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Italy: The Center Cannot Hold
For a generation, acceptance of the neoliberal doctrine that “there is no alternative” has paralyzed politics in the West. But what is the meaning of politics if there's no alternative to the resulting Authoritarian Center, asks Diana Johnstone.
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Why the Tent City for Children Is a Concentration Camp
The Mass Detention of Civilians Without Trial Is a Modern Military Tactic That Targets the Most Vulnerable. By Andrea Pitzer. (June 20, 2018)
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Is the U.S. about to give up on its lawless and catastrophic adventure in Syria?
The sooner the U.S. closes up shop in Syria, the better. By Patrick Lawrence.
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Ukrainian Fascist Leader Speaks in US Congress, While Nazis Launch Racist Attacks
Journalist Max Blumenthal asked why a fascist leader was welcomed in the US Senate building. He discusses Andriy Parubiy, the founder of two neo-Nazi organizations and the chair of Ukraine’s parliament, and the violent white supremacist movement against Russia.
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We’ve entered the era of ‘fire tsunamis’
Fire tsunamis? Those aren’t normal. By Eric Holthaus.
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Indictment of 12 Russians: Under the Shiny Wrapping, a Political Act
Rosenstein and Mueller know that even if the Russians surrendered themselves to the U.S., the hacking case would never go to trial. The indictment is based on guesses and designed to manipulate public opinion against Trump. By Scott Ritter.
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A Spirited, Substantive Debate on the Trump-Putin Summit, Russia, and U.S. Politics
Is it a positive or negative development when the leaders in control of 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons meet? On Democracy Now.
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Trump-Putin summit mystery: What about Snowden?
Trump has called for the fugitive NSA leaker’s execution and once guaranteed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would hand him over. But there’s no sign that Trump is pressing the issue. By Stephanie Murray.
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Israel passes controversial Jewish nation-state [Apartheid] bill after stormy debate
62 lawmakers vote in favor of the bill after a stormy debate. Arab lawmakers tossed out after they tear bill in protest, call it 'apartheid law.' By Jonathan Lis, Noa Landau.
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Trump’s Treasonous Traitor Summit
How Liberals Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New McCarthyism. By CJ Hopkins.
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“Imagine Hillarys” With Increasingly Fanciful Endings
Imagine if Hillary were accused of assaulting 17 women and a talking rabbit with a pocket watch ran past and said, “Time’s up motherfuckers.” By Devorah Blachor. (May 2, 2018)
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Why Is Google Translate Spitting Out Sinister Religious Prophecies?
Google Translate is moonlighting as a deranged oracle—and experts say it’s likely because of the spooky nature of neural networks. By Jon Christian.
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Russiagate is a Ruling Class Diversion
“Trump supporters see themselves as a distinct and independent force in the nation -- the saviors of America, in their diseased minds -- and they now hate the Democratic Party in a far deeper way than before.” By Glen Ford.
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'Putin's War on America' Is Nothing Compared With America's War on Democracy
In the wake of Helsinki, missing from "Russiagate" media hysteria is the question of who will protect us from the influence of U.S. oligarchs. By Paul Street.
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Look upon my neon corporate wokeness, ye Mighty, and despair
The Hillary Clinton-headlining music festival [OZY Fest] was just as mind-blowingly dumb as you feared. By Jeva Lange.
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A Neoliberal Nightmare at OZY Fest 2018
Amid a split in the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton headlined an event that was part music festival, part TED Talk. We went with two hosts from Chapo Trap House to check it out. By Jamie Peck.
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I’m A Conservative, And I Went To An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rally
Nothing prepared me. By Virginia Kruta.
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How far this [Strayan] farmer travels to keep his livestock alive
Farmers across the country are waiting for the ants to come. By Han Nguyen.
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The Utility of the RussiaGate Conspiracy
The conspiratorial mindset seeing Russia behind everything is increasingly a tool to demonize the establishment’s political enemies. By Alan MacLeod.
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Wildfires rage in the Algarve – in pictures
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling blazes for a seventh day in the popular tourist area in Portugal. Extremely high temperatures have been blamed for sparking the wildfires. By Joanna Ruck.
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