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Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
In Trump, the Kremlin got what it wanted — an America paralyzed by an incompetent administration at odds with more than half the country’s population.

The Three Trumps

Jeffrey D. Sachs Project Syndicate
Perhaps all three Trumps – friend of Putin, wealth maximizer, and demagogue – are really one

Friday Nite Videos -- March 3, 2016

Portside
Bernie Sanders' Response to Trump's Speech to Congress. Movie | Get Out. Jeff Sessions, Trump and Russia. Obamacare | John Oliver. Can We Bring Back Lost Species?

Friday Nite Videos -- February 24, 2016

Portside
Karine Jean-Pierre on Resistance Recess. John Oliver: Putin. One Strange Star, Seven Planets. Infowars' Alex Jones Is Trump's CAPS LOCK Advisor. Kellyanne Conway's Interview Tricks, Explained.

Trump and Russia - Readers Respond to Recent Portside Posts

Pittman; Atkins; Fuller; Smith; Gugliotta; Stand; Lowe; Portside
Portside readers have weighed in, as you often do, on the issue of Trump, Putin, Russia, the revival of a new-Cold War, and foreign interference in our electoral process. Here a number of readers, including some Portside moderators, express their individual views, on what they feel should be the position of the left, for democracy, and opposed to militarism, increases in the military budget, and re-vamped calls for a new-nuclear laden Cold War against Russia.

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War'

Mikhail Gorbachev TIME
The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss. But no problem is more urgent today than the militarization of politics and the new arms race. Stopping and reversing this ruinous race must be our top priority. While state budgets are struggling to fund people's essential social needs, military spending is growing.
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