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President Donald Trump’s cabinet is starting to look more and more like a Bush-Cheney war room. The irony is thick, considering candidate Trump’s promises to “drain the swamp,” his claimed opposition to foreign intervention, and his apparent antagonism to the Bush dynasty in the lead up to election day. Just days ago, Trump […]
Avraham Burg, the son of one of Israel’s founding fathers, sees a nation hollowed out — and calls for deep structural change.
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Fighting Washington’s Most Power Lobby ; How to Influence Trump: Pay Him! …and More Picks 2/26
The extraordinary, yet somewhat predictable, story of how the Iraqi people lost out as their country’s oil wealth was squandered as a result of corruption, deceit, political infighting, Western meddling and tribal conflicts.
Mattis: No Evidence Assad Used Sarin on His Own People ; The Next Bathroom Bill …and More Picks 2/12
ICE, the Intelligence Agency? ; Trump Appoints Kellyanne Conway in Charge of Opioid Crisis …and More Picks 2/8
Trump’s Terrible Nuclear Options ; Real US Crime Figures …and More Picks 2/7
Trickle-Down Economics Fail ; Promise of War Pleases Corporate Media …and More Picks 2/6
Not only is President Donald Trump personally tied up with Deutsche Bank to the tune of $300 million, but his son-in-law Jared Kushner has his own history with the global banking colossus. Part 3 looks closely at these relationships, and asks just how far President Trump’s Justice Department will be willing to go in probing potential illegality on the part of Deutsche.
The new Peter B. Collins podcast looks at the similarities involving surveillance and paid FBI informants in five San Francisco Bay Area “domestic terrorism” cases.
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