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Apr- 2020 -9 AprilBlog
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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4 AprilBlog
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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4 AprilBlog
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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Feb- 2020 -29 FebruaryBlog
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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Jan- 2020 -31 JanuaryBlog
This is how democracy dies…or rather, how it is murdered.
If you thought the end of US democracy and our greatness as a country would come with missiles raining down…
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Dec- 2019 -27 DecemberBlog
Remembering the Victims of Trump and the GOP
It\’s a good time of the year to remember that everything that makes you angry about the US and our…
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23 DecemberBlog
Is it Too Late for Democracy in America?
As the last century began, few could imagine a world without empires or monarchs. The generation that followed could not…
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19 DecemberBlog
One Nation Under Its Oligarchy: A Country of, by and for The Very Rich
A vitally important piece from @ThePlumLineGS: \”The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data.\” And while the data…
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Nov- 2019 -13 NovemberBlog
The Future of Our Democracy Depends on Investigating Every Impeachable Offense
To recap, while I agree with @repadamschiff that the bribery case against Trump is the strongest because bribery is specifically mentioned in…
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9 NovemberBlog
We\’re Not Who We Thought We Were
81 years ago tonight, my grandfather was arrested by the Nazis for the crime of being a Jew. My Dad,…
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1 NovemberBlog
DSR Network Highlights – Week of October 28
Membership Note: We are consolidating our podcast hosting over the next 30 days and as a result, there will be…
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Oct- 2019 -31 OctoberBlog
There Will Now Be an Impeachment Process–Let It Be the Full, Fair and Thorough One the Country Needs
I\’ve always been an outlier on the issue of impeachment. I continue to think that the way the Democratic majority…
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25 OctoberBlog
Funerals like Elijah Cummings\’ Should Motivate Us to Act Or We Will End Up Mourning Even Greater Losses
The McCain funeral, the Bush funeral, the Cummings funeral, they have all become national events, elevated by their focus on…
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15 OctoberBlog
This Time It\’s Different: Trump\’s America is Now Part of the Axis of Evil
I want to say I have never been more ashamed of US foreign policy than I am now. But I…
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12 OctoberBlog
Can Our Shame Save Us?
I want to say I have never been more ashamed of US foreign policy than I am now. But I…
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3 OctoberBlog
Corruption Is Now Baked In To Our Foreign Policy
It is now the official foreign policy of the United States that we call upon foreign governments that wish to…
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1 OctoberBlog
The Myth of the Democratic Party Shift to the Left
I have read too many articles recently about the Dem \”shift left.\” Since when is it \”left\” to think public…
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Sep- 2019 -28 SeptemberBlog
Trump\’s Personal Diplomacy is Making the World More Dangerous Daily
An important subtext of this week\’s revelations is that it confirms that given the great power conferred by the Constitution…
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27 SeptemberBlog
A Moment By Which We Will All Be Judged and to Which We All Must Rise
Watergate occurred when I was a teenager. But I remember vividly that the mood at the time was different from…
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21 SeptemberBlog
American Democracy on the Critical List
Trump\’s a traitorous crook. And a very bad man. Many of those around him are also crooks and bad men…
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