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HOMEGROWN

MS-13 Was Born in the USA

Trump is using the gangs to justify turning people away from our borders who will then be murdered by gangs that began here and are mostly funded by our purchases of illegal drugs.

Don Winslow

PROPAGANDA MACHINE

Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and ISIS

<p>For all the headlines and fear they generate, ISIS isn’t anything new. We’ve seen this before—and much closer to home, writes Don Winslow, bestselling author of <i>The Cartel</i>. &nbsp;</p>

Don Winslow

articles/2015/07/08/what-isis-learned-from-the-cartels/150707-winslow-isis-cartels-tease_ok88ql
COPYCATS

What ISIS Learned From the Cartels

<p>Social media. Beheadings. Dogma. Empty promises. ISIS is copying the Mexican cartel playbook to a T, writes <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Cartel-novel-Don-Winslow/dp/1101874996" target="_blank">The Cartel</a> </i>author Don Winslow.</p>

Don Winslow

articles/2015/06/28/it-s-time-to-legalize-drugs-an-open-letter-to-congress-and-the-president/150618-winslow-drug-oped-tease_ropcbk
CHANGE

Congress: It’s Time to Legalize Drugs

<p>Bestselling author Don Winslow, whose new novel <em>The Cartel </em>is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Cartel-novel-Don-Winslow/dp/1101874996">now available</a>, on how the only way to win the trillion-dollar War on Drugs is to stop fighting. This piece is also running as a paid ad by Winslow in today’s print edition of <em>The Washington Post</em>.</p>

Don Winslow

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