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“This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States.“
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Senator Claude Malhuret on the End of American Democracy | Washington Spectator
Senator Claude Malhuret on the End of American Democracy, speaking in the French Senate, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ministers, my dear colleagues.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States.“
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In January, 2023 we wrote:
“Putin is increasingly networked with authoritarian leaders around the world, and indeed this network is converging on the bargain typically offered by such strongmen: the promise of simple solutions to complex problems.”
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“Putin is increasingly networked with authoritarian leaders around the world, and indeed this network is converging on the bargain typically offered by such strongmen: the promise of simple solutions to complex problems.”
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Combatting Putin’s War with a Vision for the West | Washington Spectator
War, beyond being just a struggle for territory, is a process. Long-running wars, in particular, have the potential to transform geopolitics, and this is playing out in Putin’s war in Ukraine.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
In January, 2023 we wrote:
“Putin is increasingly networked with authoritarian leaders around the world, and indeed this network is converging on the bargain typically offered by such strongmen: the promise of simple solutions to complex problems.”
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“Putin is increasingly networked with authoritarian leaders around the world, and indeed this network is converging on the bargain typically offered by such strongmen: the promise of simple solutions to complex problems.”
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March 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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“…If the courts rule against Trump’s Executive Orders and Musk’s implementation of them through DOGE, those who carried out unlawful actions may find themselves facing significant personal jeopardy.”
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Holding Trump’s Operatives Accountable | Washington Spectator
Donald Trump’s recent declaration of unbounded power — “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law” — serves as his dismissive response to at least 75 separate lawsuits that have been filed…
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March 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“…If the courts rule against Trump’s Executive Orders and Musk’s implementation of them through DOGE, those who carried out unlawful actions may find themselves facing significant personal jeopardy.”
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“…the United States government is being ripped apart, limb by limb, with little consideration to the future, to national security, to the welfare of the population, or the country’s role in the world.”
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Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse | Washington Spectator
The American constitutional order has been broken, and it’s not clear it can be recovered. Many are still in denial about it, and continue to report on political machinations, business as usual.
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March 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“…the United States government is being ripped apart, limb by limb, with little consideration to the future, to national security, to the welfare of the population, or the country’s role in the world.”
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Of the many currents at the nexus of American religious and political life, Christian Nationalism is unquestionably the dominant force.
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Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy | Washington Spectator
Bad Faith is a superb and unsettling documentary on the history of Christian Nationalists and their desire to convert this country to a Christian-only nation.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Of the many currents at the nexus of American religious and political life, Christian Nationalism is unquestionably the dominant force.
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As we stumble deeper into the Trump era, the journalism grows sharper and more discerning. This week we ran two superb pieces.
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As we stumble deeper into the Trump era, the journalism grows sharper and more discerning. This week we ran two superb pieces.
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Marco Rubio Outmatched
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February 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
From the Editor’s Desk:
As we stumble deeper into the Trump era, the journalism grows sharper and more discerning. This week we ran two superb pieces.
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As we stumble deeper into the Trump era, the journalism grows sharper and more discerning. This week we ran two superb pieces.
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It’s usual in negotiations to get something when you give something. What did the Americans get in return? Well, nothing, though perhaps Trump will be rewarded with some real estate deal for a tacky skyscraper in Moscow—or occupied Crimea.
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The Leopard and the Mouse | Washington Spectator
Among the many striking features of Trump’s appalling betrayal of Ukraine has been the gaucheness and utter naivéte of the Trump ‘team’s’ diplomacy. Perhaps Trump thinks it’s clever to break basic…
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February 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s usual in negotiations to get something when you give something. What did the Americans get in return? Well, nothing, though perhaps Trump will be rewarded with some real estate deal for a tacky skyscraper in Moscow—or occupied Crimea.
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A pair of books released weeks before the election, brings our attention back to something that Republicans say is a hoax and Democrats seem all too ready to forget: that Vladimir Putin apparently has leverage over the Manhattan billionaire and felon.
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What Does Putin Have on Trump?
A pair of books released weeks before the election, written by key players in the post-2016 investigation of Donald Trump’s multiple ties to Russia, brings our attention back to something that Republi...
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February 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A pair of books released weeks before the election, brings our attention back to something that Republicans say is a hoax and Democrats seem all too ready to forget: that Vladimir Putin apparently has leverage over the Manhattan billionaire and felon.
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Bad Faith documentary is nominated for Cinema for Peace Dove Award for best political film of 2025.
February 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bad Faith documentary is nominated for Cinema for Peace Dove Award for best political film of 2025.
In the first weeks of the second Trump presidency, one thing has become clear to the public: Elon Musk is the power behind this administration and Trump is merely doing his bidding.
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The Wide Angle: Elon Musk and the American Endgame
In the first weeks of the second Trump presidency, one thing has become clear to the public: Elon Musk is the power behind this administration and Trump is merely doing his bidding. Musk has illegally...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In the first weeks of the second Trump presidency, one thing has become clear to the public: Elon Musk is the power behind this administration and Trump is merely doing his bidding.
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Suddenly, our democratic Republic is under siege from a reckless and unlawful administration bent on upending the constitutional order. (1/3)
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The Constitution in Crisis
Suddenly, our democratic Republic is under siege from a reckless and unlawful administration bent on upending the constitutional order. Republicans with thin majorities in the House and Senate are sil...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Suddenly, our democratic Republic is under siege from a reckless and unlawful administration bent on upending the constitutional order. (1/3)
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