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American obeisance
I have just witnessed the most pathetic and humiliating hour which I, as an American, have experienced in my lifetime.…
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Bending the Guardrails: U.S. War Powers after 7 October
Job one is a ceasefire but war powers reform is a vital task for the future ICG What’s new? Hamas’s…
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China, the United States, and the future of a rules-based international order
We accuse China of seeking to destroy or gravely undermine “the rules-based international order.” Paul Gewirtz Brookings China accuses us…
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Translation and violence: thoughts about the Taiwan and the 1972 Joint Communique
It is not a long document, and at a cursory glance appears quite simple. Jocelyn Chey Pearls and Irritations Recently, however,…
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Aftermath of a Shooting
After a would-be assassin shot at former U.S. President and current Republican candidate Donald Trump on 13 July, the country’s…
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Trump on Immigrants: “They’re Not Humans, They’re Animals”
Much has been made of Biden’s “senior moments” as well as Trump’s 30-plus false claims. DAVID ROSEN CounterPunch There is a…
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Podcast: Who Is J.D. Vance? (w/ Harry Kazianis)
A recent convert to the MAGA movement, Vance has championed Trump’s “America First” foreign policy vision and vocally denounced NATO…
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Heat waves are growing hotter and more prolonged. What’s driving extreme temperatures?
If you looked at a temperature map this week — it doesn’t much matter which day it was — you…
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Today it seems like Americans all hate one another. But our country was founded on friendship
People have always had friendly feelings for certain others. Jason Opal Los Angeles Times But the modern concept of friendship…
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When History Doesn’t End
Is America trapped in a rerun of the Republican Revolution of ’94, with the platforms of “presidential candidates Buchanan, David…
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Michelle Obama: The Ultimate Joe Biden Replacement?
Now it’s up to another presidential spouse to try and crack the glass ceiling. Jacob Heilbrunn The National Interest A…
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Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented. David G. Savage Los Angeles Times Had the court granted the…
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The Assange non-verdict: the threat remains
I am sure we all enjoyed sipping it. John Queripel Pearls and Irritations After the excitement and sweetness has assuaged…
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China’s New Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet Matters—Just Not How You Think
“China’s sixth-generation fighter aims to create a ‘system of systems’ that would enable it to coordinate with disparate weapon systems…
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After 13 years, Julian Assange walks free
Julian Assange is expected to be in Australia late tomorrow, a free man. Mary Kostakidis * Pearls and Irritations Footage tweeted by…
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Trump and the ‘Champion of the Migrants’
Once again, he has reached into the back closet of history and dragged out one of our ugliest conceits. Xochitl…
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