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Trump, sits in on a meeting with Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq, April 3, 2017.](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "It will cause people to wonder whether he is being improperly influenced." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['The DNC Is on the Wrong Side of History': Challenged by Activists, Tom Perez Says Hosting 2020 Debate on Climate Crisis 'Not Practical'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK by Jake Johnson, staff writer "What's actually unrealistic: the Democratic establishment saying we'll stop climate change when they aren't even willing to have a debate on it." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) [] [] Views... 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(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) by Jeff Bryant Charter schools now cost Pennsylvania taxpayers over $1.8 billion annually and account for over 25 percent of the state’s basic education funding --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Same Old Scare Tactic About Socialism](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) [Don’t let them scare you with words like "socialism." These policies are just common sense. (Photo: Screenshot)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) by Robert Reich When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan 'Down With Socialism'…what he really means is, 'Down with Progress.' --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump's Mexico Tariff Deal Is Fake News. Mexico Has Been Enforcing U.S. Immigration Policy For Years](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AVuP5RnPjK) [President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 28, 2019. 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