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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales
How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns
The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connections
The Media’s Horse-race Coverage of the Election as CNN’s Pathetic Harris/Walz Interview Asks Trump/Vance Attack Lines to Avoid the “Liberal Media” Label
Give a Post-Gaza Israeli/Palestinian Peace a Chance
The Domestic Threat to Democracy Posed by Trump and Project 2025
After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight’s CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions?
Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew?
The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Civic Renewal
As the Press and Republicans Clamour for More Policy Details, Harris/Walz Are Winning on Charisma and Change
Today’s Harris/Walz Bus Tour of Georgia
An Olive Branch to the U.S. From Iran’s Supreme Leader, as We Wait For His Promised Retaliation Against Israel
How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left – Center Right Alliance?
Could Jack Smith’s Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case?
Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual?
The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump’s GOP?
A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr’s Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States
A Military Analysis of Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War
The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up
Last Night’s Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson to Project 2025
Trump’s Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro
A Review of Last Night’s Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight’s
The Generational Change Underway In the Harris/Walz Democratic Party
China Sues Stanford For Mao’s Secretary’s Diaries With a Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018
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>> Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point
>> An Appraisal of Last Night’s Speeches at the DNC
>> The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
>> An Update From Chicago on the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations and the Change of Fortune For Democrats in Down-Ticket Races
>> A Presidential Speechwriter on the Delicate Job of Writing a Speech For a Sitting President Passing the Baton to His VP
>> As Bombs Fall on Gaza and Ukraine, Arms Industries Benefit From Tragedy
