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The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice
Hagiographies neglect to mention that Bush's presidency included a racist drug war, the Willie Horton ad, and massive civilian deaths in Iraq.
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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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Can't Run for President in 2020. Trump Should Be Relieved.
The Constitution says the president must be at least 35 years old. But age doesn't guarantee wisdom or ability.
All the President’s Crimes
What Republican Senators Said About Impeaching Bill Clinton vs. Donald Trump
The same Republican senators who defend Trump now were obsessed with defending the special counsel in the late 1990s — when Bill Clinton was president.
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Chuck Schumer Caved to Facebook and Donald Trump. He Shouldn't Lead Senate Democrats.
Schumer has sided with the GOP on Wall Street, Israel, Iraq, Iran, and Facebook. Almost any other Democrat should be Senate minority leader instead.
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Nancy Pelosi Wants to Find "Common Ground" With Donald Trump. But Her Job Right Now Is to Fight Fascism.
The correct response to a white nationalist president is to relentlessly resist and call out his behavior as dangerously abnormal.
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U.S. Elections Are Neither Free Nor Fair. States Need to Open Their Doors to More Observers.
The OSCE issued a series of recommendations after the 2016 presidential election. None of the group’s suggestions have been enacted.
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Is Donald Trump an Anti-Semite?
What responsibility should Trump take for the current toxic climate? And what does the evidence say: Is the president an anti-Semite?
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Here Is a List of Far-Right Attackers Trump Inspired. Cesar Sayoc Wasn’t the First — and Won’t Be the Last.
Trump sympathizers have beaten, shot, stabbed, run over, or bombed innocent people. The president is radicalizing a generation of angry men.
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Killing Journalists Is Wrong When the Saudis Do It — and When the United States Does It, Too
There should be accountability for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, and also for the 2003 U.S. bombing raid that killed Al Jazeera’s Tareq Ayoub in Iraq.
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Does Saudi Arabia Own Donald Trump?
As Trump denies having financial interests in Saudi Arabia, Mehdi Hasan examines the president's history of business deals with the Saudi royal family.