USA

Grover Norquist, one of the intellectual leaders of the right, wished to shrink government so you could drown it in a bathtub.
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He’s maybe the most dangerous politician of our lifetime. He’s damaged our country in ways that may take a generation to undo.
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The New Yorker’s presidential bid highlights the contradictions between both extreme wealth and a for-profit, corporate advertiser-driven media.
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The Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a “continuing resolution” that averted a government shutdown.
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Donald Trump is a criminal. And not just any criminal. He is a sociopath with the power to make his cruel designs come true on a grand scale.
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The federal cases are still pending, but the upcoming decisions should provide useful insight into how U.S. courts will respond to the novel Helms-Burton claims.
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Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government had been agreed to. His answer: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
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A brief breakdown of William Taylor's testimony during the first day of the impeachment inquiry.
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The Republican defense of Donald Trump is a lot flimsier than that put up by Johnny Cochran for O.J. Simpson in his trial twenty-five years ago.
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Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba's General Director for U.S. affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses the current environment in an extensive interview.
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