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Senior politics reporter covering Congress and the economy for HuffPost.
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Howard Lutnick is testing the strength of the MAGA protection bubble against Epstein consequences. w/
@paulblumenthal.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffre...
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Leading Lights Of MAGA Dodge Accountability For Epstein Ties â So Far
As Epsteinâs former acquaintances around the world face consequences, people around Donald Trump have not.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-epstein-accountability-files-justice-department_n_69a20646e4b022e3a5588573?origin=home-latest-news-unit
about 20 hours ago
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Does the president still want the Nobel Peace Prize or has he given up on that?
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Trump has launched a new war against Iran for regime change and to obliterate the nuclear program he previously said was obliterated. He said today it will be âtotally again obliteratedâ
about 23 hours ago
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Democrats set to grill Bill Clinton alongside Republicans today: âWe have real questions that deserve serious answers from former President Clinton, and we have said from day one that Democrats want to talk to anyone," Rep Robert Garcia (D-Calif) said.
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-c...
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Republicans Are Going To Ask Bill Clinton About Those Damning Epstein Photos
Clinton faces a deposition Friday after his name and image appeared repeatedly in the Epstein files.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-epstein-deposition_n_69a1be05e4b022e3a558462c?28
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Republicans ran out of way to ask Hillary Clinton if she knew Jeffrey Epstein so they started asking about UFOs and Pizzagate
www.huffpost.com/entry/hillar...
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Republicans Grill Hillary Clinton About⊠UFOs And 'Pizzagate'
The former first lady said she repeatedly explained she hadn't ever met Epstein until Republicans gave up and started asking about âPizzagate.â
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-deposition-epstein-comer_n_69a07311e4b078861704a12d?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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Hopefully the committee can get to the bottom of this clear violation of House rules.
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Chuck Schumer calls presser on missing Epstein Files: âThere is a massive cover up going on in the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein.â Says Senate Dems will visit unredacted files site.
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DHS official and election denier Heather Honey told state election officials that ICE won't show up at the polls.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-ic...
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State Election Official âFlabbergastedâ By Phone Call About ICE At The Polls
âI realized it was her and so I knew I couldnât believe it,â said Arizonaâs Secretary of State Adrien Fontes, who was on the call.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-ice-midterm-election_n_699f7153e4b0ef1afcc098e7?1p
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Trumpism as "dread and circuses," by
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www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Trump Isnât Even Trying Anymore
Trump celebrated America's "golden age" â one filled with brutal and violent death around every corner.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-state-of-the-union_n_699f552ce4b01b76c0e3708f?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2026-02-25&utm_term=us-politics&email_hash=c95358956ffd815dc2eacff3b29979897aa60e25
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Justin Baragona
4 days ago
"we should send them back from where they came â as fast as possible." Also, Rashida Tlaib came from *checks notes* Detroit, where she was born.
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Talked SOTU on NPRâs 1A
the1a.org/segments/unp...
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Unpacking the State of the Union
It comes at a pivotal moment in Trump's presidency.
https://the1a.org/segments/unpacking-the-state-of-the-union/
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I'm in the House chamber for Trump's SOTU and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) is doing a Democratic rebuttal in real time from the floor, saying stuff like, "lies," "what's he talking about," while Trump rambles on... not sure he can hear her but I'm about the same distance as he is from her seat
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Rep Troy Nehls, wearing a tie with Trumpâs face on it, tells me he hopes the speech is three hours long
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Looks like several FBI documents memorializing interviews w a Trump accuser are missing from the Epstein files
www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...
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FBI Notes From Interviews With Trump Accuser Omitted From Epstein Database
Democrats who viewed the unredacted Epstein files said they confirmed the FBI investigated the "heinous" accusation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epstein-files-trump-accuser-fbi-interviews_n_699e044ee4b0c4f80826dcb9?nyl
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Jen Bendery
5 days ago
There are fewer than 500 ICE agents in Minnesota now, down from the ~3,000 who were swarming the state over the last two months amid Trump's ICE surge here, per Angie Craig's office. This # comes from convos Craig had with ICE officials last week in Minneapolis. (Believe them or not on this.)
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Are Trump's new Section 122 tariffs also illegal? A lawyer for the plaintiffs in the case that struck down his IEEPA tariffs says it's "very likely" we're going to find out in court
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Trumpâs Probably Headed Back To Court Again
Trumpâs Department of Justice previously argued in court that he couldnât issue tariffs under the authority that he is now using to justify a 15% blanket tariff.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tariffs-court_n_699cff1ae4b0f7641da6623c
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed
9 days ago
NEWâAmid fears of a massive war, successful US-Iran diplomacy is increasingly hard to imagine Trapped in Iranâs brutal Evin Prison is an ailing American journalist whose case helps explain why: Reza Valizadeh New details here on the calculus among Trump/GOP/Tehran:
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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The Fate Of An Imprisoned American Journalist Hinges On What Trump And Iran Do Next
Reza Valizadeh was arrested in September 2024 after he traveled to Iran to visit his parents.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-iran-deal-reza-valizadeh_n_6998d1bee4b041f92b44db7f?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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ICE raids have forced many immigrant workers in LA to make a horrific decision: go to work and risk arrest or stay home and risk eviction â which can force people to leave the U.S. LA officials say they oppose ICE but they've refused to pass eviction protections
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
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'COWARDS! COWARDS! COWARDS!': Los Angeles Votes Down A Policy To Protect People From ICE
Immigrant workers in Los Angeles face an impossible choice: Go to work and risk being snatched up by ICE, or stay home and risk eviction.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/los-angeles-enable-trump-deportation-eviction_n_699786ffe4b02424c4c02bc8?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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As
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9 days ago
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HuffPost
10 days ago
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is âplaying the victim,â an attorney for Regina Santos-Avilesâ widower told HuffPost.
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GOP Lawmaker Claims Heâs Getting âBlackmailedâ Over Stafferâs Death
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is âplaying the victim,â an attorney for Regina Santos-Avilesâ widower told HuffPost.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-gonzales-affair-blackmail-staffer_n_69975362e4b0f4c9ebc51e98?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed
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Rep Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) reportedly had an affair with an aide who later died by self-immolation đŹ
www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-g...
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GOP Lawmaker Reportedly Had Affair With Aide Who Died By Self-Immolation
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) accused his primary opponent of using the story to smear his aide's memory.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-gonzales-staffer-affair-self-immolation_n_6995e28ce4b0b35329391c9e?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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15 days ago
This may be the most dangerous development of all. It will give Trump fake legal pretext to reject Nov election results. American democracy has like 9 months left. Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms
President Donald Trump proclaims that he will find a way to implement national voter-ID requirements by November's elections.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/trump-congress-voter-id-midterms.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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Kyle Cheney
17 days ago
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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Dems seething at Bondi. âShe is supposed to be the peopleâs attorney general, the peopleâs lawyer, but she had an audience of one yesterday,â Pramila Jayapal told me. âHis name was Donald Trump. She is still acting like the personal attorney for Donald Trump
www.huffpost.com/entry/pramil...
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Democrats Seethe At Pam Bondi Over Epstein Spying, Childish Insults
Lawmakers told HuffPost the attorney general should resign and be held in contempt of Congress.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pramila-jayapal-bam-bondi-jamie-raskin_n_698e151ee4b0e2bc551261d6?6ld
17 days ago
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17 days ago
New: Corporate PAC $$$ is emerging as a major dividing line in Democratic primary battles, causing nasty fights in the Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan Senate races.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
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The Issue Driving More Democratic Party Fights Than Any Other
Disputes over corporate PAC cash are at the center of a host of crucial primary fights.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-money-line-dividing-the-democratic-party_n_697fbcb0e4b00b8d44e1f747?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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Not only did the administration not accomplish its stated goal of targeting Somali fraud, it caused the US attorneys who were actually prosecuting the fraud to resign in disgust
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17 days ago
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Moderate Dems who voted for the old SAVE act donât like the new SAVE America Act. Jared Golden told me the new bill is fundamentally different because itâs voter ID
www.huffpost.com/entry/save-a...
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Moderate Democrats Bolt From New Voter Fraud Bill
The new legislation Republicans are pushing would require voters to show ID on Election Day.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/save-america-act-voter-id-house_n_698cd1fbe4b080ae0a834ee1?origin=home-latest-news-unit
18 days ago
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This is not a gotcha question! Poverty numbers are one of the Census Bureau's most famous jobs.
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19 days ago
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I thought Johnson sounded less alarmist in response to this question (from me) than he did when speaking about illegal voting in 2024
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19 days ago
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Dave Jamieson
20 days ago
A federal worker at the CFPB found out in December that she had a brain tumor that needed to be removed. The next month, Russ Vought unilaterally ended her agency's short-term disability plan.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russel...
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A Federal Worker Developed A Brain Tumor. The Trump Admin's Next Move Was Unspeakably Cruel.
Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russell-vought-cfpb-cuts_n_697d1c86e4b0d9ba36c6b65c
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Ghislaine Maxwell refused to speak to the House Oversight Committee this morning in response to a subpoena -- but through her lawyer said she'd sing like a bird if President Trump lets her out of prison
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
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Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads Fifth In Deposition, Holds Out For Trump Pardon
Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice told members of Congress that she would only speak if President Donald Trump lets her out of prison.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-deposition_n_698a08f0e4b02d49a779b37f?etp
20 days ago
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Why is it called âbiathlonâ instead of âski shootingâ?
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Jen Bendery
23 days ago
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today. Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-theatens-trevor-noah-grammys-bad-bunny-slams-ice_n_698071c1e4b0926bfc469acd/liveblog_69863772e4b0ddd0303360a9
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I asked Ron Wyden what his cryptic letter to the CIA was all about. He wouldn't say. "I wrote it for a specific reason. Thatâs all I can say.â He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden
www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...
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Democratic Senators Give Cryptic Warning About CIA Activities
Ron Wyden has previously warned about spy abuses before they were public. Now he and Mark Warner say something else is up.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wyden-cia-letter-deep-concerns_n_6984ebe7e4b04d5037ef4de6?cw
24 days ago
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24 days ago
'If the Post is, in fact, losing $100 million a year, Bezos could absorb those losses for five years - for what he makes in a single week. It's not that Bezos can't afford the Post anymore, he just doesn't care. He'd rather suck up to Donald Trump.'
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People should not do this.
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24 days ago
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Trump loves dictators
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24 days ago
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Exclusive: Ruben Gallego proposes $20 minimum wage
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Ruben Gallego Introduces Bill For $20 Minimum Wage
The Arizona Democrat and possible Democratic presidential candidate has staked out an aggressive position on a paycheck issue.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-gallego-minimum-wage-2028_n_6983d055e4b0926afe6a9d32
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Democrats today used new caveats in their demands for ICE masks
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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Democrats Are Softening Their Demand To Ban Masks For ICE
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-ice-masks-dhs-shutdown_n_69839db8e4b053ac3e17298d?84t
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"I realized that the Post wasnât the same paper that had recruited me, and that I didnât want to work for an owner and publisher who couldnât articulate a vision and confused contempt for the newsroom with a business plan." -- Ashley Parker, on why she jumped ship
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Murder of The Washington Post
Todayâs layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/washington-post-layoffs-bezos/685872/?gift=49wmX9XxesaxFXKJmFp0PppBwY8VTQcuE3xpqMADAME&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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25 days ago
Trump's border czar Tom Homan announces he's removing 700 immigration officers from Minnesota, effective immediately.
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Radley Balko
26 days ago
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email
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Not the most shocking outcome after many experienced prosecutors quit that office rather than do the administration's bidding
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Wondering if people who don't live in DC get how utterly, hilariously delusional this is.
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Jared Moskowitz says Trump should fire Noem. âWhereâs the president from âThe Apprenticeâ? Whereâs that guy who America tuned in night after night to watch him fire people? All of a sudden, now he thinks firing is a weakness.â
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
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House Passes Government Funding Bill, Sets Up ICE Showdown
Congress sent a government funding bill to the presidentâs desk with a two-week deadline for immigration enforcement reforms.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-funding-ice-dhs-democrats_n_69823f84e4b00e89c72ef8d1
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Republicans have given the Clintons a noon deadline to agree to deposition terms or face contempt of Congress
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Search For Savannah Guthrie's Mother Continues, French Authorities Raid X Office: Live Updates
Follow along for the latest news on the major headlines of the day.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-theatens-trevor-noah-grammys-bad-bunny-slams-ice_n_698071c1e4b0926bfc469acd?utm_campaign=bttn-ind-update
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27 days ago
Training material, which HuffPost obtained, shows the multiple ways agents didnât follow agency rules.
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30 days ago
A former USDA official tells HuffPost that his superiors ignored the case that would inspire todayâs deadly immigration crackdown.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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Trump Administration Was Warned About Minnesota Fraud 6 Years Ago â And Did Nothing
A former USDA official tells HuffPost that his superiors ignored the case that would inspire todayâs deadly immigration crackdown.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minnesota-fraud-feeding-our-future-trump-usda_n_697bc72ee4b04b6f3b7f3b34
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed
29 days ago
NEW-Chances of diplomacy averting a Trump strike on Iran + bloody spiral are withering -Admin's talking political targets (torpedoing diplomacy) + feel Iran has no option but big concessions -US+Arab officials lobbying against attack report limited progress/influence
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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It Looks Inevitable That Trump Will Strike Iran
Sources tell HuffPost that the diplomatic effort to avert war is slipping.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-iran-potential-strike_n_697d3984e4b0b1de95c17f56?tuj
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Radley Balko
30 days ago
Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes. Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
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