David Rothkopf
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A Lot Had to Go Wrong to Lead to This Week’s Attempted Coup
If the (erroneous) Office of Legal Counsel memo saying president’s can’t be indicted for crimes while in office had not…
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Why the Victory of Biden and Harris is So Moving
I have spent some time now, wondering why I have had such a profound emotional reaction to Joe Biden and…
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America’s Devastating Cultural Depression: The Time for Action is Now
Among our many looming challenges is one that has not gotten sufficient attention. The United States is in the midst…
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Time for Dems to Get Off Their Fainting Couches
Those of you waking up this morning to a war for the soul of the American judiciary have not been…
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The COVID Disaster is Not an Act of God, It’s a Crime
Make sure to understand that the disastrous leadership failure on COVID has actually consisted of a series of equally disastrous…
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Justice in America is Dead
Justice in America is dead. We used to talk about damage to it. We used to remark with each setback…
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Lost at a Crossroads in History
I just don’t get the sense we have fully grasped the profundity of what is happening all around us. History…
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This Is Not Just a Public Heatlh Crisis, It’s an Inequality Crisis
No denying that this is a public health crisis on top of (and made much worse by) an inequality crisis.…
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Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus Has Been a Disaster–But Don’t Forget His Other Crimes and Abuses
Trump’s outrageous firing of the Intelligence Community IG is a useful reminder that he is not just directly responsible for…
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Our Afghan War Was A Catastrophe: We Must Admit That To Recover
Look, I’m a foreign policy professional, very nuanced in my thinking, deeply grounded in history. I understand things that didn’t…
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