how many times trump’s predecessors declared a national emergency
In 1985, Reagan declared emergencies to block trade with Nicaragua and South Africa, both revoked in the early 1990s under his successor, Bush... ..…
trump’s alarming abuse of executive power
Bruce Fein was associate attorney general and general counsel of Federal Communications Commission under President Reagan and counsel to the Joint Congressional Committee on Covert Arms Sales to Iran. ..…
the mahablog
And,of course, the Republican Party has gotten nuttier and nuttier since Reagan. . ..…
why bernie sanders matters more than people think
In the 1968 and 1976 Republican primaries, this guy called Ronald Reagan was running to take Republican Party back from the Richard Nixon types. But the in the 70's created opportunity for Reagan to convince Republicans eventually the country as whole to embrace totally different..…
house dems eye white house role in saudi nuclear plan
The report also names Bud McFarlane, a former national security adviser under President Ronald Reagan, as a member of the group. . ..…
omar has ties to radical anti-israel, anti-american group
The note appeared Omar attacked Elliott Abrams, Jewish- American and diplomat who served in Reagan and Bush administrations. Witness for Peace got its start fighting Reagan anti-communist policies during Cold War, specifically the group opposed funding Contras Nicaragua. ..…
the lawlessness of william barr, america’s new top law enforcement
After becoming vice president, Bush Sr. apparently brought his CIA subordinate over to the Reagan White House. ... Seeking a new enemy, he turned to Reagan’s war on drugs for inspiration. . ..…
the coming dystopia? « attack the system
A major point of disagreement that I have with many on “the Right” is that it is possible or even desirable to turn back the clock to some kind of supposed past Golden Age (the Reagan era, the 1950s, the Third Reich, the 19th century, 1776, the Reformation, the middle ages, or the Roman empire,..…
trump is worst president in us history, political scientists claim
Here are U.S presidents as ranked by American Political Science Association Abraham Lincoln George Washington Franklin Delano Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt 5 Thomas Jefferson Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower Barack Obama Ronald Reagan Lyndon B. ..…
corey robin reviews ‘the last colonial massacre’ by greg grandin
On 5 December 1982, Ronald Reagan met the Guatemalan president, Efraín Ríos Montt, in Honduras. It was a useful meeting for Reagan. ‘Well, I learned a lot,’ he told reporters on Air Force One. ..…
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