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The Network: The American and Russian Moralists Behind the January Insurrection
Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to network disinformation specialist Dave Troy about how a trifecta of Conservative, Russian and military psyops tried to overturn global democracy
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Yemeni Torture Victim Speaks Out Against Iranian Backed Militias
CJ Werleman talks to Samira al-Houry, an activist who was assaulted and raped in a Houthi prison
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Alt-Right Ecosystem: Steve Bannon Tried to Buy Guido Fawkes
Sam Bright reports on how the former Trump campaign chief made a bid for the controversial pro-Brexit blog
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Saved by Republican Senators, What’s Next for Trump?
CJ Werleman considers the civil and criminal matters which may still hinder the former American President, as he sets his sights on running for office again in 2024
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Impeachment Trial: White Evangelical Christian Extremism is Why Senate Republicans Won’t Convict Trump
CJ Werleman explores how the Republican Party knows that a core part of the former President’s support base is here to stay – no matter how dangerous they may be for American democracy
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Second Impeachment: American Kompromat Author – ‘We Have to Prosecute Trump To the Fullest Extent of the Law’
As Donald Trump faces an unprecedented second Senate trial, journalist Craig Unger tells Heidi Siegmund Cuda that the most terrifying aspect of modern America is the things that are still legal
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Making A Mockery: I Witnessed Boris Johnson’s Casual Attitude to Yemeni Lives
One of Boris Johnson’s former legal advisors recalls his inability to grasp the gravity of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen
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Fox News Propaganda is Turning the Republican Party into a Domestic Terrorist Organisation
CJ Werleman argues that the Republicans will take an even darker turn during Joe Biden’s presidency
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Reaganism Paved the Way for the Trump Era – And President Biden Must Put An End To It
Despite widespread condemnation of the Donald Trump presidency, CJ Werleman argues that it was Ronald Reagan who caused more damage to America
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Outflanking Murdoch from the Far-Right
While Fox News and other outlets have polarised Australia, the US and UK, CJ Werleman fears that an even ruder shock awaits us
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Johnson’s ‘Woke’ Rambling Reveals his Alt-Right Alliance with Trump’s Culture Wars
A simple question about Joe Biden put to the Prime Minister exposed the deep and historic ties of his Vote Leave regime with the ethos of the former US President – the last thing Johnson wants to confront, argues Hardeep Matharu
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Biden Must Wage a Civil War Against Social Media Companies, On Behalf of American Democracy
To achieve the unity he promises, the new President must take on the online platforms that are radicalising the US, argues Sam Bright
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Trump’s Toxic Legacy Leaves Americans Searching for a Way to Unite
CJ Werleman looks at the challenges ahead for America as Donald Trump’s legacy continues to sow division and hatred
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Nightmares and Realities: Trump’s Big Lie and How America Escaped Tyranny
With Joe Biden inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, Peter Jukes reflects on the trauma of the past four years and how Donald Trump has reminded us of a crucial lesson from history
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Joe Biden’s First Task: Understanding His Enemies
The Russian threat has not dissipated now that Donald Trump has left the White House, says Paul Niland
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Ted Cruz Won’t be Able to Usurp Trump So Easily
As the Donald Trump era draws to an acrimonious conclusion, Emma Burnell considers if the Texas Senator will be able to capture the Republican crown in his wake
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Pardoned Steve Bannon Still Faces ‘We Build the Wall’ State Investigation
Grant Stern, the journalist who exposed the scandal behind the non-profit organisation involved in building Trump’s wall, explains the background and why Bannon isn’t off-the-hook
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From Wellness to Alt-Right Conspiracy Theory: The Strange Marriage of New Age and Far-Right
Sian Norris investigates the sickness at the heart of a wellness community captured by far-right conspiracy and pro-Trump support
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Britain’s Top Trumps – Whitewashing History
Hannan, Rees-Mogg, Gove, Johnson, Farage, Fabricant, Banks, Morgan, Grimes and the Spectator – Donald Trump’s British cheerleaders cannot whitewash their history
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From ISIS to MAGA: Trump Leads a Terror Grouping with Tens of Millions of Supporters
Right-wing extremism is a significantly greater terror threat than violent jihadism, reports CJ Werleman – yet gets mainstream media and political support
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part Two: The Finale of the Sixties
A crucial historical explanation for the imaginative rage of Donald Trump’s militant army lies in the Vietnam War generation, argues Anthony Barnett
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‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Federal Prosecutors Investigating ‘Hundreds’ of Pro-Trump Rioters
A week after the deadly assault on the US Capitol, Caroline Orr reports on the prospect of the first sedition prosecutions for 25 years
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LBC Radio Host Maajid Nawaz Bankrolled by US Republican Dark Money
Nafeez Ahmed reports on the background of the controversial broadcaster whose think tank has been funded by Pro-Donald Trump donors
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Government Advisor Told Followers to ‘Buy Shares’ in Parler – Three Days Before Platform Dropped Offline
A former Conservative and Brexit Party MEP, now giving business advice to the Government, told his followers to invest in a now-inaccessible social media platform accused of harbouring the alt-right
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part One: Trump’s Red Guards
In the first part of a series of analyses, Anthony Barnett looks at how the Chinese Communist Party is weaponising the Washington insurrection to defend its suppression of Hong Kong
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The ‘MAGA’ Civil War has Begun
CJ Werleman argues that, with Donald Trump’s influence unlikely to wane soon and millions of people believing that the 2020 US Election result is illegitimate, his ‘Make America Great Again’ coalition will be going nowhere
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Trump’s Presidency has been Defined by the Male Violence Seen at the Capitol
Sian Norris examines the links between Donald Trump, gender-based violence, terrorism, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and the attempted insurrection in Washington D.C.
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The Gulf Crisis: How Diplomacy Trumped Populism and Manipulation
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey explains how Joe Biden’s election victory has already provided an impetus for peace among Gulf states
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Blinding Exceptionalism: The Insidious Attacks on British Democracy Are No Less Dangerous than Trump’s America
Hardeep Matharu explores why the attacks on the rule of law and accountability by Boris Johnson and his Government are not interpreted to be as alarming for the UK as the more overt destruction being waged by Donald Trump in America
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American Werewolf in London: Spurred by Brexit, the Right Fuelled a Petty Dictator
Donald Trump has defiled American democracy for the last four years, and Britain has been part of the mob, says Sam Bright
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Trump Rewards Loyalists and War Criminals While Whistleblowers Are Hounded
Steve Shaw looks at Donald Trump’s decision to grant freedom to close allies, and the two people the President should consider pardoning instead
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‘American Carnage’: Trump’s Promise Fulfilled – Other Democracies Beware
CJ Werleman explores how the US President’s extraordinary assault on American democracy should ring alarm bells for the UK and Australia
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‘Strongmen’: How a Crisis in Masculinity Paved the Way for Fascism
Heidi Siegmund Cuda speaks to the historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about the new global rise in authoritarianism and why the recent defeat of Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election was so significant
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Follow the Money: Trump’s Banker Resigns Amid Internal Investigation
Heidi Cuda reports on how many criminal and civil investigations probing the financials of the outgoing US President Donald Trump end up on the doorstep of Deutsche Bank
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Biden’s Biggest Challenge Could be Saving the American Economy
The incoming presidential administration faces grave economic challenges ahead that could spell the end of the dollar’s global dominance, argues James Meadway
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With a Vengeful Trump and Rampant Coronavirus, America’s Darkest Winter Begins
CJ Werleman explores the threats to Americans’ lives and that of their democracy which show no sign of diminishing soon
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How Steve Bannon’s Propaganda War Led the Trump Administration to Excommunicate Top Muslim ISIS Hunter
Nafeez Ahmed investigates how Dr Haroon Ullah was ousted from a key role in US Government communications by ‘Trump-driven Islamophobia’
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Trump’s Derangement Has Fuelled the Mass Radicalisation of America
The President’s distant relationship with the truth is stoking the breakdown of America, contends CJ Werleman
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Long Shadows: Biden’s Choice for Attorney General is the New Battleground over Russian Interference
Robert Waldeck reveals how the shadow of the Republican Party’s disinformation campaign darkens the new President’s choice for the Department of Justice
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The Tax Man Cometh: Robert Mercer, William Barr and Trump’s Chinese Bank Account
Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to veteran tax investigator Martin Sheil about how much the incoming Biden administration could do by enforcing existing laws
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The Assassination that Could Bring War to the Middle East and End the Iran Nuclear Deal
Steve Shaw reports on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, which could be part of Israel and Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to bury Barack Obama’s nuclear deal
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Memetic Warfare: How the Targeted Propaganda of QAnon Weaponised COVID-19
Daniel Morrison looks at the Trump campaign origins of the ‘gamified’ global conspiracy theory which has now evolved into active Coronavirus denialism
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Trumpism Still Festers in Boris Johnson’s Britain – But it is Dying
Nafeez Ahmed tracks the export of populist demagoguery from America to Britain, and urges a campaign to snuff out its dying embers
