A long-anticipated “autopsy” report from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was released to the public on Thursday, containing multiple errors and omissions on subjects that may have cost Democrats the White House in 2024. The DNC — which commissioned the report that was authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera — sought to distance itself from its own document.
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A top State Department official under Joe Biden has acknowledged that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza with the help of the U.S. — but says that it is still “critical” for the U.S. to continue backing the genocidal state despite laws explicitly prohibiting such a practice. Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who served in the role up until July 2023…
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A top official from the Biden administration has said that he is supportive of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran from June of last year and suggested that Joe Biden may have done the same if he had been elected to a second term in office. Amos Hochstein, senior energy adviser to Biden within the State Department, said that the Biden administration had modeled similar scenarios to last…
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The most important resistance to the Trump regime this year has come from grassroots activism. While millions have rallied and continually demanded strong opposition to fascistic policies, congressional Democrats have lagged far behind. Nowhere has the gap been more evident than in the Senate, where Chuck Schumer remains the minority leader despite his obvious failures to meet the historic moment.
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Following Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump has responded with a pair of authoritarian measures: flooding the city with hundreds more guard members and pledging a crackdown against Afghan immigrants. A suspect is in custody after firing at the two guard members outside the White House, which left them in critical condition.
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In the waning weeks of President Joe Biden’s first term, the U.S. came into possession of intelligence of Israeli officials discussing their military’s use of Palestinians as human shields in Gaza — but refused to act upon this knowledge, reporting finds. U.S. officials received intelligence late in 2024 that the Israeli military had sent Palestinians into tunnels they believed were loaded…
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