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Why the United States occupied Afghanistan for two decades even after the Taliban surrendered in 2001

Why the United States occupied Afghanistan for two decades even after the Taliban surrendered in 2001

Posted by | Sep 15, 2021

At a U.S. Special Forces camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001, the Taliban offered an unconditional surrender. Furthermore, they would disband and disarm: a military force would no longer exist. George W. Bush ignored the offer and continued attacking the Taliban until the end of his term. If only in self-defense the Taliban fought back, eventually regaining the battlefield initiative. Barack Obama fought the Taliban for eight years more. Donald Trump did so for the next four. Twenty years later, after the squandering of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, President Biden withdrew American troops from...

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A Plot Against Democracy: How the GOP has shamelessly taken the playbook of oppressive regimes

A Plot Against Democracy: How the GOP has shamelessly taken the playbook of oppressive regimes

Posted by | Sep 14, 2021 |

The GOP seems to have gone nuts. But, in reality, they are just following a plan. And it is not even a new plan. It has worked elsewhere. Seventeen Republican-controlled states have now passed 28 voter suppression laws, in most cases even asserting that if elections don’t turn out the way the Party likes they can simply change or ignore the results. It’s driven Texas legislators, faced with another law like that, to flee the state in a desperate effort to preserve their voting rights. Meanwhile, the GOP has gone all-in on embracing white supremacy and demonizing nonwhite people...

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Money Hustling: Trump proves that sedition, treason, and conspiracy theories are pretty profitable

Money Hustling: Trump proves that sedition, treason, and conspiracy theories are pretty profitable

Posted by | Sep 14, 2021 |

Donald Trump’s penchant for turning his political and legal troubles into fundraising schemes has long been recognized, but the former US president’s money hustling tricks seem to have expanded since his defeat by Joe Biden, prompting new scrutiny and criticism from campaign finance watchdogs and legal analysts. Critics note Trump has built an arsenal of political committees and nonprofit groups, staffed with dozens of ex-administration officials and loyalists, which seem aimed at sustaining his political hopes for a comeback, and exacting revenge on Republican congressional critics. These groups have been aggressive in raising money through at times misleading appeals...

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Vaccine Mandate: Holding the unvaccinated accountable for the economic damage they caused

Vaccine Mandate: Holding the unvaccinated accountable for the economic damage they caused

Posted by | Sep 12, 2021 |

After weeks of pleading with Americans to get vaccinated as Republican governors opposed mask mandates, ICUs filled up, and people died, President Joe Biden finally went on the offensive. Saying, “My job as President is to protect all Americans,” he announced that he was imposing new vaccination or testing requirements on the unvaccinated. The U.S. government will require all federal employees, as well as any federal contractors, to be vaccinated. The government already requires that all nursing home workers who treat patients on Medicare and Medicaid have to be vaccinated; Biden is expanding that to cover hospital workers, home...

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Health care’s blind spot: Despite dire risks many nursing home staff in Wisconsin reject COVID vaccine

Health care’s blind spot: Despite dire risks many nursing home staff in Wisconsin reject COVID vaccine

Posted by | Sep 12, 2021 |

Hannah Miller, a nursing student and employee of a long-term care facility received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on August 23, and not voluntarily. “(The vaccine) hasn’t been out long enough to know what long term effects are,” Miller said. “We don’t know if it could cause bigger health issues in the future or cause issues, such as fertility.” Miller said she was required to receive the vaccine by the hospital where she is completing her clinicals for school. She said she would not be able to graduate without getting it. Miller asked that her school and...

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Language Matters: Understanding that the 9/11 attack was a monstrous crime but not an act of war

Language Matters: Understanding that the 9/11 attack was a monstrous crime but not an act of war

Posted by | Sep 11, 2021 |

The 9/11 attack was a crime by a small group of criminals, not an act of war by a sovereign state. But we responded to that crime with two war-based assaults, and we won both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars in a matter of weeks, not years or decades. Language matters, because it is how we understand what is real and what is a scam or a lie. It is how we share the metaphors, understandings, visions and values of our society. When it comes to crime, war, and occupations of other countries, language can mean life or death. When George...

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