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One year into Biden’s administration & its poor record
Jan 26, 2022 10:18The crisis of the supply chain of basic goods, which has been evident on occasions such as Thanksgiving or the New Year, has played a large part in the Americans’ negative view of President Joe Biden’s poor economic performance.
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US should stop starving the Afghan people: Negotiate with Kabul and release frozen funds
Jan 21, 2022 15:21The US freeze on Kabul’s foreign currency reserves has shuttered the banking system and left much of the economy near collapse.
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Another midterm worry for Biden White House: Probes and impeachment attempts
Jan 19, 2022 15:23Lawmakers, congressional staffers and strategists predict a slew of investigations targeting the Biden administration, particularly if Republicans loyal to former President Donald Trump gain important committee seats in US Congress after midterm elections in November.
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Public health professionals must demand an end to the use of weaponized drones by USA
Jan 17, 2022 16:01The U.S. government has been steadily increasing lethal covert drone operations since 2008, and almost everything we know about the program comes from whistleblowers and leakers.
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US sanctions are causing a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan
Jan 14, 2022 08:00In the years after 2001, the United States and its allies created the most aid-dependent state in the world. Upon withdrawal, almost all of this aid has been cut, and further sanctions limit almost all financial transactions with the country.
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Dick Cheney paved the way for Trump and the Capitol insurrection
Jan 12, 2022 14:51Former Vice President Dick Cheney championed the use of torture by the U.S. government, and never recanted. Deliberate, in-your-face disregard for international human rights laws and norms has become a signature of the GOP. Cheney honed it to a fine art.
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The silence — or worse — of human rights hawks on US sanctions against Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2022 16:59Months after the US-backed Afghan government fell to the Taliban, ordinary Afghans now face what could be their direst winter in decades. Thanks to the economic collapse that accompanied the U.S. military withdrawal, coupled with the imposition of sanctions and the cessation of much humanitarian aid, millions of Afghans must contend with the very real prospect of starvation.
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Americans poisoning themselves with war
Jan 06, 2022 09:40Participating the US in the endless wars has turned them into terrorists. When the US wages war, they dehumanize – then kill – a specific segment of humanity.
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Out of sight, out of mind: Afghanistan vanishes from US news
Jan 04, 2022 09:12Despite unprecedented levels of hunger and starvation for which U.S. sanctions bear important responsibility, Afghanistan has once again virtually disappeared from the most important single source of world news for most Americans.
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All inclusive gov’t only solution to Afghanistan’s problems
Dec 23, 2021 05:21The only solution to the Afghan crisis, exacerbated by the refusal of the US to release several billion dollars of Afghanistan’s own funds even on humanitarian grounds – similar to the economic terrorism of Washington against many countries– is the formation of an inclusive government as soon as possible.