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If you believed the lies about the FBI investigation, you owe it to yourself...

First, I want to say to everyone who actually believed there was something to the e-mail scandal: I’m sorry that you were lied to. I don’t want this post to be a victory lap or an “I told you so” post,...

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Anyone care to connect these two dots for me?

Exhibit A)Exhibit B)So that’s a bit awkward. Especially since it seems Us Weekly and People Magazine are suddenly relevant, a fact which makes me just a little bit uncomfortable.I’m sure it’s just a...

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Registration Day: Imagining Trump's Muslim Registry

Trump’s ban on immigration from majority-Muslim countries is somehow at once shocking and unsurprising. And it already has a steep human cost. Banning visas from Iraq and Afghanistan means that...

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Scotland Votes to hold a Second Referendum as Article 50 Triggered: What you...

Why is this happening?“Because of Brexit” is far too simplistic an understanding.UK Parties lay out a “Manifesto” before each election. These are considered to be far, far more important than American...

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I'm disgusted with everyone who's coming out in favor of the Tomahawk strike.

Just war theory is something we all ought to brush on. The two axioms of the theory I think are important here are these:1. That the decision to engage in military action is only just if there is some...

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Welcome to NATO, Montenegro! A US President is now going to literally shove...

Trump’s NATO trip is an unmitigated disaster. I know that everyone is shocked to read this, and will be equally shocked to learn that water is wet, but what’s unusual here is the level of complete...

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The Sash Theresa Wore: UK nightmare scenario puts ultra Far-Right party with...

I wish that headline were in some way hyperbolic or sensationalist.It has been the case with Northern Ireland policy since Blair that Conservatives have been willing to listen to experts. When you tell...

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Kossacks, children with ADHD in our schools need 10 minutes of your time...

As part of the Trump regime’s attempt to gut our schools and remove “unnecessary regulations” one of the best tools that Children with ADHD and their parents have is on the chopping block. And it isn’t...

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Zimbabwe: something almost but not entirely unlike a coup

The news out of Zimbabwe this morning is as confused and jumbled as the information we got last night. African Defense Review tried to throw cold water on the talk of a coup, because all we had early...

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Heads up: Russians boosting Franken story per Hamilton 68 [Updated RE:...

Hamilton 68, from the Alliance for Securing Democracy, has collated a ton of data on Russian “Active Measures” troll networks and the useful idiots who boost the St Petersburg Signal. They’ve been able...

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Sri Lanka, Terrorism, and the assignment of blame

I was up late on social media last night reading about the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, and as a result I have a full understanding of why the Sri Lankan government has attempted to shut down social...

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The tragedy of Rojava: an American betrayal

Once upon a time, I posted pro-Turkish comments here. Well before Erdogan’s mask slipped and his totalitarian nature was revealed. It’s still my hope that as a highly educated nation, young Turks my...

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