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Donald Trump’s Masculinity Is an Empty Spectacle
Donald Trump is a man, and he has gone to great lengths to prove it. Megan Garber The Atlantic He…
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US sanctions Turkey over purchase of S-400 missile system from Russia
Washington: The United States on Monday (local time) imposed sanctions on Turkey for purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missile system from…
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The greater your voice, the greater your responsibility not to harm
On Wednesday US time, during the discussion of failed US President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman…
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Who Voted for Hitler?
Back in May of 2017, over drinks, The Nation’s Don Guttenplan recommended to me an out-of-print book from the early 1980s…
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Feeling Betrayed, Far-Right Extremists Have A New Message For Trump: ‘Get Out Of Our Way’
For months, President Donald Trump’s message to his supporters was clear: Jesselyn Cook HuffPost The election was being stolen from…
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The Iran Nuclear Deal at Five: A Revival?
When the Biden administration takes office, Washington and Tehran should move quickly and in parallel to revive the agreement on…
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Trump is impeached again in historic vote.
In a historic vote today, Donald Trump became the only US president to be impeached twice. Bryan Cranston The Conversation…
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American civil war
In the early hours of Wednesday 6 January, Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church – Martin…
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What Future for Afghan Peace Talks under a Biden Administration?
As the Afghan government and Taliban await clearer policy signals from the incoming U.S. administration, their primary goal should be…
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Film review: in My Salinger Year, hope and optimism win out
Rakoff’s sole responsibility was to read the constant stream of fan mail sent to its most famous client, JD Salinger,…
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Origin of the specious: how a family business polluted a democracy
Money, pure and simple. Ideology didn’t get a look-in. Eric Beecher Crikey Rupert Murdoch had never had a US president…
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FBI warns armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests being planned for Washington, DC, and at all 50 US state capitols…
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You’re using the term Orwellian wrong.
Chances are, you’ve seen George Orwell’s name thrown around a lot in the past week on social media, either by…
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Senior ministers take aim at Trump social media silencing
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he was “uncomfortable” with Twitter’s decision to take down Mr Trump’s account and acting Prime Minister…
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US House will vote to urge Donald Trump be declared incapable before impeachment, Nancy Pelosi says
The House is set to vote on Monday or Tuesday on a resolution urging Mr Pence to invoke the 25th…
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Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ Myth Reaches Its Catastrophic Conclusion
A deranged mob of Americans, fueled by lies about election fraud peddled by the president of the United States along…
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