2020 Election

Our Unfolding Democratic Emergency: The Red Lights are Already Flashing

The Constitutional rot of the past four years has set the stage for the corruption of our institutions and, equally…

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The Most Precarious Moment for American Democracy Since the Civil War

The President of the United States has deliberately raised questions about whether our democratic system will work properly while actively…

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Have We Already Seen the October Surprise?

Is a resurgent COVID the October Surprise? Is it the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Will it be the…

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What Happens When We Lose a National Hero a Moment When the Entire US Government Faces a Crisis of Legitimacy?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a rarity in Washington, a true hero, one of those voices who would not be silenced…

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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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Donald Trump’s “Avalanche of Outrageousness”: The Perspectives of Peter Strzok

Peter Strzok is one of America’s most respected, experienced counterintelligence specialists. His career at the FBI reads like a thriller…

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Will Joe Biden Be the President Progressives Think We Need?

The divide between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and centrists has dogged the party for years and hurt…

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Is There a Cure for What Ails the GOP?

The Republican Party not only produced the corrupt, failed presidency of Donald Trump, but it has supported Trump at every…

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We are at 65 9/11s and Counting…Where Do We Go From Here?

The two defining crises of the past 40 years in the US have been the 9/11 attacks and the COVID…

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Aaaaaand the hoooome of the…suckers…and losers!

Donald Trump doesn’t think much of America’s military and he thinks even less of its members who sacrificed their lives…

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While Trump Tries to Bury the Russia Story, Russia is Still Trying to Bury Us

As former U.S. Under Secretary of State Richard Stengel says during this special podcast, when he interviewed Putin several years…

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The Worst Term We Can Think of For Trump…is a Second Term

After the lawlessness and lies of the GOP convention it is clearer than ever that another term in office for…

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Foreign Policy Takes a Holiday: Welcome to Campaign Season 2020

Every four years a heated debate occurs among foreign policy and national security nerds about why foreign policy and national…

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The End of the Great Russia Hoax Hoax

There is one and only one major hoax associated with the relationship between Donald Trump and the Russian government during…

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What Do the United States and Belarus Have in Common?

As many US observers watched brave Belarussians take to the streets to protest the rigged election engineered by their autocrat…

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Who You Gonna Call…When the Fire Department is Taken Over by Arsonists?

With the president making even more outrageous remarks about his desire to impede voting by mail and the GOP mobilizing more…

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Election 2020, What Could Go Wrong?

America has had disputed election results in the past.  2016 comes to mind.  So does 2000.  So does 1876.  But,…

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Our Enemies are Laughing Now, Wait Until You See What a Second Trump Term Looks Like

In Russia, they refer to Trump as being “theirs.”  In France, the president muses about how Europe should prepare for an…

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We Are Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Failed State

This episode of our Agenda 2021 series is a one-on-one conversation with General James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence and…

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What Difference Will an Election Make: Democracy and Human Rights After Trump

There is no question that the Trump Administration has been a dramatic departure from past US Administrations on issues like…

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