May 27, 2017
Trump's relationship with Saudi Arabia is ridden with hypocrisy
Shenaz Kermalli
For all the ignorance President Trump feigns around foreign affairs, he is undoubtedly up to speed when it comes to Saudi Arabia.
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May 26, 2017  Trump's scaled back hostility to Islam means the world is somewhat less apocalypticTrump's speech in Riyadh this week was normal foreign policy drivel, which came as a relief. It was no more preposterous than what Obama, Clinton, or Trudeau deliver when they talk world issues. |
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May 26, 2017  There's another way to dump a presidentPenney Kome Congress can use the 25th Amendment to remove a president and appoint a new VP. |
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May 25, 2017  Killing is as wrong in Manchester as it is in Sanaa, YemenDonald Trump's arms deal with Saudi Arabia is wrong. It will inflame an already war-ravaged region, hitting Yemen especially hard. |
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May 24, 2017  Trump and the legacy of Sykes-Picot is a tale of doomed deals in the Middle EastEhab Lotayef Trump may be able to forge a Middle-East "peace" deal, but will it bring peace? |
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May 23, 2017  Donald Trump tries to show himself fit to be president on first official trip abroadU.S. President Donald Trump took off last Friday for a nine-day trip abroad that did not begin with (or include) a stop in Canada. The Trudeau government cannot be too disappointed. |
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May 18, 2017  A full inquiry into Donald Trump should cover his real crimes and misdemeanoursWhat if Donald Trump were actually held responsible for real crimes: killing civilians in drone strikes, forcing refugees to suffer or die, or driving the planet into climate change? |
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May 18, 2017  Clearing the fog of war around SyriaJooneed Khan With his just-released book, Washington's Long War on Syria, Stephen Gowans blows away the twisted layers of disinformation and war propaganda around Syria, and exposes a great 21st-century tragedy. |
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May 18, 2017  Madmen in the White House … this time it's a thing, not just a 'strategy'David J. Climenhaga Unlike 1972 when we all thought the world might end the same way because Nixon was mining Haiphong Harbour, at least this time there’s someone around who might be able to talk the president out of it. |
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May 16, 2017  Thanks to Twitter diplomacy, Trump reminds us that dairy supply management worksBy turning the focus on Canadian dairy farming, U.S. President Donald Trump has unwittingly helped to remind us why supply management is key to treating farmers fairly. |
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May 12, 2017  James Comey debacle reveals a nation addicted to self-dramatization and mythI'd have fired James Comey too. The guy is delusional, grandiose and a drama queen (who does that remind you of?). The former FBI director thinks it's all about him. |
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May 12, 2017  Jimmy Kimmel deplores 'pay-or-die' U.S. health-care system, but Canada's is also lackingEd Finn "If your baby doesn’t have to die, it shouldn't matter how much money you make," Jimmy Kimmel argued. |
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May 11, 2017  Behind Trump's headline-grabbing chaos, the FCC is quietly dismantling media democracyWhen Donald Trump ousted FBI Director James Comey, it was more than just another of his shocking executive actions. Decades of progressive policy achievements are being quietly undone. |
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May 4, 2017  North Carolina residents fight back against corporate factory hog farmsThere are 10 million people in North Carolina, and nine million hogs. Judging by the smell, the hogs are winning. Or, rather, the giant corporate factory hog farms are. |
 On Mother's Day, help get a mom out of jail3 Minute Action Too many people are in jail because they are poor. Reunite a family on Mother's Day and fight to end the cash bail system |
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Apr 28, 2017  A movement is building on May Day in defence of immigrant rightsThe immigrants-rights movement, organized by some of the most vulnerable people in the U.S., is hitting the streets in force on May 1. |
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Apr 27, 2017  Mayworks' opening film is helping to build a movementMaya Bhullar In 2012, Lawrence Daquan "Day" Davis, a temporary worker, was killed on his first day at work. The film about this case, called A Day's Work, will be screened at Mayworks this year. |
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Apr 27, 2017  What is the antidote to Trumpism?How do we create a new politics that builds the basis of a citizen-based democracy to replace our hollowed-out institutions? To do so we first need to understand the roots of Trump's popularity. |
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Apr 26, 2017  Donald Trump helps build the case for Rachel Notley's social license policy on energy exportsDavid J. Climenhaga Conservative Canadian politicians who crossed the border to campaign for Donald Trump should probably be thinking about what to say when the issue comes up in public. |
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Apr 25, 2017  Make American dairy farms great again! Adopt supply managementDavid J. Climenhaga While supply management gives consumers a quality product at a price that allows local farmers a living wage, the alternative is not cheaper milk, cheese, eggs and poultry. |
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Apr 20, 2017  Trump's favourite peddlers of white male revenge fantasies pulled off airPenney Kome Alex Jones, Bill O'Reilly and Robert Ailes inspired some of Donald Trump's wildest claims. |
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Apr 20, 2017  Arkansas plans flurry of executions unprecedented in modern U.S. historyIf he gets his way, Arkansas' Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson will execute eight men in 11 days this month. On Feb. 27, he issued the death warrants for the prisoners. |
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Apr 18, 2017 Not Rex: Trump's new distraction warsNobody cares much anymore why hundreds of civilians were killed by an American coalition airstrike in Mosul. The fog of war obscures such troubling trivialities. |
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Apr 13, 2017  Trump keeps campaign promise to promote unfettered police powerAs the world focuses on state violence from Syria to Iraq to Yemen to North Korea, the groundwork is being laid in the United States for unchecked state violence at home. |
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