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Senior intel official risks his job to praise the inspector general Trump just fired for ‘speaking truth to power’ Volodymyr Zelensky

Senior intel official risks his job to praise the inspector general Trump just fired for ‘speaking truth to power’

President Donald Trump recently fired Michael Atkinson from his position as inspector general for the United States’ intelligence community. And in a bold move on Thursday, Alex Joel, a senior officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who worked closely with Atkinson in the past, vigorously defends…
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April 16, 2020
Trump’s denial of his coronavirus failings will be “one of the biggest propaganda battles in American history” Propaganda

Trump’s denial of his coronavirus failings will be “one of the biggest propaganda battles in American history”

Americans don’t trust the government, and they don’t trust the media. That trend has been evident for years, but the Trump era has accelerated it. Now we can see the worst-case scenario that trend could create, playing out in front of our eyes: Confronted with a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic, there’s…
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April 16, 2020
Just Say No to Protectionism Protectionism

Just Say No to Protectionism

by Don Boudreaux on April 16, 2020 in Complexity & Emergence, Country Problems, Current Affairs, Growth, History, Myths and Fallacies, Seen and Unseen, The Economy, The Future, Trade Here’s a letter to my friend T. Alan Russell: Alan: Thanks for your e-mail. It’s always good to hear from you. You’re…
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April 16, 2020