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Why Where U.S. Troops in Niger? - The Atlantic - 0 views

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US Trump Troops

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  • they were written during the weekend. I will at some point during the period of time call the parents, or the families. Bec
  • This is a pattern with Trump, in which he manages to say something so inflammatory, or so untrue, or both, that it obscures the central question.
  • The government has been spare with details about what they were doing or why troops who were supposedly only working in an advisory and training role would have been out on a patrol where they were ambushed.
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After ISIS: Kirkuk Shows What Could Come Next - The Atlantic - 0 views

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ISIS US politics Crisis

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  • after beginning to move on the disputed region over the weekend.
  • “In my mind, the answer is just unequivocally that there’s no chance that this would have happened.”
  • in Iraqi Kurdistan over the weekend, meeting with PUK officials to mediate a resolution to the standoff. T
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  • With its major backer, the United States, now working closely with Iraq, the Kurds are faced with a familiar historical reality: They have few allies.   
  • But as Van Heuvelen said: “As has happened so many times in U.S. policy in Iraq, the U.S. government has acted as a firefighter rather than a proactive mediator. And the crisis only got the serious attention it deserved after it was too chaotic to solve.”
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40 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1977 - The Atlantic - 0 views

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1997 history US politics policy

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  • Chief Justice Warren Burger
  • Take a step into a visual time capsule now, for a brief look at the year 1977.
  • 9th President of the United States
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  • May 1, 1977
  • New York City skyline and Brooklyn Bridge
  • The space shuttle orbiter Enterprise, riding piggy-back on its 747 mothership,
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The New Face of European Right-Wing Populism - The Atlantic - 0 views

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European Populism politics policy

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  • built his En Marche movement from scratch and won both the presidency and majorities in the French parliament this spring, to see that voters are increasingly disillusioned with existing government systems.
  • he seeks to co-opt the political space previously monopolized by the Freedom Party.
  • As a polished, anti-immigration millennial who successfully worked to remake his party, Kurz could be a sign of what’s to come from the next generation of European leaders
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  • the Freedom Party served in a government coalition with the People’s Party from 2000 to 2005.
  • delivering solutions, so people trust him, that he has the power and also the courage to change something.”
  • the message seems to resonate with young People’s Party supporters.
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The Coming Confrontation Between Israel and Iran - The Atlantic - 0 views

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Israel history Crisis policy

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  • Fishman also wrote that Iran and the Assad regime are negotiating over giving Iran its own naval pier in the port of Tartus, and that Iran may actually deploy a division of soldiers in Syria.
  • Whether this happens remains to be seen. Whatever the debate over the JCPOA, there may well be a broader consensus in the administration that Iran’s growing military role in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere in the region must be countered.
  • Israel could be a decade away from a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons and bases in Syria
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  • Whatever the American conclusion, if Iran does indeed plan to establish a large and permanent military footprint in Syria
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America's Traditional Allies Again Condemn Its Policy - The Atlantic - 0 views

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US policy

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  • “take note of” Trump’s decision “and are concerned by the possible implications.”
  • a cornerstone of the U.S.-created world order of the past seven decades.
  • the leaders of Germany, France, and Italy said. (They’ve also maintained the Iran deal is not open to renegotiation.)
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  • Her spokesman added Merkel was “convinced that the necessary, decisive battle against terrorism does not justify a general suspicion against people of a certain origin or a certain religion.”
  • Those talks gained momentum only after the Obama administration joined them, resulting in the 2015 nuclear deal.
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In Naomi Alderman's 'The Power,' Teen Girls Have Deadly Abilities - The Atlantic - 0 views

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feminism history Culture

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  • it gets at the fundamental imbalance of power that characterizes relationships between men and women. To understand what it’s like for a woman to be catcalled, or harassed, or propositioned, it isn’t enough for men to simply put themselves in that woman’s place. T
  • But The Power is at its best when it’s literal, and specific
  • Gilman’s world was a utopia, although not exactly an intersectional one.
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  • “because they could.” There’s no sense in anything that anyone is doing—only the instinct to exert control.
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Brit Marling on Harvey Weinstein and the Economics of Consent - The Atlantic - 0 views

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economics US

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  • I was more empathic and imaginative.
  • by and large, straight, white men. As of 2017, women make up only 23 percent of the Directors Guild of America and only 11 percent are people of color.
  • He was trying to help other young men understand why it can sometimes be hard for any woman to find and voice “no” within a culture that has taught her to mistrust herself, or to value herself through male approval.  
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  • slightly different position from many who had walked this gauntlet before me.
  • it was the writer who stood up and walked out. Because the writer knew that even if this very powerful man never gave her a job in any of his films, even if he blacklisted her from other films, she could make her own work on her own terms and thus keep a roof over her head.
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After Wildfires, California Schools Gradually Reopen - The Atlantic - 0 views

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politics US War School Crisis

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  • all while trying to secure housing for her own family.
  • In Sonoma County more than 71,600 students saw their schools close, with some schools—such as Santa Rosa City Schools—not due to re-open for another week, at least.
  • After the 2015 fires in Lake County, school staff said two years passed before school enrollment stabilized, Herrington said.
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  • “A lot of these kids have lost their homes and their school. It’s already so difficult,”
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Why Trump Is Releasing the JFK Files - The Atlantic - 0 views

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politics US history Crisis Trump

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  • A president might be the one accused of the conspiracy; rarely is he the one spreading rumors.
  • The curious thing about all this is the extent to which these various performances of alternate reality converge.
  • Here’s the thing that happens, apparently, when a conspiracy theorist becomes president of the United States:
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  • One, that the press is “the enemy of the American people” working in cahoots with the deep state, and, two, by lending credibility to the idea that the official story of JFK's assassination is indeed suspect.
  • Trump’s focus on JFK comes, too, at a moment when it would serve the president to have the American people talk about anything other than his false claims about comforting grieving military families
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Trump visit to DMZ unlikely, White House says - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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politics US history Crisis Trump

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  • bypassing what has been a symbolic opportunity for US commanders in chief to stare into the Hermit Kingdom
  • Trump has downplayed the potential for effective diplomacy. He and his advisers have warned that no options -- including military ones -- are off the table.
  • the administration is not taking up an offer from ex-President Jimmy Carter to act as a peace envoy after the 39th commander in chief raised the prospect of such an assignment in an interview.
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China's Threat to the U.S. - The Atlantic - 0 views

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China US Crisis

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  • Instead the question is whether something basic has changed in the direction of China’s evolution, and whether the United States needs to reconsider its China policy.
  • periodic presidential decisions to sell arms to Taiwan or meet with the Dalai Lama, and clashes over censorship and human rights.
  • I can report that across the world of China scholars and policy veterans, people are already thinking hard about what should be in such a speech.
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  • In both word and deed, U.S. presidents from Nixon onward have emphasized support for China’s continued economic emergence, on the theory that a getting-richer China is better for all concerned than a staying-poor one, even if this means that the center of the world economy will move toward China.
  • On a several-day visit last December, the hassle of making connections was not worth it, and I just did without Western news sources.
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Understanding the China-North Korea Relationship - 1 views

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politics

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  • Evan Osnos explores China’s reluctance to pressure North Korea in a September 2017 New Yorker article.
  • China’s policy toward its neighbor will critically affect the fate of Asia.
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What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea - The New York Times - 0 views

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China South China sea Crisis US politics

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  • the Chinese president’s visit to the White House in September. On Monday, the United States sent a Navy destroyer near the islands, entering the disputed waters.
  • China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam or Taiwan.
  • China’s reefs hosted smaller structures for years before the surge in construction.
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  • China has nearly completed two of its largest island building projects, at Mischief Reef and Subi Reef.
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California wildfires survivors face housing crisis - CNN - 0 views

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housing politics US Crisis

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  • No housing means no place to put donations
  • preferring to stay in a tent to avoid overcrowding.
  • "There's nowhere to put it," she said. "There's no storage. My family is living in one room."
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  • Housing experts agree: Costs will likely increase.
  • Shelters still opened
  • generally fire coverage could include the cost of rebuilding, interim housing and property damages.
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ICE chief pledges quadrupling or more of workplace crackdowns - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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Crisis Trump policy politics

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  • Homan said he has instructed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative unit of ICE, to potentially quintuple worksite enforcement actions next year.
  • "Not only are we going to prosecute the employers that hire illegal workers, we're going to detain and remove the illegal alien workers,"
  • engage in human smuggling, mistreat employees, commit identity fraud, launder money or are otherwise involved in criminal activity.
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Donald Trump gambled you wouldn't care about his tax returns. He was right. - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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Trump Tax economics economic US Crisis policy

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  • (Maddow was pilloried for waiting several segments before revealing the news.)
  • Trump himself has insisted that he is under audit by the Internal Revenue Service and, therefore, can't release his tax returns.
  • "They can call me all they want. It's not going to help. I'm doing the right thing, and it's not good for me. Believe me."
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Tax reform has a long way to go - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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Tax reformation US history politics Trump policy economics economic

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  • It showed the House, most notably the chamber's conservative block, willing to back off a centrally held tenet of their ideological beliefs in order to clear the path for tax reform.
  • There's a reason the President had to get onto the House GOP conference call Sunday afternoon.
  • Period. Every time someone gets angry about a change (see: state and local deduction repeal), t
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  • The big question has been the threshold -- a natural cut off is those earning $1 million.
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Obamacare subsidy fight shifts to California courtroom - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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Obama Culture security US politics policy

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  • rule on the motion for a temporary restraining order as early as this week.
  • Republican critics -- including GOP lawmakers who challenged the payments in court -- say that Congress never properly approved the money for those reimbursements.
  • President Donald Trump has indicated several times that he hopes to spur congressional negotiations over the future of Obamacare.
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  • insurance companies would be "forced to raise premiums to cover the shortfall, and would strongly reconsider participating in the Exchanges in future years, making future years' market viability uncertain at best."
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Committee to weigh border security bill amid DACA fight - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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DACA policy US politics history security

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  • The House homeland security committee will mark up the bill next week, Chairman Mike McCaul announced Wednesday.
  • Republicans, including Trump, are demanding that any DACA deal include border security and possibly interior enforcement.
  • The measure may be controversial, though there is precedent.
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  • waive a number of federal laws to give Customs and Border Protection nearly absolute access to the border to conduct its patrols and for security needs,
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