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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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The Legacy of Misinformation
Alan Zendell, February 26, 2021 The 2020 election and its aftermath demonstrated that the majority of Americans wanted an end to the lies and hateful rhetoric of the Trump years. They proved that nationally by electing Joe Biden, and in … Continue reading
An Epic Supreme Court Decision?
Alan Zendell, February 22, 2021 Did you ever wonder why beavers spend so much time and energy building dams? When I asked Google, it said because those that do survive and those that don’t, don’t. Beavers are rodents, and not … Continue reading
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Tagged $400 million debt, Al Capone, bribery, campaign finance violations, Cyrus Vance, Deutchebank, Donald Tump Jr, extortion, FBI, follow the money, fraud, hush payments, Michael Cohen, money laundering, New York City District Attorney, racketeering, roger stone, russia, tax returns, Wikileaks
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An Out of Control President
Alan Zendell, December 19, 2020 During the past few weeks, America and indeed the entire world have seen a spectacle evolve in the White House that we used to associate with tin horn dictatorships in Third World countries. The only … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th amendment, coup, cyber attack, Defense Department, Georgia, impeachment, inauguration, martial law, Michael Flynn, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Mueller probe, Putin, russia, sabotage, Senate majority, stimulus bill
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The Horrifying Aftermath
Alan Zendell, November 13, 2020 Ten days after the November 3rd election our nation is in a surreal place. If Steven Spielberg wrote it up and tried to sell it to Hollywood, they’d laugh him out of town. The spectacle … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission, Andy Card, china, COVID cases, COVID deaths, Defense Department, delayed transition, george w bush, Georgia, Homeland Security, iran, Joe Biden, lindsey graham, Mitch McConnell, North Korea, preparedness, russia, security briefings, Senate majority, Steven Spielberg, transition funding
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America’s Role in the World
Alan Zendell, November 3, 2020 I grew up in New York City in the years following World War 2. In many ways New York seemed to be the center of the universe back then, because it represented the financial and … Continue reading
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Tagged alliances, America First, American leadership, American values, china, democracy, europe, isolationism, Joe Biden, Marshall Plan, NATO, racism, russia, terrorism, trade wars, unity, voter suppression, World War 2
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Protecting Your Vote
Alan Zendell, September 23, 2020 To date, the best example of mail-in ballot fraud the Trump campaign has come up with was nine ballots allegedly found in a waste basket in Pennsylvania in 2016. That’s nine out of more than … Continue reading
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Tagged California, china, COVID-19, Ellen Weintraub, federal elections commission, foreign interference, hacking, in-person voting, iran, John Kasich, mail delays, mail-in voting, North Korea, Ohio, Pennsylvania, postal service, russia, secure dropbox, Ukraine, voter fraud
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Facebook’s Hypocrisy
Alan Zendell, June 3, 2020 I try to base my opinions on facts, but to be honest, I have a long-standing bias against Facebook which is entirely visceral, like the way I always cringe when I encounter a snake. It’s just … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, editing, fact checking, first amendment, mark zuckerberg, public interest, russia, social platforms, transparency, Trump, truth, unregulated forums, vetting
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Cleaning Up Trump’s Mess
Alan Zendell, October 17, 2019 Mitt Romney’s remarks on the Senate Floor were perfect. He described President Trump’s impulsive withdrawal of American forces from Syria as a bloodstain on the annals of American history. He said what most Americans were … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, cease fire, Erdogan, impeachment, incompetence, Kurds, meltdown, Pence, Romney, russia, Syria, Trump, turkey
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