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What Next Week’s Election Really Means
Alan Zendell, November 1, 2022 Next week’s election will decide who gets to legislate in the House of Representatives and seat about a third of the Senate and a bunch of state Governors. Most ballots will contain a slew of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolsonaro, Brzi, Doug Imhoff, Governors, House of Representative, israel, Jill Biden, Marjrie Taylor Greene, Nancy Pelosi, netanyahu, Paul Pelosi, Senate, Steve Bannon
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The Decline of Two Would-Be Autocrats
Alan Zendell, June 15, 2021 They’re not exactly two peas in a pod, but there are far more similarities than differences between recently deposed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu and recently defeated American President Donald Trump. Their most regrettable … Continue reading
Centrist Compromise May Be Our Last Hope
Alan Zendell, June 11, 2021 Although it’s been looking grim lately, all hope is not yet lost that the partisan impasse in Congress can be broken. That’s not to say that salvation from congressional gridlock is at hand, but why … Continue reading
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Tagged bill cassidy, bipartisan negotiations, Borgen, Chuck Schumer, congress, extremist politics, infrastructure legislation, israel, Jeanne shaheen, Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Kyrsten Sinema, lisa murkowski, loopholes, Mark Warner, Mitch McConnell, mitt romney, moderate Senators, netanyahu, Occupied, partisan gridlock, rob portman, susan collins, tax rates, two-party system
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Challenges
Alan Zendell, February 27, 2021 After Donald Trump’s America First policy, I was glad that President Biden’s first international call was to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. No two countries’ futures are as inextricably tied to each other as Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Benjamin Netanyahu, canada, china, climate change, drought, dust bowl, europe, iran, israel, Jamal Khashogi, jared kushner, Justin Trudeau, Keystone pipeline, Mohammad bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, nuclear deal, russia, saudi arabia, South Korea, Syria, UAE, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping, Yemen
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Italy Didn’t Help Us Invade Normandy Either
Welcoming Italian President Sergio Mattarella to Washington this morning, Donald Trump delivered one of his characteristically incoherent addresses. He lauded Mattarella, the entire population of Italy, and all Americans of Italian-American descent, then pivoted to complaining about how unfairly Italy … Continue reading
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Tagged bone spurs, EU, israel, Italy, James Mattis, Kurds, lindsey graham, Marshall Plan, Normandy, russia, Sergio Mattarella, Syria, turkey
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Locked and Loaded
Alan Zendell, September 16, 2019 A couple of weeks ago I was with an old friend who is currently well-placed in Defense Department circles. He’s a scientist, not prone to hyperbole, wild speculation, or making assertions without sound bases. So … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 election, Afghanistan, Houthi, iran, Iraq, israel, John Bolton, Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo, North Korea, oil, Pentagon, saudi arabia, Shia, Sunni, Trump, war, Yemen
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Who’s in Charge in the West Wing?
Alan Zendell, February 28, 2018 Among all the difficult jobs in the world, I’d have thought being the Marine General in charge of the U. S. Southern Command after two command combat roles in Iraq would rank pretty high. Who’d … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic city, authority, command, cyber attacks, hr mcmaster, israel, Ivanka, jared kushner, John Kelly, mike rogers, russia, security, security clearance, united arab emirates
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Jerusalem
Alan Zendell, December 6, 2017 There’s a cliché in competitive sports like gymnastics and swimming that you never want to go first because the judges won’t award a perfect score to anyone until they’ve seen all the favorites perform. The … Continue reading
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Tagged capital city, europe, germany, iran, israel, middile east, netanyahu, palestine, peace process, saudi arabia, sweden, turkey
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Where Does This Leave Us?
Alan Zendell, May 19th, 2017 The Watergate burglary occurred in May of 1972, and by the following January, seven conspirators had either entered guilty pleas or been convicted. In the ensuing months, investigative reporting led by Bob Woodward and Carl … Continue reading
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Tagged governmental paralysis, health care, israel, legislative agenda, NATO, Putin, saudi arabia, scandal, school funding, tax cuts, weakened president
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