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2 weeks agoI Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone | The Walrus
The legitimacy of American power relies on binding decisions rather than unilateral actions.
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fromJezebel
4 weeks agoThe U.S. Is So Over World Peace It Erased the Olive Branch from the Dime
For a nation whose founding symbols were carefully engineered around the balance of peace and war, that omission is hard to read as accidental. Dropping the olive branch from the dime isn't just a design choice: it's a cultural signal.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoDear allies of America, please don't confuse our president for us | Robert Reich
Trump's unilateral military actions alienated traditional U.S. allies who refused participation, revealing a distinction between Trump's isolation and broader American values aligned with democratic nations and international institutions.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 month agoThis Presidential Pitfall Ensnared Wilson, Bush, and Biden. Now Trump's Falling Into It Too.
Trump's extensive focus on foreign policy—including wars, summits, and military operations—mirrors a historically costly pattern where American presidents neglect domestic economic concerns that voters prioritize.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month agoHow Trump's unchecked power has changed the world
Trump's second presidency demonstrates that traditional international law, diplomatic norms, and constitutional checks provide minimal restraint on US presidential power to wage war and reshape global policy.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months agoTrump's building a new world order, and there's a method to his madness'
Trump is replacing the international rules-based order with coercive, state-driven capitalism that prioritizes geopolitical power and benefits concentrated elites while eroding stability, equality, and democracy.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoThe Guardian view on Trump's Board of Peace: an international body in service to one man's ego | Editorial
Donald Trump launched a Board of Peace granting himself lifelong chair power to pick successors, set agenda, and remove members, sidelining UN norms and allies.
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fromTruthout
2 months agoWith Donroe Doctrine, Trump Threatens to Export His Brand of Authoritarianism
Donald Trump's National Security Strategy advances an authoritarian nationalist agenda seeking hemispheric dominance, undermining rules-based order and promoting imperial rivalry and repression.
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoPresidential Words for Presidents Day
From George Washington's first presidential "administration" to Donald Trump's promises to cut taxes "bigly," U.S. presidents have played a big role in shaping the direction of the country, including the words we use to talk about everything from national politics to everyday objects and actions.
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fromwww.esquire.com
2 months agoIs It Time for Republicans to Ease Up on the Clintons?
We want to take a moment, given everything, to address you directly. This past year has seen our Government engage in unprecedented acts, including against our own citizens. People have been seized by masked federal agents from their homes, their workplaces, and the streets of their communities. Students and scientists with visas permitting them to study and work here have been deported without due process.
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