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We Can’t Afford To Let The Ethos Of “To The Victor Belong The Spoils” Make A Comeback (opens the original)
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When Trump said the words “to the victor belong the spoils” at the United Nations this week and lamented, with regard to the US claiming spoils for war, that it “hasn’t had that… in probably 100 years,” my stomach sank. Those are the words of a man who finds joy in conquest and harming others. My parents were war refugees and Holocaust survivors who lost much of their family in WWII. I knew their war scars, emotional and physical, well. Anyone who thinks that attacking other nations for future e
John Barron Lives (opens the original)
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Yesterday, Trump got the attention of the public and the news media with a post on Truth Social. He was banning the press from the White House, namely CNN, MS-NOW, and Politico. Will these bans stick? It’s highly unlikely. Trump has tried this stunt before with individual reporters like Jim Acosta and news services like the AP. The reporters’ employers and the AP have successfully sued to retain access. The same reversals likely will happen with these bans as well and Trump knows that.<p class="
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