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  • DAILY REALITY CHECK — PART 2. GOP Strategy Edition: Peace, Prosperity, and Knowing When to Move On

    The Republican Party has an opportunity in front of it, but capitalizing on that opportunity would require a significant change in emphasis. This is not principally a question of becoming more conservative or more moderate. It is a question of…

  • DAILY REALITY CHECK: Democrats Can Sweep—If They Break Their Dependency on Israel and AIPAC

    The electorate has changed. Democratic leadership has not. Its contradictions on Israel, political money, Muslim Americans, and free political debate are becoming impossible for voters to ignore. Democrats have been handed an extraordinary political opportunity. Republicans are vulnerable. Donald Trump…

  • The False Coherence Loop of War

    Israel, Hamas, and the Dangerous Distortion of “Palestinians”. Modern war frequently presents itself as rational. Governments speak of security, deterrence, defense, retaliation, strategic necessity, and the restoration of order. Armed organizations invoke resistance, liberation, revenge, survival, and historical justice. Each…