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Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire

Interview with David Faris, professor of political science at Roosevelt University, conducted by Scott Harris

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Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, America’s Decline

Interview with Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris

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Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline Before It Contaminates Great Lakes

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Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire
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Let's remember what Trump's approval rating is on many issues for the general election--is Paxton really a representation of the general electorate in Texas??????

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1) David Faris, Professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University and author of "The Kids Are All Left: How Young Voters Will Unite America," talks about the issues examined in his recent Nation Magazine article, "Why Ending the Iran War May Be a Never-Ending Story, As Trump’s “excursion” veers into quagmire territory," he may just try to walk away amid a host of new distractions."

2) Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton, who writes Digby’s Hullabaloo blog, discusses her recent commentary, "Trump’s anti-war claims blow up in his face after Iran fiasco: Opposition to the president's war with Iran among Gen Z MAGA members could help create positive political change," re: U.S. foreign policy, political history, and a possible new post-Trump anti-war re-alignment.

3) Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. Goodman, a former CIA analyst and author of "Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA," discusses the issues raised in his recent Counterpunch piece, "Sino-American Relations and the “Thucydides Trap.”

4) Paul Street, an independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist, historian and author of, "This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America," talks about his recent Counterpunch.org commentary, "Why Trump Is So Indifferent to Public Opinion in an Election Year."

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