An American Reckoning

Robert McNamara’s failure to reckon with the exceptionalism that led the United States into the Vietnam War contributed to fifty years of foreign policy failures. It can help us understand the crisis facing American democracy today.

The New York Review of Books
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just eagle, fennel, and pasteurized stomach acid—like the science says [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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US-Präsident: Trump schenkt sich zum 80. Geburtstag einen Käfigkampf vor der Haustür

Ein martialisches Kampfsportspektakel auf dem Rasen des Weißen Hauses: Dazu wird es im nächsten Jahr tatsächlich kommen. Und zwar pünktlich zum 80. Geburtstag von Donald Trump.

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Jasmine Crockett NAILED TRUMP Immediately For This

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USAID shutoff will hurt US interests around the globe, including Ukraine

The end of USAID is a win for China and Russia.

Defense One
@georgetakei Your country is going to be such a shitshow… I think I‘ll start to mute all US media in my streams. Like Time, making the grifter in chief person of the year and at the same time fact-checking his insane ramblings. Y‘all really blew it over there 😡 I think you passed the threshold where many won‘t take it anymore and will start taking justice in their own hands. #USidiocracy #UScorruption