With much congressional business still unfinished, the repudiation of Trump could lead some Republicans to vote with Democrats to block administration priorities.
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SpaceX Is a De Facto Government Agency. It Should Be Nationalized.
Otherwise, Elon Musk sets U.S. foreign policy.
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A Perfect Economic Storm
If Trump needed one more calamity less than three weeks before the election, the financial house of cards is tottering.
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War Has Never Been More Irrational
Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.
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Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal
He began the war on impulse; now Trump is ending the truce impulsively. The winner: Iran.
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Has Ukraine Turned the Tide?
Trump cut off support for Ukrainian defense. It didn’t work out for Russia.
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Trump and Putin: When Delusional Idiots Go to War
Two autocrats staffed by craven yes-men assumed that Iran and Ukraine were theirs for the taking.
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Trump’s Weird New Global Order
One positive effect is that midsized powers are less under the sway of Washington. But they could come under the sway of China.