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YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING
The 19th century German revolutionary socialist was opposed to pretty much everything the current Russian president stands for.
Ben Burgis is an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, a columnist for Jacobin magazine, and the author of several books, most recently "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters."
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INSECT BRAIN
Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman is once again cheerleading for a bloody Middle East conflict by using tortured metaphors comparing Muslims to insects and parasites.
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“FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY”
Ex-presidents have never been held accountable for illegal misdeeds committed in office. Why wouldn’t Trump think he could do the same?
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INDEFENSIBLE, DERSH
The famed attorney is defending Israel against credible accusations of atrocities committed in Gaza—and he’s doing a terrible job of it.
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PEACE THROUGH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Pundits who buy the Israeli government line about “eliminating Hamas”—while also saying they support Palestinian sovereignty—are making absolutely no sense.
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PUT THAT ON HIS TOMBSTONE
He was an unapologetic warmonger and war criminal. The fact that he lived as a celebrity in this country until the age of 100 is a shame on the U.S.
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AXIS OF IMPERIALISM
It’s like Iraq and Afghanistan never happened in the minds of the next generation of Republican warmongers.
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WHAT DOVES?
They oppose any aid to help Ukraine fight the Russian invasion, but they’re licking their chops to back Israel’s assault on Gaza.
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OLD RULES
The talk show host thinks the Hollywood labor dispute between studios against writers and actors is “complicated.” It’s not, the workers deserve a living wage.
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NOT A SERIOUS PERSON
The GOP contender opposes U.S. involvement in Ukraine, but seems eager to start World War III with China.