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6 months, 1 week ago

Kansas Trumpster fights for enrichment of 'American exceptionalism'

TOPEKA — Kansas congressional candidate Michael Ogle said his personal political quest was to convince voters that exceptional qualities of American values, history and politics were cornerstones of a prosperous national future. Ogle, a Topekan who works to help military veterans secure federal benefits, said he was seeking the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2nd District of Kansas “because I …

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7 months, 1 week ago

How American Exceptionalism Gave Rise to the China Threat Theory

The Diplomat

“With God’s help, we will lift Shanghai up and up, ever up, until it is just like Kansas City,” Kenneth Wherry, then the mayor of a small town in Nebraska, proudly proclaimed in 1940. As the world moves on from the United States’ post-Cold War victory lap, American exceptionalism is more fragile than ever. Donald Trump’s presidency has called into …

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1 year, 1 month ago

How Trump’s mouth is killing American exceptionalism

Raw Story

It’s exasperating to watch the American legal system bend over backward to protect a lawless man committed to its destruction, but here we are. In the election fraud case, Trump has made nonstop references to Special Counsel Jack Smith — “Deranged Jack Smith” and “Smith’s team of Thugs.” Trump’s public promise that “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER …

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1 year, 11 months ago

American exceptionalism in one heartbreaking, grotesque tweet

Raw Story

An anecdote told by California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference on the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay—the second such appearance he made in two days, following another deadly shooting in Monterey Park—encapsulated the United States' twin crises of economic injustice and rampant gun violence, said advocates on Monday. Politico reporter Lara Korte relayed the governor's comments on …

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2 years ago

Saeed Naqvi | World Cup show spotlights Qatar as a nation apart

Deccan Chronicle

American exceptionalism is not all that exceptional after all. The fact emerged in bold relief after the superbly managed soccer World Cup in Qatar recently contrary to the negative reporting on the bandobast by the western media. When all of the GCC was quaking at Iran’s emergence, Qatar maintained very practical trade relation with Iran. It turns out to be …

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2 years, 4 months ago

The injustice of exceptionalism

The Hindu

Eleven men who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2008 for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members in 2002 were released this week from a jail in Gujarat. Editorial | Remission without reform: On the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case State governments have laid down behaviour/activities that can earn prisoners …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Texas shooting: US Senator Ted Cruz storms off when asked about gun law reforms

India Today

Republican Senator Ted Cruz is facing backlash following one of the worst school shooting incidents in United States history. Speaking to reporters after the Texas shooting, Ted Cruz said, "We need to devote far more law enforcement resources to stopping violent criminals." Ted Cruz is well known for blocking all Democratic Party attempts to change gun laws in the country. …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Covering Ukraine: A mean streak of racist exceptionalism

Al Jazeera

The conflict raging in Ukraine between Russian and Ukrainian Slavs, the latter with the support of a tribal coalition of nations across sub-Scandinavian Europe, has exposed much more than the fragility of peace on the disease-ravaged subcontinent. Reporting from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Charlie D’Agata, a correspondent with CBS News in the US, declared Ukraine “isn’t a place, with all …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Dutch exceptionalism: Superior failure in the year of coronavirus

Dutch News

The Dutch are very fond of international comparisons if they come out well, but when it comes to coronavirus, they see the Netherlands’ position as one of ‘superior failure’, writes Ben Coates. Yet it seems to me that the Dutch also exhibit a similar trait; breezily assuming that our way is best, and that other countries only do badly because …

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4 years, 6 months ago

'Me And White Supremacy' — A Personal Anti-Racism Tool : Life Kit : NPR

NPR

'Me And White Supremacy' Helps You Do The Work Of Dismantling Racism Enlarge this image Therrious Davis for NPR Therrious Davis for NPR Learning about the dangers of systemic racism often leads people to ask: What can I do personally to make a difference? Layla Saad, an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman living in Qatar, came up with …

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5 years ago

Donald Trump’s deeply twisted idea of American exceptionalism

CNN

CNN — Donald Trump ran on a simple slogan: He would Make America Great Again. In the wake of the American drone strike that killed Soleimani, Trump tweeted that if Iran retaliated, they should know that he had already “targeted 52 Iranian sites, some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture.” Secretary of State …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood Wants To Push Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy Forward

Huff Post

Rep. Lauren Underwood has accomplished a lot in her relatively short time as a public servant. This is where I’m from, it’s where I grew up.” When I interviewed Underwood for Women’s History Month, I noticed a number of things about her that reminded me of other black women I’ve met. People come and they’ll say things like, “Hey, I …

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6 years, 1 month ago

At G20, Trump shows exceptionalism, not leadership (opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: David A. Andelman, visiting scholar at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and director of its Red Lines Project, is a contributor to CNN, where his columns won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing. Bush’s death, the difference between the late president’s leadership as a unifier, whose legacy was to preside over America’s …

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