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** New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze ([link removed])
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By Trita Parsi on Aug 30, 2026 06:14 pm
Featured Image Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much suggests that Trump is not seeking a dramatic ratcheting up of pressure on Iran.
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** Did Trump put a poison pill in his own Saudi nuclear deal? ([link removed])
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By Yazen Zarour,Annelle Sheline on Aug 28, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image This week, President Donald Trump formally submitted ([link removed]) the U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear agreement to Congress for review, moving the deal forward despite continuing to insist that Saudi Arabia normalize ([link removed]) relations with Israel before it can take effect.
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** This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you ([link removed])
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By Hayden Long on Aug 28, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Since the 2013 Edward Snowden leaks, surveillance and debates surrounding it have become part of the American experience. In recent years, Ring video doorbell users have successfully pushed back against the company’s policy of sharing data with police departments ([link removed]) . A nationwide movement is demanding the discontinuation of Flock Cameras, a widely adopted automatic license plate reader that gathers data on anyone who drives past ([link removed]) .
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** Trump's war and tariffs are having a nasty effect on interest rates ([link removed])
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By Karthik Sankaran on Aug 27, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Over the last month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has engaged in two controversial and rare interventions in financial markets.
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** The rise and fall of 'resistance' hero Alexander Vindman ([link removed])
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By Blaise Malley on Aug 27, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image On paper, Alexander Vindman’s loss in last week’s Florida Democratic Senate was a shocking upset. After all, Vindman had a 16-to-1 fundraising advantage ([link removed]) and far more national name recognition than the winner — progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon.
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** Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate ([link removed])
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By John B. Judis on Aug 26, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image In March 2006, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced ([link removed]) the essay by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," as a "a classical conspiratorial anti-Semitic analysis invoking the canards of Jewish power and Jewish control."
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