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CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor

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Biden's Transformation From a Dove to a Hawk

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The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought

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No, an Iranian 'Mothership' Isn't Attacking New Jersey With UFOs

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Syria's Rojava Revolution Is in Grave Danger

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What's Left For the U.S. To Do in Syria?

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Outlaws on Pickup Trucks Accomplish What $1 Billion in CIA Money Couldn't

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Trump Appointees Kash Patel and Massad Boulos Are Not Neocons

National Security Matthew Petti | 12.4.2024 10:30 AM President-elect Donald Trump's first few national security...

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South Korea Avoids a Return to the Bad Old Days

South Korea Matthew Petti | 12.3.2024 3:56 PM North Korea is a dictatorship, and South Korea is a democracy. That's...

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If You Want Mass Deportations, You Can't Have Less Government

Immigration Matthew Petti | 11.26.2024 5:15 PM Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have one job: to cut the size of...

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Review: A True Crime Podcast About a Massacre in Iraq

War Matthew Petti | From the December 2024 issue The third season of  In the Dark , a true crime podcast from The...

22.11.2024 10

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Lindsey Graham's Bipartisan Vision To Keep America In the Middle East Forever

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.21.2024 10:09 AM The vote before the Senate on Wednesday was simple : Should...

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Will America Make the Same Mistakes as Britain in the Middle East?

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.18.2024 2:30 PM The Middle East is a problem. Our enemies there are on the march,...

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Map: Pearl Clutchers in Hot Spring County

Maps Matthew Petti | From the December 2024 issue Is the film Night of the Living Dead too racy for daytime...

17.11.2024 7

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Meet Trump's Incredibly Confusing New National Security Cabinet

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.15.2024 9:53 AM If President-elect Donald Trump gets his way, his National...

15.11.2024 10

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Biden Admin Stops Telling Americans Which Foreigners They Can Debate

Sanctions Matthew Petti | 11.13.2024 10:18 AM Can the U.S. government use counterterrorism as an excuse to stop...

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Trump's Reported National Security Advisor Supports Bombing Russia and Afghanistan

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.12.2024 10:02 AM So much for keeping out the war hawks. President-elect Donald...

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The Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.11.2024 10:47 AM Last week was not a good week to be an old-fashioned...

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In Michigan, the CIA Beat the FBI

Election 2024 Matthew Petti | 11.6.2024 4:45 PM Whichever way the elections in Michigan swung, the intelligence...

07.11.2024 10

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Democratic Hubris Blows Up in Michigan

Michigan Matthew Petti | 11.6.2024 9:45 AM Perhaps Vice President Kamala Harris thought she could take Michigan's...

06.11.2024 10

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Who Are Langley's Favorite Candidates?

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 11.1.2024 11:53 AM ZIP code 22101 is home to a lot of very powerful people. For one,...

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Pentagon Paid Nearly 8,000 Percent Markup on Boeing's Bathroom Soap Dispenser

Government Spending Matthew Petti | 10.30.2024 12:19 PM The bathroom on the C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane is...

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Can the U.S. Government Tell Chinese People Apart?

Sanctions Matthew Petti | 10.28.2024 3:13 PM Zheng Wei is a fairly common Chinese name. A tennis player , a ...

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Are Books and Brains Weapons? The U.S. Government Thinks So.

Government abuse Matthew Petti | From the November 2024 issue Oleg Tishchenko logged onto the Digital Combat...

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The Panic Over an Imaginary Militia 'Hunting FEMA' Did More Damage Than the Actual Threat

Panic Matthew Petti | 10.25.2024 10:00 AM It was a bone-chilling report. As North Carolinians reeled from the...

25.10.2024 7

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Review: A Rap Trio Fights the Power In Gaelic

Movies Matthew Petti | From the November 2024 issue Belfast rapper Móglaí Bap was baptized under the searchlight of...

25.10.2024 8

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If You're Worried About Fascism, Worry About War

War Matthew Petti | 10.24.2024 10:30 AM There's another controversy about whether former President Donald Trump...

24.10.2024 7

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Biden and Graham Reportedly Schemed On How 'To Go to War For Saudi Arabia'

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 10.18.2024 12:00 PM Democrats and Republicans can't agree on much. But when it comes...

18.10.2024 8

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The Congressmen Who Stopped Caring About War Powers After Trump Left Office

War Powers Matthew Petti | 10.16.2024 5:00 PM The only times Congress has ever invoked the War Powers Act to stop a...

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Biden Pulls America Even Deeper Into the Middle East

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 10.14.2024 10:14 AM The conventional wisdom for the past few decades has been that...

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A Year of War in the Middle East Cost Americans Nearly $23 Billion

Foreign Aid Matthew Petti | 10.8.2024 9:53 AM War is not cheap, especially not the past year of Middle Eastern...

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The 'Day of Jihad' That Never Came

War on Terror Matthew Petti | 10.7.2024 8:00 AM Illinois man Joseph Czuba believed he was ready for the apocalypse....

07.10.2024 10

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U.S.-Funded Armies Fight Each Other In Lebanon

Foreign Aid Matthew Petti | 10.3.2024 1:30 PM It's a story that has happened before in the Middle East: an army...

03.10.2024 10

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Walz and Vance Dodge the Question on Bombing Iran

Election 2024 Matthew Petti | 10.1.2024 10:56 PM The vice presidential debate on Tuesday night opened with a...

02.10.2024 20

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Did the Abraham Accords Pave the Way for Total War?

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War Is a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone

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Who Wanted To Kill Henry Kissinger?

Conspiracy Theories Matthew Petti | 9.18.2024 1:38 PM A lot of people wanted Henry Kissinger dead and made no...

18.09.2024 8

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NYPD Opened Fire on a Fare Jumper, Shooting 2 Bystanders and a Cop

NYPD Matthew Petti | 9.16.2024 3:09 PM The New York Police Department (NYPD) has a history of protecting bystanders...

16.09.2024 7

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Review: A Monopoly-Style Game About the January 6

Politics Matthew Petti | From the October 2024 issue "While smearing your shit along the walls, you accidentally bump...

13.09.2024 10

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Harris and Trump Say They Want Peace. But Neither Has a Plan.

11.09.2024 7

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The War on 'Foreign Influence' Has Become a War on the First Amendment

First Amendment Matthew Petti | 9.9.2024 3:00 PM 2024 could be called the Year of FARA. Once an obscure and rarely...

09.09.2024 7

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Harris Attacks Trump for a Foreign Policy Proposal Backed by Her Own Advisors

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 9.6.2024 10:20 AM The foreign policy debate this year has been an exercise in...

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Should Airliners Be Forced To Fly Through War Zones?

Airlines Matthew Petti | 9.3.2024 4:04 PM Airlines have a very strong incentive not to risk their planes getting...

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The Military Tried To Hide Evidence of a Massacre. A Lawsuit Just Exposed It.

Iraq War Matthew Petti | 8.28.2024 12:06 PM The Haditha massacre was one of the worst U.S. actions during the...

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Putin and the Ayatollah Wanted To Censor This App. Now It's Macron's Turn.

First Amendment Matthew Petti | 8.26.2024 2:30 PM Telegram is one of the last (mostly) uncensored frontiers of the...

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Israelis and Palestinians Found Common Ground at the DNC. Is That Enough?

Democratic Convention 2024 Matthew Petti | 8.23.2024 10:30 AM Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin came to the Democratic...

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Why Is the U.S. Military Buying Tinder Ads in Lebanon?

Defense Spending Matthew Petti | 8.22.2024 1:55 PM Independent journalist Séamus Malekafzali, an American who...

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Democratic Platform Attacks Trump for Not Going to War

Democratic Convention 2024 Matthew Petti | 8.19.2024 9:11 PM Donald Trump oversaw some scary moments in...

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Biden Opens the Floodgates on Weapons for the Middle East

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Iran Hawks Are Falling for the 'Evil Wizard' Theory of Geopolitics

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