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Lucian K. Truscott Iv

Lucian K. Truscott Iv

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The terrible equations of war: What GOP success stalling Ukraine aid looks like on the battlefield

Both chambers of Congress, including the Republican-led and disarrayed House of Representatives, just passed a supplemental foreign aid bill that...

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A world war in waiting: After Iran's attack, it's almost here

An act of war. I’ll just bet you didn’t see or hear those words in any coverage over the weekend of Iran’s aggression from the air on Israel....

16.04.2024 4

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In the absence of American unity, we return to trust

When was the last time you pulled the elastic bands of a KN-95 mask behind your ears and felt its effect on your lungs as you took your next breath? ...

02.04.2024 4

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Trump blows the MAGA whistle — and his signal is heard loud and clear

It may seem superfluous to say this, but it needs saying: He means it. Donald Trump meant it when he called his mob to Washington in December of 2020...

19.03.2024 60

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The pure emptiness of Katie Britt

If there’s one thing the last 72 hours have taught us, it’s how hard it is to be a woman and a Republican these days.  Take the woman who has...

12.03.2024 60

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There is something wrong at the New York Times

Two things…check that…three things appear to have gone off the rails at the paper we used to call the Gray Lady.  First, whoever is in charge of...

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First abortion, then IVF… and now birth control?

Man, one thing you can depend on Republicans for is that if you give them a shovel, they will just keep on digging.  Last week the Alabama Supreme...

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Trump’s plan to disappear millions

What do you think would happen if one day you looked out your window and saw a box truck pull up and park outside your house, and a bunch of armed men...

20.02.2024 90

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The GOP primary is in a parallel universe. Republicans are about to get a reality shock

This is what was happening in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday night.  Donald Trump was speaking at a rally he said was the biggest ever held...

23.01.2024 10

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The thumb-twiddler caucus toys with funding while Ukraine fights for its very existence

You have to wonder what it would take to get House and Senate Republicans to get off their collective duffs and walk across their respective cloak...

12.12.2023 5

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You can’t win a war by dribs and drabs

How about this:  All those orders you’ve placed with Amazon, not just for Christmas celebrations a month from now, but regular stuff, like sets of...

28.11.2023 3

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The world is coming apart at the seams

Over 5,000 dead.  12,000 wounded.  Millions forcibly displaced. Tragic figures from Gaza?  Think again:  Those are the casualty figures after...

28.10.2023 30

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What we talk about when we talk about terrorism — in Israel and right here at home

Was the attack by Hamas militants on Israel last Saturday terrorism, or was it an act of war? More than 1,300 Israeli citizens were killed in the...

14.10.2023 5

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There are more of us than there are of them

The 14 th Amendment isn't going to save us from Donald Trump.  Nor is a ruling in New York state that he defrauded multiple banks and insurance...

30.09.2023 30

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Mark Meadows and Kevin McCarthy: Where do Republicans get these worms?

In politics, it's an axiom if not a flat-out rule that you should have, if not a soul, at least a brain.  What, then, to make of a political party...

16.09.2023 10

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