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Trump undermined civilian control of the military. With his Pentagon pick, Biden has too
Dec 30, 2020 19:41Americans have always been skeptical of concentrated government power, and concentrated military power is at the top of the list.
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Trump’s wrecking ball of a transition
Dec 30, 2020 14:47US President Donald Trump’s 11th hour decision to blow up the stimulus negotiations has also jeopardized much needed financial relief for millions of Americans. Rather than showing a genuine effort to pressure Republicans to agree to legislation House Democrats passed in May, which would have provided $1,200 checks for individuals and up to $6,000 per household, Trump decided to intervene only after Congress finally agreed on individual payments of $600 – saying he wanted $2,000 checks instead.
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Iraqis ought not to trust the US anymore after Trump’s latest crime
Dec 27, 2020 21:16The Iraqis are again decrying the rampant injustice in the US, and as admitted by the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Trump’s pardons "show contempt for the rule of law.”
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Trump pardons ex-campaign aide, Blackwater contractors and disgraced lawmakers
Dec 25, 2020 22:52US President Donald Trump approved a wave of pre-Christmas pardons, granting clemency to a former campaign aide caught up in the Russia investigation, disgraced Republican lawmakers and several contractors convicted of massacring Iraqi civilian in Baghdad.
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Trump's bullying campaign is working, this lawsuit is trying to fight back
Dec 16, 2020 16:02As President Donald Trump continues his vain attempt to overturn his election defeat, Republicans who refuse to go along are being hit with a coordinated campaign of intimidation, retaliation and threats. That's what fired Trump appointee Chris Krebs alleged in his recent lawsuit.
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Trump's attacks on election integrity 'disgust me', says senior Georgia Republican
Dec 09, 2020 15:36Donald Trump’s attacks on Republican officials in Georgia and insistence his defeat by Joe Biden must be overturned are disgusting, Geoff Duncan, the Republican lieutenant governor of the southern state said on Sunday (Dec. 06, 2020).
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Noam Chomsky: Trump has revealed the extreme fragility of American democracy
Dec 01, 2020 17:40Even after Trump-appointed bureaucrat Emily W. Murphy of the General Services Administration signed a letter enabling Biden to start working with federal agencies and prepare for a transition of power, Donald Trump has personally continued to resist conceding.
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Joe Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as US Secretary of State
Nov 25, 2020 21:25Joe Biden, will nominate the veteran diplomat Antony Blinken as his Secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the UN.
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Biden surrounding himself with a cadre of right-wing hawks
Nov 25, 2020 15:38Throughout his time as US senator and vice president, Joe Biden was notoriously pro-war. He’s expected to surround himself with a cadre of right-wing hawks. Former third-ranking US war department official, its highest-ever-ranking woman, co-founder of the neocon Center for a New American Security (CNAS), war OF terror backer Michelle Flournoy is expected to be named Biden/Harris regime war secretary.
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Trump faces growing fury over his refusal to concede defeat to Biden
Nov 10, 2020 20:44As Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivered acceptance speeches Saturday night, November 7th Trump bucked the tradition of congratulating the winners and instead spent the evening tweeting out claims that he “won the election” and making allegations of fraud.