February, 2021

• 13 February

  Bernie Hammers Tanden for Taking Corporate Cash

  Biden OMB pick faces bipartisan criticism during confirmation hearing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) criticized President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget for accepting millions from “powerful” corporate special-interest groups.

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• 13 February

  The Clinton Project Presents: ‘Nepotism’

  Welcome to the Biden-Harris administration: where politics is a family business, and business is booming The Clinton Project is a coalition of disgruntled Democrats, vulture capitalists, Saudi princes, disgraced journalists, and ex-cons who are dedicated to raising as much money as possible for the nominal purpose of defeating President Joe …

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• 13 February

  Houthis Bomb Civilian Airport Days After Biden Removes Terrorist Designation

  Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen bombed an airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, just days after the Biden administration lifted the group’s terrorist designation. The drone strike targeted Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, an airport just 75 miles from the Yemeni border that is frequently targeted by the militant …

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• 13 February

  Tuberville Wants Biden to Retaliate Against China for Sanctions Against Trump Officials

  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R., Ala.) is demanding answers from the Biden administration on what is being done in response to China’s sanctions on Trump administration officials, according to a Wednesday letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.

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• 13 February

  Turkey ‘Open to Negotiating’ With US on S-400s, Says Doesn’t Have to Keep Them Deployed Permanently

  Ankara’s 2017 decision to purchase $2.5 billion worth of S-400 air defence systems from Moscow caused serious complications in its relationship with its US allies, with Washington booting Turkey out of the F-35 programme and sanctioning a key defence sector agency.

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• 13 February

  Rouhani: Iran Will Comply With Nuclear Deal If Other Countries Do

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that his country would abide by the 2015 nuclear deal if the United States and the five other signatories abided by their responsibilities in the accord as well.

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• 13 February

  Biden Announces DOD China Task Force

  President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses.

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• 13 February

  Biden govt supports repatriating jihadists: US diplomat

  President Joe Biden’s administration believes countries should repatria te jihadists and their families to counter the threat from the Islamic State group, an American diplomat told the United Nations on Wednesday. “The global threat from Isis will grow if the international community does not repatriate their citizens,” said Jeffrey DeLaurentis, …

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• 13 February

  After Trump: Lessons From Other Post-Populist Democracies

  Over the past decade, illiberal populist leaders from across the political spectrum have won elections and taken power in many of the world’s biggest democracies, from the United States to India, the Philippines, Turkey and Brazil. Once in office, they have often undermined democratic norms and institutions, including the media, …

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• 13 February

  Technocracy and Its Discontents

  Among the images that circulated in the aftermath of last month’s Capitol insurrection, one video stood apart, an almost iconic representation of the mob unleashed. In it, an enraged supporter of Donald Trump wields a pole flying the American flag to repeatedly strike a police officer who, having been dragged …

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