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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Thursday, June 23, 2022

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Warning: Weak Sauce Ahead

Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to limit the ability of state and local governments to restrict…

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Warning: Weak Sauce Ahead – Full Member Version

Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to limit the ability of state and local governments to restrict…

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The Ukraine Daily Brief is now ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review. (We know that…

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Monday, May 23, 2022

The Ukraine Daily Brief is now ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review. (We know that…

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If BBB Passes, Grit Your Teeth and Give Manchin (and Sinema) Some Credit

This begins regular members-only reports on what we are seeing and hearing inside Washington on domestic and international issues currently…

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The Media Has Missed the Story: Biden and the Dems are on the Verge of Another Major Success.

The New York Times does it again: “House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud.” On the homepage they…

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Rothkopf vs. the Washington Hivemind (a Reasonable Debate)

An episode in which we bring to life the debate that even the best of friends can have over the…

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Rothkopf vs. the Washington Hivemind (a Reasonable Debate) – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. An episode in which we bring to life the…

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Afghanistan Special Report: Where Do We Go from Here and What Lessons Can We Draw? – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. The heart-rending scenes from Kabul Airport are now seared…

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Afghanistan Special Report: Where Do We Go from Here and What Lessons Can We Draw?

The heart-rending scenes from Kabul Airport are now seared into our collective consciousness. The 20 year war in Afghanistan has…

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What is the Cure for Post-Trump Stress Disorder? (Asking for a Planet I Know.)

Donald Trump is very nearly gone.  The damage he has done will take years to repair.  Where do we start? …

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Songs of Experience

Wait, what? A president who actually has foreign policy experience? A national security team that is not comprised of traitors, crackpots,…

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Megashocker: A Normal Conversation About Policy and Politics

We go where no one else dares: To imagine a Trumpless future, a normal American president doing normal American president-y…

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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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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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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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We Were Warned: A Conversation with Rep. Ted Lieu

Congressman Ted Lieu of California played a leading role in the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearings and so he remembers…

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