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Trump’s Iran bravado echoes Bush

“Real men want to go to Tehran,” Bush’s neocons said. Two decades later, Trump’s rhetoric follows a familiar script

Salon · Feb 24

From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is like

The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too, God willing

The Independent UK · Feb 24

Voter fraud claims predate Trump

Claims of stolen elections and tainted ballots have often been aimed at curbing Black political power

Salon · Feb 22

The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along

People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks

The Independent UK · Feb 17

The World Has Turned and Left Me Here

Plus: Tariffs, tariffs, and even more news about tariffs! And George W. Bush has some interesting thoughts about George Washington.

Reason · Feb 17

Trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment

The president falsely claimed he "fixed" the affordability crisis. He and the GOP will pay in the November midterms

Salon · Feb 17

Judge orders reversal of Trump decision to remove George Washington slavery exhibit

The exhibit's removal was a direct consequence of a Trump executive order

The Independent UK · Feb 16

Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions

Regulating climate emissions just became more difficult. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed its own 2009 legal finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.

The Conversation · Feb 15

February 13, 2016

One decade since Justice Scalia's death.

Reason · Feb 13