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The Republican Party is coming apart at the seams
On Tuesday night, Democrats swept two critical special elections. One, in a New Hampshire district that had gone for Trump, brought Democrats to within…
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U.S. helped Pakistan cancel elections with a controversial IMF bailout--funded by a secret Ukraine weapons program
"Pakistani democracy may ultimately be a casualty of Ukraine’s counteroffensive."
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Counter Points for 9/13/23
Here’s today’s private link for the full show. Among other things, we talked about McCarthy getting pressured into a half-impeachment inquiry (with no…
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Jay Powell kicked over a log, now everything's crawling out
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Another Haitian revolution may be underway
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Biden is at his moment of maximum risk. Look out.
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BREAKING: The war in Yemen is ending
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Florida is a red state now. That's good news for Cuba and Venezuela.
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Counter Points for September 6, 2023
On Wednesdays, I’ve promised to send out the full, ad-free version of Counter Points to subscribers, yet after the show ends I often get caught up with…
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I wrote another book. And I'm giving away stickers.
Plus here is today's Counter Points.
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Actual good news: Biden thumps Big Pharma and his NLRB deals a huge win to workers
The name of this newsletter might be Bad News but once in a while some good things do happen, and there’s a bias in the media not to cover movement in…
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Pakistan prime ministers confirms authenticity of leaked cable showing U.S. pushed out Imran Khan
The response this past week to our Imran Khan cable scoop, from the U.S. State Department and from the Pakistan government, has been at once internally…
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Secret Pakistani cable: U.S. urged ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan
About two months ago, you may remember, I interviewed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who alleged that while he was in office, he saw a cable…
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Counter Points for August 2, 2023
Here’s something I never thought I’d get to say: I’m writing this to you from the south of France, where I’ll be spending the month of August. I’m here…
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Counter Points for July 26, 2023
Last week, I forgot to send out the link to Wednesday’s full show to subscribers. With apologies, here is today’s (I’m assuming you don’t still want…
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A politics newsletter, written by Ryan Grim, DC bureau chief for The Intercept, co-host of Counter Points and Deconstructed, and author of the book "We've Got People."
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