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From Iran to Cuba, American Schizophrenia Has Countries Looking to China for Stability

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
US-Cuba-China relationship

Politics at the water’s edge Championing good governance and democratic values was long the hallmark of American leadership on the world stage — or so the myth goes. Once, when American diplomats came knocking, nations understood the package deal: aid came with accountability, alliances with expectations. More to the point, American politicians once took pride… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden Administration, China vs. US, Cuba, Cuba embargo, geopolitical instability, Trump foreign policy, US foreign policy

One Year Later: Hamas Massacre in Israel and Israel’s Destruction of Gaza

Monday, October 7, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Juxtaposition of mourning in Israel with despair in Gaza

Israelis held somber ceremonies Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s history, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and has since spiraled into wars on two fronts with no end in sight. Hamas marked the anniversary of its Oct. 7, 2023, attack by firing a barrage of… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden Administration, Gaza war, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East conflict, Netanyahu, US foreign policy

US Offering ‘Amnesty’ Only  Emboldens  Maduro

Friday, August 16, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Nicolas Maduro refuses to cede power despite reports that Biden offered him amnesty

There’s clear and convincing evidence that strongman Nicolás Maduro suffered a humiliating defeat in last month’s election. But no one should’ve been surprised that he claimed victory and refused to cede power. Then, on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration held secret talks to offer Maduro amnesty. The administration made a… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: amnesty, Biden Administration, Manuel Noriega, Marines, Nicolas Maduro, Reagan administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Venezuela

WTF: US Sending More Weapons to Israel but Not to Ukraine 

Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Netanyahu in tank waging battle in Gaza with Zelensky waiting for US weapons inset

US aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians. (The Washington Post, March… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden Administration, Geopolitical Blunders, Israel Arms Deal, Netanyahu Corruption, Ukraine Military Aid, US foreign policy, Zelensky

Supreme Court: Texas Can Enforce Its Own Immigration Law

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
immigrants crossing the southern US border with images of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Biden and of supreme court inset

Federal law vs. Texas law  The federal government has exclusive authority to enforce immigration law. That’s because federal law takes precedence over state law. This precedence stems from the Supremacy Clause, a bedrock principle of the US Constitution.  That’s why Texas petitioning the Supreme Court for the right to enforce its own immigration seemed so farfetched. It made… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: American politics, Biden Administration, Current Affairs, Federal vs. State Authority, Political Commentary, Red States Rebellion, Secession, Supreme Court, Texas Immigration Law, US Constitution

US Asks Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion, Citing Hamas Hostages

Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Israeli tanks amassed at the Gaza border with truck approaching Rafa crossing inset and soldier looking into Gaze tunnel inset.

US asks Israel to delay invasion An apparent conflict is brewing between the US and Israel over the timing of Israel’s much-hyped plan for a complete siege of Gaza. The dynamic between them is beginning to resemble the spectacle between MAGA and moderate Republicans over the election of a new House Speaker. The Biden administration has advised Israel to delay a… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden Administration, Gaza, Ground Invasion, Hamas, Hostage Negotiations, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Rafah Crossing

Hey CNN and All Liberal Media, Stop Feeding Off Republican Trolls!

Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If you tune in to CNN or MSNBC at the top of any hour, anchors and commentators will probably be decrying the latest outrage some Republican congressman has incited. But then at the bottom of that hour, without any hint of self-awareness or irony, those same anchors and commentators will be questioning the failure of… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Biden Administration, cable news, CNN, Lauren Boebert, liberal media., Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, media hypocrisy, Paul Gosary, Rachel Maddow, Ratings, Republican trolls

Treated Like Pariahs in America, Fox-News Murdochs Flee to Australia

Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I occasionally have cause to wonder if my persuasiveness and clairvoyance are not greater than I realize. Case in point, Rupert Murdoch is a naturalized American. But I’ve argued for years that he seems more hell-bent on doing everything to destroy this country from the inside than Vladimir Putin is on doing so from the… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Australia, Biden Administration, Fox News, Lachlan Murdoch, media bias, political exile, Rupert Murdoch, Viet Dinh

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