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A Weekend Read: The Atlanta Trials & Race
You Can’t Talk About Trump’s Georgia Case Without Talking About Racism
TIME Magazine — IDEAS
As the final bars of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” filled the room, former President Donald Trump took the stage in Windham, N.H. The audience, many of them white New Englanders and veterans, chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A” had to settle a bit before Trump could launch into a winding, military-themed speech at the August 8 campaign rally.
Rogues’ Gallery? Nine More Atlanta Mugshots — Now Out on (Blog) Bond
Mark Meadows
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Speaking of Coups, Two Reports, Bloomberg on central Africa, and Dyer on the U.S.
#1 – Bloomberg: Out of Africa, a New World War
By supporting the coup in Niger, Russia proves again that it sees its struggle against the West as a global war, just not a declared one yet.
Bloomberg Opinion-You can think of the unfolding disaster in Niger in four ways, from embarrassing to ominous, catastrophic and apocalyptic.
Embarrassing, because the country’s coup on July 26 is blowback for a clueless West:
Neither the hapless former colonial power, France, nor the waning superpower, the US, saw this coming.
Ominous, because it’s a windfall for Russia and China, as they vie with the West for influence in the region and world.
Potentially catastrophic, because it’s a setback in the struggle against jihadist terrorism and uncontrolled migration.
Possibly apocalyptic, if it marks a slide into world war. Continue reading Speaking of Coups, Two Reports, Bloomberg on central Africa, and Dyer on the U.S.
