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Subject The Latest from Responsible Statecraft 08/04/2026
Date August 4, 2026 12:05 PM
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** US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions ([link removed])
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By Jennifer Kavanagh on Aug 04, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image As the Senate returns to Washington for its last week in session until mid-September, it faces a long to-do list. But for many senators, the top priority is not enacting legislation that will help Americans but instead rushing to approve the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 ([link removed]) , known colloquially as the “Russia sanctions bill.”
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** Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip ([link removed])
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By Nolan Denaro on Aug 03, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Fox News has always served as a purveyor of Republican war propaganda, but its coverage of the Iran conflict has been particularly aggressive, and in many ways unmoored from reality, giving their viewers a more than skewed vision of what President Donald Trump can — and cannot — accomplish in Iran today.
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** Party elites so blind they can't see their base turning against the war ([link removed])
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By Jack Hunter on Jul 31, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Last week, only four ([link removed]) House Republicans voted ([link removed]) with 210 Democrats to pass a war powers ([link removed]) resolution to end the U.S. war with Iran.
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** Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris ([link removed])
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By Natacha Polony on Jul 31, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Last month, as world leaders prepared to gather in France for the G7 Summit, French officials had Donald Trump on the mind.
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** Ukraine's 'turned tide' doesn't comport 'with basic military reality' ([link removed])
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By Stavroula Pabst on Jul 29, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Encouraged by Ukraine’s sustained advances in drone warfare, Western media is abuzz with the idea that Kyiv just might be able to defeat Russia after more than four years of bitter fighting.
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