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Joel Rubin

Joel Rubin was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs in the Obama-Biden Administration and a career State Department officer in the Bush Administration. He most recently served as the Jewish Outreach Director for the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign.

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opinion
KEEPS GETTING WORSE

Servile Stooge Mike Pompeo Knows Just What the Boss Wants

Instead of representing democracy to the rest of the world, the most partisan secretary of state in the modern history of the country is wrecking it at home.

Joel Rubin

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opinion
NO BOUNDARIES

Nunes & the Benghazi Boys Are Back—But Now They See No Evil

The same people who drove the hoax that used foreign policy as an instrument to punish a domestic political opponent are now running Trump’s impeachment defense.

Joel Rubin

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