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Trapped in the Trumpocene nightmare

Is there any way to escape this era?

Salon · Apr 20, 2023

The Forty-Year War

How America lost the Middle East.

Foreign Affairs · Apr 18, 2023

McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy began laying out House Republicans’ plan to lift the debt limit and curb spending in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange Monday where he tried to amp up the pressure on Democrats to negotiate.

Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023

All the Presidents' dogs in words and pictures

There have been hundreds of dog through the White House from George Washington to Joe Biden, including just one rescue dog and a mixed breed called Satan

Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2023

Biden issues second veto of his presidency

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 12, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Apr 12, 2023

Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Capital & Main · Apr 11, 2023

Israel's judicial reform efforts could complicate its relationship with US – but the countries have faced other bumps along the road

President Joe Biden startled many Americans and Israelis when he recently asked the Jewish state’s new far-right government to make its controversial attempts to reform the judicial system disappear like leavened products before Passover.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023

FACTBOX-Visits to Ireland by U.S. presidents

Joe Biden will become the eighth sitting U.S. president to visit Ireland this week. Many of his predecessors have also sought out their Irish roots, sometimes to be greeted by cheering crowds, and occasionally by protests.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1

Welcome to the April 10 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia · Apr 10, 2023

Looking back: Werner Herzog on Putin and Russia - Roll Call

Werner Herzog had some interesting things to say about Russia and Vladimir Putin in this May 2019 Political Theater podcast.

Roll Call · Apr 7, 2023