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Truth Against the Machine Article: Democrats Make a Critical Mistake in Letting the GOP Distance Itself from Trump

March 13, 2017 Austerity Deregulation Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Racism Republicans Tax Policy Truth Against the Machine War Leave a comment

In Aftermath of Istanbul Terror, Trump wants us to Become More like ISIS

June 30, 2016 Civil Rights Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans ISIS Islam Terrorism Torture War War Crimes 1 Comment

Terrorist Kills 50 in Shooting Rampage at Orlando Nightclub, Extremism a Real Danger in the Aftermath

June 12, 2016 2nd Amendment Civil Rights Domestic Surveillance Domestic Terrorism Donald Trump extremism Gun Control guns ISIS Islam Law and Order Racism Terrorism War 1 Comment

Democrats Need to Stop Underestimating Donald Trump

May 23, 2016 2016 Election Democrats Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Republicans Tea Party Terrorism Trans-Pacific Partnership War 3 Comments

Using Triangulation to Predict the Consequences of a Trump, Hillary, or Bernie Presidency

May 12, 2016 Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Defense Policy Democrats Deregulation Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment Environmental Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Tax Policy Tea Party Trans-Pacific Partnership War 7 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3

January 29, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary banksters Bernie Sanders Big Banks Constitution Corporate Greed Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Foreign Aid Hillary Clinton Iraq Military Multi-National Corporations Regulation Terrorism TPP Trade Deal War Leave a comment

The 5th GOP Debate: Mindless Brutality, Calls to Commit War Crimes, and Fact-Free Bloviating

December 16, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism International Relations ISIS Partisan Fighting Racism Republicans Tea Party Ted Cruz Terrorism War War Crimes 25 Comments

At Thanksgiving, we Must Remember the Plight of the Refugee and Our History

November 26, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Current Events Foreign Policy Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Terrorism War Leave a comment

ISIS Attacks Paris, France and the USA Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of 9/11

November 16, 2015 Criminal Justice Current Events Domestic Surveillance extremism Islam Religion in Politics Terrorism War 52 Comments

Rep. McCarthy Admits Benghazi Investigation is a Scam, What Happens Next?

October 7, 2015 2016 Election Congress Conservative Elections extremism Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Military Partisan Fighting propaganda Republicans War 1 Comment

Syria is Just the Prelude to a Much Greater Climate-Driven Refugee Crisis

September 14, 2015 climate effects of climate change Environment Foreign Policy global climate change International Relations War 1 Comment

DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists as “Unprivileged Belligerents”

August 26, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice freedom of speech Indefinite Detention Media Media Freedom Military Police State Terrorism War War Crimes 2 Comments

Iran Nuclear Deal Reached, but can it Survive Partisan Politics?

July 15, 2015 Foreign Policy International Relations Iran Nuclear Weapons Partisan Fighting Terrorism War Leave a comment

Silence as Thousands of Civilians Die in the Middle East and a Blockade Impoverishes a Nation

July 10, 2015 Defense Policy International Relations Israel Media Middle East Military Racism Terrorism War Leave a comment

Iran, the Bomb, and the Intra-Islamic Proxy war

May 11, 2015 extremism Foreign Policy International Relations Iran Iraq Islam Israel Middle East Military Nuclear Weapons Obama Religion in Politics Terrorism War 1 Comment

A Simple Plan to Cut Military Waste and Reallocate Funds to Programs that Actually Benefit Americans

April 8, 2015 Budget Corporatism Defense Policy Economics education Military Policy Poverty War Leave a comment

GOP Senators Try to Undermine Obama on Iran, American Credibility becomes Collateral Damage

March 12, 2015 Defense Policy extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans International Relations Iran National Security Obama Republicans War Leave a comment

Washington’s Absurd Degrees of War

October 27, 2014 Congress Constitution Iran Iraq Legislature Military Syria Terrorism War 2 Comments

Americans Must Ignore the Fear Machine

October 13, 2014 Corporate Greed Corruption extremism Health Policy ISIS Media Military War 5 Comments

Obama Administration Charges Towards Disaster in its Response to Islamic State Terrorism

September 12, 2014 Iraq ISIS Military Obama Syria Terrorism War 2 Comments

ISIS Takes Page Out of the CIA’s Interrogation Manual, Validates Anti-Torture Activists’ Concerns

September 3, 2014 Bush Foreign Policy Iraq ISIS Terrorism Torture War War Crimes Waterboarding Leave a comment

Anatomy of and Anti-Israel Media Hatchet Job

August 4, 2014 Foreign Policy Hamas Israel Media Terrorism War 4 Comments

Unpacking the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

July 10, 2014 extremism International Relations Israel Media Religion in Politics Terrorism War 17 Comments

Iraq Burns as Terrorists Too Extreme For Al Qaida Sweep Across the Country

June 20, 2014 Current Events extremism International Relations Iran Iraq Middle East Syria Terrorism War 3 Comments

Debunking the Double Standard in the Israeli-Arab Conflict

May 5, 2014 Foreign Policy Inequality International Relations Israel Military Palestinians propaganda Terrorism War 14 Comments

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