In a send-off interview with The New York Times, Biden’s secretary of state renders a sober-sounding account of the world as the retiring regime now leaves it that is so shockingly far from reality as to be frightening. Read here...

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Blinken Says Israel’s Assault
Helped Create as Many Hamas Members as It Killed

Speaking before the ceasefire was announced, Blinken effectively said Israel hadn’t made any advancements in its stated mission of defeating Hamas in more than 15 months of the Israeli military’s genocide in Gaza, writes Sharon Zhang. Read here...

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PATRICK LAWRENCE:
The Predictable Capitulation
of Tulsi Gabbard

By professing support for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after opposing it for years, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence has just told America it’s the same old imperium after all. Read here...

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