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Overstaying his welcome? Trump spotlights Venezuela’s Guaido in cringeworthy reminder of year-long ‘interim presidency’

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump shone an awkward spotlight on self-styled Venezuelan ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido sitting in his SOTU audience over a year of daydreaming about replacing Nicolas Maduro as the only ‘legitimate leader.’ … Read More >Overstaying his welcome? Trump spotlights Venezuela’s Guaido in cringeworthy reminder of year-long ‘interim presidency’

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Iowa Caucus Fiasco: Something New, Or Deja Vu?

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020By Editor

Last night’s Iowa Democratic Caucus has devolved into a poster child for how NOT to conduct an election. This is nothing new. Conspiracy, incompetence, and group-think have perhaps all come together to deliver a huge political present to President Trump. Maybe democracy itself is the problem. … Read More >Iowa Caucus Fiasco: Something New, Or Deja Vu?

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Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa’s disastrous voting app

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020By Editor

At the time of publication, 12 hours after voting in the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses ended, the results have not been announced. The delay in reporting is the result of a failed app developed by a company appropriately named Shadow Inc. … Read More >Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa’s disastrous voting app

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Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran

Posted on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020By Editor

Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration’s aggression campaign against Iran. … Read More >Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran

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Is the Draft Coming Back?

Posted on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020By Editor

During recent increased US-Iran confrontation, so many people viewed the Selective Service website to find out about the draft that the website crashed. People were right to be concerned about a return of the draft. … Read More >Is the Draft Coming Back?

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Stumbling into Catastrophe

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020By Editor

There is a real danger for foreign policy advisors and analysts – and especially those they serve – when they are in a bubble, an echo chamber, and all of their conclusions are based on faulty inputs. Needless to say it’s even worse when they believe they can create their own reality and invent outcomes out of whole cloth. … Read More >Stumbling into Catastrophe

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A New US Air Force Video Game Lets You Drone Bomb Iraqis and Afghans

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020By Editor

The United States Air Force has a new recruitment tool: a realistic drone operator video game you can play on its website. Called the Airman Challenge, it features 16 missions to complete, interspersed with facts and recruitment information about how to become a drone operator yourself. … Read More >A New US Air Force Video Game Lets You Drone Bomb Iraqis and Afghans

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Trump’s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent By Design

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020By Editor

While the GOP may indeed preserve Trump’s tenure through their death grip on a slim Senate majority, history books will not be kind to the deceit they have displayed and the fools they have made of themselves. … Read More >Trump’s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent By Design

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To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020By Editor

With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of foreign policy hacks and corporate lobbyists to sabotage his nomination. … Read More >To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants

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US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020By Editor

Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were recently shut down without warning as part of a US campaign to remove so-called “pro-Iranian content” from the social media sites. … Read More >US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists

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