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The Reverse Midas Touch of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Is Turning the Middle East to Dust
Mohammed bin Salman has essentially seized two foreign leaders, started a horrendous war in Yemen, and is heating up a conflict with Iran.
Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is a former Senior Columnist at The Intercept. He was the host of The Intercept podcast “Deconstructed.” Hasan was also the host of Al Jazeera English’s “UpFront.” He has interviewed, among others, Edward Snowden, Hamid Karzai, Ehud Olmert, and Gen. Michael Flynn. He is also the author of two books: a biography of former U.K. Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on the financial crisis and austerity economics. He is based in Washington, D.C.
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Donald Trump's Vow to Hit ISIS "10 Times Harder" Guarantees More Terrorism Against Americans
The truck attack in Manhattan underscores the cycle of violence fueled by U.S. bombing campaigns in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries.
In the Age of Trump, Tom Cotton May Be America's Most Dangerous Senator
The Republican senator has built credentials around the same worldview he had as a young man. Don't be fooled.
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Worried About Trump's Mental Stability? The Worst Is Yet to Come.
In a new book, 27 health experts declare that "anyone as mentally unstable as this man should not be entrusted" with the powers of the presidency.
Bernie Sanders To Democrats: This Is What a Radical Foreign Policy Looks Like
Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is getting serious about foreign policy again.
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Bernie Sanders: Saudi Arabia Is “Not an Ally” and the U.S. Should “Rethink” Its Approach to Iran
Sen. Bernie Sanders broke with bipartisan consensus on Saudi Arabia and called out Donald Trump’s “racist tendencies” in an interview with The Intercept.
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Steve Bannon Is Gone, But His Bigotry Stays in the White House
The White House chief strategist encouraged Trump's racist tendencies but they were Trump's to begin with, and they remain in the Oval Office after Bannon's departure.
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Donald Trump Has Been a Racist All His Life — And He Isn’t Going to Change After Charlottesville
Much of the media has overlooked the fact that Trump doesn’t like being forced to denounce racism for the very simple reason that he himself is, and always has been, a racist.
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The Madman With Nuclear Weapons is Donald Trump, Not Kim Jong-un
The dictator of North Korea is brutal but not crazy. The American president, however, has been described by mental health experts as paranoid and delusional.
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Jared Kushner's Pro-Israel Bias Is Nothing New for U.S. Mideast Envoys — It's Just the Most Blatant
President Trump's son-in-law, who displayed his inexperience in a leaked recording, also lacks even the pretense of balance on Israel.