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Centrist Democrats Launch Smear Campaign Against Young Transgender Woman, All to Keep an Old, Straight, White Man in Power
Why are establishment Democrats so determined to prevent the first transgender woman from becoming a U.S. senator?
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A Kingdom United in Revulsion at Donald Trump's Embrace of Far-Right Racists
U.K. politicians debate the “urgent question” of “online hate speech and the sharing of inflammatory content online by the president of the United States.”
Julian Assange’s Hatred of Hillary Clinton Was No Secret. His Advice to Donald Trump Was.
Some longtime supporters of Julian Assange were appalled when his secret correspondence with the Trump campaign was revealed this week.
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Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That Are False
Factually false assertions about Donna Brazile, the DNC, and WikiLeaks documents were widely spread this week by U.S. journalists.
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Sean Spicer Is Honored Because — As Bush Officials Have Shown — D.C. Elites Always Thrive
If aggressive war, torture, and illegal spying didn't result in Bush officials getting ostracized, then why should anything?
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The Clinton Book Tour Is Largely Ignoring the Vital Role of Endless War in the 2016 Election Result
Any discussion of why Hillary Clinton lost, or what the Democrats must reform, is woefully incomplete if it excludes this issue.
Man Waving "Blacks for Trump" Sign at President's Rally has Bizarre Beliefs about Race War
A Trump supporter, who insists the president is not racist, is a former member of a violent cult and holds confounding beliefs about a global race war.
As Trump Adds Fuel to the Fire, Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues in Dead of Night
The City of Baltimore removed four statues honoring the defenders of slavery hours after President Trump praised white supremacists.
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What's Worse: Trump's Campaign Agenda or Empowering Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert It?
Those who spent the year mocking the notion of a Deep State are now openly cheering its assertion of power.
Trump's Objections to Russia Sanctions Law Suggest He Might Trade Crimea Away
A signing statement seems to indicate that Trump is open to negotiating new borders for Ukraine as part of his stated desire to "make a deal with Russia."