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This is not a democracy: Behind the Deep State that Obama, Hillary or Trump couldn’t control

This is not a democracy: Behind the Deep State that Obama, Hillary or Trump couldn’t control

October 21, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Foreign policy never really changes regardless of who holds the White House. This is why exceptionalism always wins There are two ways to consider the White House’s announcement last week that, no, American troops will no longer withdraw from Afghanistan…

Donald Trump’s biggest crime is his honesty: How he exposes the sickening rot at the core of the GOP

Donald Trump’s biggest crime is his honesty: How he exposes the sickening rot at the core of the GOP

August 13, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Republicans have spent decades dressing up fear as courage, pretending at seriousness while advancing hysteria. Many of us cast last week’s Republican debate in Cleveland as entertainment—I have heard the thought repeated many times—but this seems to me a cheap…

Rudy Giuliani’s dangerous game: Jeb Bush, patriotic lies, and the truth about American exceptionalism

Rudy Giuliani’s dangerous game: Jeb Bush, patriotic lies, and the truth about American exceptionalism

February 25, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Our politicians are selling us fictions dressed up as patriotism. We need a new approach — and not another Bush “I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t…

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