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Right-Wingers Keep Absurdly Comparing Vladimir Putin to Karl Marx

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has some very strange ideas about history. In justifying his vote for a controversial aid package to Ukraine and Israel, he...

19.02.2024 10

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

A New York Times’ Columnist’s Dehumanizing Warmongering

Thomas Friedman loves a good war. Or a bad one. In the early 2000s, he was the New York Times ’ most enthusiastic cheerleader for George W....

05.02.2024 10

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

Trump’s Crazy Immunity Arguments Came From Nixon and Bush Getting Away With Their Crimes

Many liberals would claim that Donald Trump is the worst president in American history. In reality, in at least some important ways, he wasn’t even...

12.01.2024 10

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

Alan Dershowitz’s Israeli War Crime Denials Are Ridiculous

If recent reports are true, Israel could be looking to procure the services of Alan Dershowitz—the esteemed attorney and Harvard Law professor noted...

05.01.2024 20

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

You Can’t Oppose a Ceasefire and Support a Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine

The civilian population of the Gaza Strip is estimated at about 2.2 million people. Of these, 1.8 million have been displaced from their homes by...

02.12.2023 3

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

Henry Kissinger Was One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Monsters

The final resting places of great historic figures are sometimes adorned with quotations from the deceased. Karl Marx’s grave at Highgate Cemetery...

30.11.2023 5

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

GOP Candidates Are Warming to the Idea of War With Iran

​​Listening to the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, I heard all the things I expect to hear from Republican candidates—from...

11.11.2023 3

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

‘Antiwar’ MAGAs Are Suddenly Hawks Again on Attacking Gaza

A video making the rounds on social media makes a shocking claim: Officials at Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense sold weapons to Hamas that were used in...

11.10.2023 6

The Daily Beast

Ben Burgis

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