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Drugs, Oil, and Immigrants

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This account of Trump administration "decision-making" on Venezuela is pretty much what you would expect; there are no coherent goals to the campaign because different elements of the administration (Miller on immigration and drugs, Trump on oil, Rubio on regime change) want different things. Because the...
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Look on my works, ye mighty

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Surprisingly, this story ended up filling me with a certain Zen-like calm: The leader of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington has sent a letter threatening litigation against a musician who canceled an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert at the institution....
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Election of the weekend IV: Myanmar

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If you're wondering how many "first national election following a coup that took place in 2021" elections are being held in the world this weekend, the answer is "two." A very brief recent political history of Myanmar. Following decades of brutal authoritarian rule and several years...
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