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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden (Getty/Sean Rayford)

Biden falsely claims he opposed Iraq war

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
In this Aug. 9, 2016 photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes hit a food factory in Sanaa, Yemen. In the air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen’s Shiite rebels, rights experts say there has been a pattern by the Saudi-led coalition in depending on faulty intelligence, failing to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarding the likelihood of civilian casualties. Experts say some of the strikes likely amount to war crimes. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Can Sweden be a peace broker in Yemen?

Vijay Prashad - Independent Media Institute
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Trump's pressure valve against Iran

Jefferson Morley - Independent Media Institute
US Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The Justice Department's Investigation of Russian Interference with the 2016 Presidential Election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 1,2019. (Getty/Nicholas Kamm)

Barr: Execute mass shooters

Igor Derysh
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House August 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Alex Wong)

Trump congratulates Poland as it mourns

Shira Tarlo
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Getty/Tom Brenner)

McConnell leaves gun control to Trump

Shira Tarlo
Mike Pompeo (Getty/Kevin Hagen)

Pompeo travels to Belgium without press

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Meghan McCain (Getty/Salon)

McCain: "I'm not living without guns!"

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a media conference at an EU Syria conference at the Europa building in Brussels on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The EU and other nations met Wednesday to discuss what will be needed to rebuild war-ravaged Syria. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP)

Boris Johnson just lost his majority

Matthew Rozsa
Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV) (AP/Alex Brandon)

Manchin won't pursue gubernatorial bid

Matthew Rozsa
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (AP/Eric Gay)

Texas GOP doesn't care about body count

Amanda Marcotte
Stormy Daniels; Donald Trump;  Karen McDougal (AP/Matt Sayles/Evan Vucci/Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris)

House Dems to probe hush-money payments

Shira Tarlo
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Pence staying at Trump's club in Ireland

Matthew Rozsa
Former White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci; President Donald Trump (Getty/Mike Coppola/Chip Somodevilla)

Mooch: Trump exhibits "mental decline"

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
US President Donald Trump smiles during a phone conversation with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on trade in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Buckle up: 2020 will be uglier than 2016

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Johnson threatens MPs with election

Matthew Rozsa
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Richard Nixon, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump (Getty/Keystone/Zakaria Abdelkafi/Nicholas Kamm)

Trump's whining about media: Not new

Heather Digby Parton
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Patriotism, truth and fascism

Chauncey DeVega
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Getty/Win McNamee)

Is Schumer sabotaging progressive Dems?

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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Nonprofits: business as a force for good

Jean-Baptiste Litrico, Marya Besharov - The Conversation
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America's slow-motion coup: On schedule!

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Saul Loeb/Salon)

NYT steering Dems wrong on Trump

Jim Naureckas - FAIR
Labor Strikes of old (Associated Press)

We don't honor the ideals of Labor Day

Matthew Rozsa
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Wake up: The American Dream is dead

Anis Shivani
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