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Let Us All Take a Collective Deep Breath – John Bolton Will Be Nothing More than a Distraction

Reading Time: 3 minutes Yes, Bolton will have a bigger stage from which he will spew his bullshit. However, in practical terms, National Security Advisor isn’t as glamorous or as powerful a position as it might sound. There is a difference between influence and power. Bolton might have influence. As a high-level advisor, he will have the presidents ear. However, he will have no actual power.

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The Terrorist Next Door – White and Male

Reading Time: 6 minutes Mary Beth Altier from Center for Global Affairs, New York University says, “It’s a very serious threat and one that’s often underplayed. There’s an inherent bias in how we frame Islamist versus far right-wing, white supremacist terrorism.” She pointed to the Charlottesville car attack as an example: “The guy ran people over with a car. If a Muslim deliberately ran people over with a car, immediately it would be a terrorist attack.” We know this is a fact because we’ve seen it play out many times.

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The War of the Future is Here Now

Reading Time: 3 minutes The challenge with what’s happening right now is we’ve never seen it before, so it’s difficult to recognize it for what it is:
This is war – we are in it – it’s not happening in the future. It’s happening now. Just because it didn’t look like wars we’ve seen before doesn’t mean it’s not war.

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Trust Me, Mueller Doesn’t Need the Trump Organization Documents

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Times report said the subpoena is related to records before Trump’s run for office specifically related to real estate and business dealings with Russia. Considering the list of high profile witnesses that have been on parade cooperating with the investigation in recent weeks, it’s fairly clear Mueller isn’t on a fishing expedition. Mueller is on a coffin nailing mission, and who’s in that coffin is yet to be determined. However, these court documents have the name “Trump Organization” written all over them.

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