Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Critical Foreign Policy Questions

We won’t likely hear these questions asked in the final presidential debate, but their answers are critical to our democratic future.

Trump spokeswoman says Americans should ignore conflicts-of-interest, focus on Trump’s ‘sacrifice’

In his first week as president-elect, Trump used his new position to bolster his business interests.

Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended.

Today’s champions of white victim hood claim that the teaching of ethnic history and ongoing/systemic racism stokes guilt feelings among white students and anger between students of different racial groups.

Is pretend politics—hawking a counterfeit self—the ultimate right-wing propaganda?

For “real” Rethugs one looks in vain –/ It’s quicksand, whether frauds or insane.
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McCain slams Trump’s attacks on media

McCain warns citizens to remember history and understand the intertwined connections between leaders and efforts to limit the media.

Amazon, and America’s real divide

What does Amazon’s decisions have to do with America’s political tumult? Turns out, quite a lot.

Facing famine, 20 million people need food, not bombs

Famine in these four countries is avoidable.

Trump tweets from Twilight Zone

"Dream. Big wall. Can’t see top."

The Democratic Party’s anti-Bernie elites have a huge stake in blaming Russia

Top party officials seem bent on returning to a kind of pre-Bernie-campaign doldrums.

Wall Street’s $3 billion political investment is a bargain

The For the People Act would loosen the financial industry’s grip over our political system.