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Danielle Ryan

Danielle Ryan is an Irish freelance journalist, writing mostly on geopolitics and media. She is based in Budapest, but has also lived in the U.S., Germany and Russia. Follow her on Twitter.

Mary Lou McDonald (Getty/Daniel Leal Olivas)

How Brexit revived the nationalist dream of a “united Ireland”

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Rex Tillerson (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

Rex Tillerson’s agony, and ours: Trump’s revolving door will keep spinning

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Jedediah Bila (Getty/Jamie McCarthy)

In defense of Jedediah Bila: Another “View” conservative bites the dust

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(Getty/Spencer Platt)

Facing Trump’s threats, why in God’s name would North Korea disarm?

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British troops clash with demonstrators in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1981. (AP)

Brexit and Ireland: Britain’s troubled relationship with the island next door is a problem again

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(Getty)

What if the DNC Russian “hack” was really a leak after all? A new report raises questions media and Democrats would rather ignore

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(salon/Flora Thevoux)

Yes, “dog anti-vaxxers” is a thing. In Brooklyn. But they might not be as crazy as you think

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(Getty/Predrag Vuckovic)

Outraged British public forces American billionaire Stan Kroenke to drop plans for bloodsport channel

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(AP/Pablo Martinez/Efrem Lukatsky)

Trump’s foreign policy: Bizarre and inconsistent, or more strategic than we think?

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(Salon/Flora Thevoux)

Spreading fake news about Putin, or Red-scare propaganda, does nothing to defeat Trump

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(Salon/Flora Thevoux)

What’s really in your dog’s food? You probably don’t want to know

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Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump (AP/Evan Vucci)

Consider the upside, liberals: If Trump can achieve a new détente with Russia, that’s a good thing

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(Getty/Dmitry Serebryakov.Salon)

Cold War flashback: Media’s flawed coverage of the Trump-Russia story is not helping the left

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Leo Varadkar (Getty/Thierry Charlier)

Ireland’s new gay prime minister? Yeah, it’s a remarkable step forward — but he’s no progressive

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Omran Daqneesh (AP/Aleppo Media Center)

Both sides in Syria’s war are using suffering kids to push their agendas — and it’s inexcusable

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Hillary Clinton (AP)

Why can’t Hillary let it go? Donald Trump’s not the only one still obsessing over the election

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Sen. John McCain, Vladimir Putin (Getty Images/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/ T.J. Kirkpatrick / Stringer/ Pressphotos)

John McCain thinks Vladimir Putin is a greater threat than ISIS: Hello, senator — the world is calling

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(AP/Getty/Olivier Douliery)

Donald Trump has no “secret plan” to wipe out the “evil losers” of ISIS — he’s stuck in the same old no-win situation

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James Comey (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Salon)

Nothing about Comey’s firing makes sense — and there are serious holes in both the right’s and left’s talking points

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Ramzan Kadyrov; Vladimir Putin (AP/Musa Sadulayev/Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)

Putin’s predicament: Harrowing reports of anti-gay violence in Chechnya have Russia’s leader in a tough spot

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Tulsi Gabbard (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats turn Tulsi Gabbard into a scapegoat on Syria — but her skepticism is warranted

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(Getty/Drew Angerer/Reuters/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Getty/Omar Haj Kadour)

Trump’s Syria misadventure: If this all goes wrong, media must shoulder the blame

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(AP/Evgeny Kurskov)

Terrorism in America? They hate us for our freedom! Terrorism in Russia? They had it coming!

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Vladimir Putin; Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin/AP)

Dictator vs. democrat? Not quite: Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is no progressive hero

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