Author: trent
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Tucker Carlson Promised an Unedited Putin. The Result Was Boring | The New Yorker
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Tucker Carlson Promised an Unedited Putin. The Result Was Boring In an interview that lasted more than two hours, the Russian President aired well-trod grievances and gave a lecture full of spurious history meant to justify his war in Ukraine. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/tucker-carlson-promised-an-unedited-putin-the-result-was-boring Carlson didn’t interrupt or challenge Putin on the many—too many…
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Tom Stevenson · Rubble from Bone: Israel’s War
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Tom Stevenson · Rubble from Bone: Israel’s War Israeli tactics have little in common with standard counterinsurgency doctrine or rules of engagement. The war on Gaza… via London Review of Books: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/tom-stevenson/rubble-from-bone What strategic bombing does to a city is to produce, by military means, something similar to the massive urban destruction of last year’s…
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Greg Abbott’s Anti-Migrant Standoff at the Border | The New Yorker
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Greg Abbott’s Anti-Migrant Standoff at the Border The governor of Texas has triggered a constitutional crisis about who controls entry from Mexico, and some supporters are there for the spectacle. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/greg-abbotts-standoff-at-eagle-pass She returned to Colorado when she learned her house was being foreclosed on. But the news of the border convoy…
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The Great Washington Meltdown of 2024 Has Begun | The New Yorker
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The Great Washington Meltdown of 2024 Has Begun In the Senate, the House, and the White House, leaders are weak—at a time when leading is needed. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-great-washington-meltdown-of-2024-has-begun The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, was even more blunt as he took the extraordinary step of publicly bashing the G.O.P. members who…