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From Korea to Iran, the United States has employed countless euphemisms that not only obscure the true nature of its wars but also the constitutional limits designed to constrain them.

Reason

Vietnam ruined Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career. Will Donald Trump face the same fate over Iran?

Is United States President Donald Trump lurching toward decline and fall? Will he and his MAGA movement reprise Lyndon B. Johnson’s story, when the quagmire of the Vietnam War took the Democratic president out of the 1968 election and gave Republican Richard Nixon the opening he needed to defeat the…

The Conversation

What Keir Starmer can learn from ‘little creep’ Harold Wilson in dealing with an angry US president

The Anglo-American “special relationship” has hit a low ebb following American strikes on Iran. US president Donald Trump disparaged British prime minister Keir Starmer with a negative comparison to Winston Churchill, making clear his “disappointment” over British reticence to offer logistical support to the American military.

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Donald Trump, The Transformational President

The New York Times admits that Trump is going further than Buckley, Reagan, Goldwater, and Taft "might have imagined possible"

Reason

Bernie Sanders: Kamala Harris Can Beat Trump on the Economy

The longtime senator tells Capital & Main that backing Medicare expansion, higher taxes on the wealthy and a hike in the minimum wage is a winning agenda.

Capital & Main

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First review – scouting out for America

Cult clown duo Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland play muddy-kneed boy scouts in this knockabout comedy with an emotional punch

The Guardian - UK

Josh Shapiro could be the wrong choice

Pennsylvania's governor holds strong pro-Israel views that could shatter the Democratic coalition

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Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies

After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the June 27, 2024, debate, many Democrats have raced to ring the alarm bell, proclaiming that it’s time for him to step aside, time to let someone else take the reins in hopes of defeating Donald Trump in November.

The Conversation

Biden will have ‘LBJ moment’ and not run for re-election, Cornel West says

West, running for president as an independent, predicts Biden will do as Lyndon Johnson did in 1968 and decide against White House run

The Guardian - US

NBA Twitter reacts to resounding performance from Lakers, LeBron James

NBA Twitter reacted to the beatdown LeBron James and the Lakers administered to the Pelicans in the NBA in-season tournament semifinal game.

USA Today Sports Media Group

When a liberal president goes to war

We drove LBJ from office — and got 50 years of dreadful Republican policy. Those who don't learn from history ...

Salon

The year that broke US politics: what 1968 can tell us about 2024

Historian Luke Nichter considers the turmoil you know about – assassinations, chaotic conventions, the racist rise of George Wallace – but also the backroom dramas you don’t

The Guardian - US

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt To Criticize Biden’s Policies Backfires

Comparisons to FDR and LBJ draw White House response as US faces debt and inflation challenges.

Zenger

GOP's Youngkin says no to presidential campaign — for now

Asked anew whether he’s going to be campaigning for president this year, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said no. But exactly what was he saying no to on Monday

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Tribune News Service

Commentary: Biden’s successes were made possible by Obama

It’s a safe bet that President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to brag about his many policy accomplishments over the last two years — and that the Democrats in the audience will respond with cheers. Many of Biden’s supporters argue that he can claim a…

The Guardian - US

LBJ OK? Historian Mark Lawrence on a president resurgent

Fifty years after Lyndon Johnson died, the director of the 36th president’s library discusses his politics and progressive ideals

Salon

Joe Biden might be a great president

Don't laugh: As a presidential historian, I can tell you that FDR and LBJ were also underestimated at first

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Silent Spring Revolution,' by Douglas Brinkley

NONFICTION: Historian charts the rise of the U.S. environmental movement.

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Solving the curious case of the metal pyramids in a Canberra paddock

Could they be World War II relics or perhaps alien calling cards? In fact, the story behind these rusty pyramids near Tuggeranong starts at one of our cultural institutions

Tribune News Service

Ramesh Ponnuru: Biden's no FDR. He's not even Obama

Democrats have every right to be pleased that they passed another big spending bill, but a lot of them are getting carried away. Longtime Democratic consultant Robert Shrum celebrated the momentum behind the passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act by tweeting, “Biden is the most legislatively successful President since…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Magic Johnson: ‘I hope LeBron James will be a Laker for a long time’

LeBron James received a lot of heat for the Lakers' struggles this season, but Magic Johnson tells TMZ Sports he still wants to see LBJ in a Lakers uniform for the foreseeable future. We spoke with Magic - who won 5 titles with the Lakers during his ...

WEKU

The L.A. Riots, 30 years later

After Los Angeles exploded three decades ago, some things have changed and so much remains the same.

Salon

Clarence Thomas must go — and Ginni too

A history lesson for Democrats: Here's how Nixon pushed the Supreme Court hard right — it's time to fight back

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: LeBron James has turned the Lakers into Michael Jordan's Wizards

LeBron James' signing with the L.A. Lakers was always more about building his media brand than his basketball brand, and his legacy on the court is taking a hit as a result of his decision.

The Independent UK

NBA at 75: 2000s saw MJ-LBJ shift, 'Malice at the Palace'

Michael Jordan gave way to LeBron James in the NBA of the 2000s, just as traditional forms of communication began to yield to the birth and growth of new media

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