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** Hegseth is taking the Army on another dead end ride to Asia ([link removed])
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By Jennifer Kavanagh on May 20, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The U.S. Army is getting ready to fight China. At least that’s how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Army leaders are selling their new modernization initiative, announced on April 30 ([link removed]) .
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** Bukele's dirty secret: He made deals with the worst gangs ([link removed])
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By Joseph Bouchard on May 19, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image A cacophony of right-wing commentators now believes that El Salvador, under Nayib Bukele’s dictatorship, is the “safest” country in the Western Hemisphere. Bukele himself certainly wants us to believe it’s because he’s gone to war with the gangs.
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** Hasan Piker: What feds don't want you to think about my detention ([link removed])
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By Stavroula Pabst on May 16, 2025 12:05 am
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** Jake Sullivan: Trump not doing diplomacy right ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on May 15, 2025 01:52 pm
Featured Image It is an inevitable right of passage in Washington: every outgoing administration's senior officials have a chance to shake off the loss, find a golden sinecure, and then start crafting the narrative that they prefer, rather than the history that exists.
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** Europe's sticks are a little limp ([link removed])
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By Eldar Mamedov on May 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As the Istanbul peace talks get underway, Europe’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war exposes its profound weakness and reliance on U.S. support, with leaders like France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Keir Starmer, and Germany’s Friedrich Merz resorting to bluffs that lack substance.
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** The desperation of Gaza famine denialism ([link removed])
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By Harrison Berger on May 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As the risk of famine spreads across Gaza — and as shocking images ([link removed]) of overcrowded soup lines stream from Gaza daily — an influential network of Israeli government defenders has emerged to tell you that none of this is happening at all.
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