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Emmanuel Macron's last act: France's pretty-boy Napoleon faces his Waterloo

Macron was never the anti-Trump savior of democracy — now his vanity and arrogance have led France into chaos

08.12.2024 10

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So Ireland had an election: Trump didn't win, but nobody else did either

In a year of global political turmoil, anti-incumbent fervor, across-the-board cynicism and the looming shadow of Donald Trump, voters in the Republic...

02.12.2024 10

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Now Democrats must face the future: What do liberals actually want?

It seemed as if nature was telling us something: Wednesday, Nov. 6, wasn’t just an unseasonably warm day across eastern North America but a...

07.11.2024 6

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Election 2024: A bizarre historic showdown reaches its final chapter — maybe

America's voters make their choice, at last. But nothing about this election is normal, so expect the unexpected

05.11.2024 3

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Kamala Harris' real problem: Who are the Democrats, anyway?

To accuse Kamala Harris’ campaign of reflexively repeating the mistakes of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign — as Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic did...

27.10.2024 30

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When a MAGA-style movement nearly destroyed democracy — 110 years ago

Consider this scenario, unfolding in a country that views itself as the world’s leading democracy: That might sound like the funhouse-mirror...

20.10.2024 50

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Trump's self-destruction was epic — but this is America, so it might not be enough

In a sane, normal and functional democracy — and even in a mildly dysfunctional one, which is a widespread condition these days — Donald Trump’s...

12.09.2024 70

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Chicago deep dish: Democrats stage a triumphant spectacle — but where's the beef?

CHICAGO — During Barack Obama’s speech to the Democratic convention last Tuesday night, I witnessed a spirited discussion between an elderly woman...

24.08.2024 8

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"The FBI was getting out of hand": Ed Helms on big history fails – and the longevity of "The Office"

If you recognize Ed Helms' face — and let's be honest, nearly everyone does — it's most likely from the many seasons he spent playing paper...

22.08.2024 7

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Democrats gone wild: What was unleashed with "Lock him up" — and where will it lead?

CHICAGO — That noise you heard emanating from the United Center on Monday night wasn’t just the exuberant chant of “Lock him up!” that erupted...

21.08.2024 10

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Unpacking the right's "50-year plot" to wreck democracy — and why it might work

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have turned the 2024 presidential campaign upside down and galvanized the Democratic Party's base voters, who had become...

16.08.2024 90

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US men's soccer team scores big-name coach Mauricio Pochettino

In a surprising coup for U.S. men's soccer, which has struggled in recent international tournaments despite a generation of acclaimed talent, one of...

15.08.2024 5

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Who is the American neo-Nazi supposedly mentoring Ireland's far right?

Until late last year, Ireland seemed like an outlier among European nations in remaining relatively immune from anti-immigrant bigotry and far-right...

28.07.2024 40

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Anti-party in a ghost town: Trump's undead GOP holds an un-convention

MILWAUKEE — I don’t know whether the folks who tried to sell “vegan barbecue” from a booth in the strip of concession tents outside the 2024...

18.07.2024 6

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Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt. Can America survive what happens next?

It's unacceptably trite to say that we knew something like this would happen. But on some level, how could we not? Despite the expressions of sympathy...

14.07.2024 20

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Trump "safe" after possible Pennsylvania shooting

Donald Trump was reportedly injured in a possible shooting and was rushed offstage by Secret Service agents during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on...

14.07.2024 20

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Don't be fooled by Labour's big UK win: British politics is melting down

It’s too early to draw clear conclusions about the meaning of Thursday’s dramatic national election in the U.K., and still less about what lessons...

06.07.2024 10

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UK exit polls indicate huge Labour win: Keir Starmer will be PM by Monday

With voting concluded in the United Kingdom on Thursday evening, exit polls suggest that the Labour Party, which has been out of power since 2010, has...

05.07.2024 20

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Expert: UK's Tories committing "electoral suicide" — but the far right will be back

By the end of this coming week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister, Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. That will also...

30.06.2024 10

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So they had a debate in the UK: Better or worse than ours? Actually, both

Things that are a lot like each other: The downbeat moods of the British and American electorates, faced with bitter political division, perceived...

27.06.2024 10

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World leaders "outraged" after Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Gaza refugee camp

An Israeli strike on a camp near Rafah that had been designated as a "safe zone" for displaced Palestinian civilians killed at least 45 people on...

27.05.2024 8

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Severe Memorial Day storms leave at least 20 dead across U.S. mid-South

Amid early suggestions that another difficult summer lies ahead for North America, a series of devastating storms as well as a severe heat wave have...

27.05.2024 10

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Columbia crisis: Another massive failure of liberalism

Americans of all stripes across the political spectrum have been understandably transfixed by the wave of student protests against the Gaza war that...

28.04.2024 30

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Even Don Winslow's mob characters wouldn't vote for Donald Trump

Of arms and the man he sings — no, seriously, he does. Don Winslow's latest novel, "City in Ruins," completes his Danny Ryan trilogy, the saga of a...

07.04.2024 30

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"Willing to kill": CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Putin, Trump and the threat of world war

CNN national security analyst Jim Sciutto showed up at Salon's New York studio by himself, fresh off the train from Washington. He's a genial,...

13.03.2024 20

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America in 2024: Blind, blundering Colossus on a downward slide

As Alexis de Tocqueville observed 175 years ago, Americans always think it’s all about them. OK, he didn’t put it exactly that way. But he did say...

04.03.2024 40

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Joe Biden v. Vladimir Putin: This week's dismal propaganda war had no winners

At one point in Tucker Carlson’s 127-minute “interview” with Vladimir Putin last week — which was more like a tendentious, digressive history...

11.02.2024 7

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"There's a real risk they get away with it": Lawrence Lessig on how to steal the 2024 election

Maybe this is reassuring, and maybe it isn't: Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, a renowned constitutional scholar, has undertaken a detailed...

30.01.2024 20

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Never mind Hitler: "Late Fascism" is here, and it doesn't need Hugo Boss uniforms

Donald Trump’s name appears only a couple of times in “Late Fascism,” the dense, concise and intellectually ambitious new book from Italian...

21.01.2024 70

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Israel's "heavy cost" in Gaza: 15 soldiers killed this weekend

Military officials in Israel reported Sunday that at least 15 soldiers have died in fierce fighting in Gaza this weekend, with Saturday one of the...

24.12.2023 7

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Donald Trump asks appeals court to toss Jan. 6 indictment

Donald Trump's lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Saturday to throw out special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of the former president related...

24.12.2023 6

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Naomi Klein on her "Doppelganger" — the "other Naomi" — and navigating the far-right mirror universe

Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World" is a difficult book to describe. I'll cut to the chase by saying that it stands...

12.12.2023 10

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Jon Stewart for president? Last-ditch campaign hopes to escape Biden-Trump nightmare

Democrats are worried about the polls, to put it mildly. But let's look past "Democrats," an increasingly incoherent political grouping almost...

03.12.2023 8

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