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10 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR After weeks of mass protests against her authoritarian rule, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. The military refused to support her, leading to her downfall. An interim government is now tasked with restoring...
10 Aug 2024 2 minute read 4 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR: Radley Balko argues strongly against Donald Trump and the Republican Party's proposal to bomb or invade Mexico to combat drug cartels. He highlights the impracticality, dangers, and hypocrisy of this idea, emphasizing that it misdiagnoses the...
4 Aug 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Vladan Lausevic
Linda Chavez argues that Kamala Harris has been unfairly labeled as the "border czar" by Republicans, misrepresenting her role and the situation at the border. Harris's task has been diplomatic, addressing migration's root causes in Central America....
1 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Venezuela, under socialist rule for the past 25 years, faces an election amid severe crises. Nicolás Maduro, Chávez's successor, has manipulated the political system to stay in power, leading to extreme poverty and a massive refugee crisis. The opp...
1 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
Damon Linker argues that former President Donald Trump’s distancing from The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plan is strategic, aiming to avoid alienating swing voters. However, Trump is expected to reimplement Schedule F, allowing thousands...
27 Jul 2024 2 minute read 5 comments Vladan Lausevic
Shikha Dalmia argues that the Democratic Party's push for Joe Biden to step down due to his declining health, which has raised concerns about his cognitive abilities, reflects their voters' concerns about candidate fitness. In contrast, Republican vo...
27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 6 comments Vladan Lausevic
In his nomination acceptance speech, former President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a far-right leader and Russia's closest ally in the EU. Trump quoted Orbán, who has endorsed him multiple times, saying, "There's only o...
26 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Timothy Snyder argues that Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is driven by his desire to die in office rather than face legal consequences, framing his candidacy as a "mortality play." J.D. Vance's vice-presidential bid hinges on the prospect...
23 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In 2005, Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a Sikh man, was denied a job as a prison guard in California because he refused to shave his beard for religious reasons. Despite winning an appeal in 2008 that deemed this discrimination, Kamala Harris, then Califo...
19 Jul 2024 1 minute read 7 comments Vladan Lausevic
Damon Linker argues that Donald Trump's choice of J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate signifies a deeper ideological shift in the GOP towards right-populism, away from traditional Reaganite conservatism. Linker contends that Vance's transformatio...
