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Biden Has Defended US Allies’ Use of Lethal Force Against Civilians
Biden Has Defended US Allies’ Use of Lethal Force Against Civilians Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration on November 1, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.Joshua Lott / Getty Images By Stephen Zunes On an October evening in 2002, while quietly embroidering on […]
Mitch McConnell Is Out of Excuses and the Whole World Is Watching
Op-Ed Mitch McConnell Is Out of Excuses and the Whole World Is Watching By William Rivers Pitt, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Roy Blunt and Sen. Joni Ernst arrive for a news conference in the Capitol on October 22, 2019, in Washington, D.C. his “shadow diplomats” to make it clear to Ukraine President Volodymyr […]
‘We’ve been very weak’: House Democrats decry
‘We’ve been very weak’: House Democrats decry their oversight of Trump, push Pelosi on impeachment Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) presides over an oversight hearing. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) By Rachael Bade and Josh Dawsey The McGlynn: Pelosi is dead wrong, and has been since the Mueller report. Many think she’s playing the smart […]