Saudi Arabia and its wealthy neighbors weren’t prepared for the consequences of their long campaign to captivate America and demonize Iran.
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Ellisons Tap Saudis to Fund News Media Takeover
If the Saudi crown prince owns a piece of CNN and CBS News, how will they cover No Kings Days?
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Trump’s New Best Friend
His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family.
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The Trump Factor in the Middle East
Alternately belligerent, self-enriching, militaristic, and realist, Trump’s haphazard path is different from the establishment’s slow road to obliterating Gaza.
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Did Bibi Get Away With It?
Today on TAP: Maybe for the moment. But despite Israel’s vicious tactical victories over Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel remains isolated and vulnerable.
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Biden-Saudi Alliance Puts America in Danger
Successive presidents have failed to pull away from the grip Big Oil has on geopolitics. It’s time for Congress to act, says this Senate candidate.
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Davos in the Desert, on the Coast
In Miami, leading lights from tech, finance, media, and entertainment gathered at the Saudi investment conference, yet another attempt to sanitize the autocratic regime.
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The Saudi Sports Grab Is a Humanitarian Disaster
Saudi Arabia’s soccer revolution risks perpetrating a similar labor crisis as seen in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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PGA Golf Is the Latest in a Long Line of Sports Monopolists
The involvement of Saudi funding might force antitrust enforcers to act this time, however.
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If You Three-Putt, You’ll Be Dismembered
Today on TAP: The PGA selling out to MBS is pro golf’s version of the Republicans’ submission to Trump.