from day one — did they hasten his decline by allowing January 6 to happen? ZOLTAN ZIGEDY reports on the next phase of US politics with the Democrats firmly in control
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
ANOTHER election cycle brings the US a new president, another Congress and a new Federal administration. A cynic might see the changes as cosmetic, a mere opportunity for another collection of political operatives to grift, to peddle influence and to accumulate power.
Lobbyists favoured by the Democratic Party will now have access to more elected officials and agency and bureau heads, while their Republican-favoured counterparts must now work lower on the food chain until their turn comes up again.
Campaign contributions will determine consulting contracts, the flow of government monies and ceremonial appointments. Where some see corruption, others see opportunity.
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