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A Top Priority for Joe Biden: Stop Information Warfare
Zarina Zabrisky urges the President-elect and his team to counter one of the gravest threats to modern democracy
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Citizens Disunited: The End of the Transatlantic Trumpist Alliance
Peter Jukes looks at the rise and fall of the dark money and online culture war strategies that put Donald Trump in the White House and pushed Britain out of the EU
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Will Biden Absolve Trump’s Criminality in the Name of ‘National Unity’?
CJ Werleman sees worrying signs from the past that the Democratic Party could decide to turn a blind eye to the current President’s various misdemeanours in a desperate bid to move the country on from Trumpism
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Biden Will Not Change Britain – Trumpism Is Here to Stay
Jonathan Lis explains why Boris Johnson will not simply abandon the divisive nationalist, neo-imperialist politics he has built his premiership on just because Donald Trump is on his way out of the White House
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Trump’s Ability to Ignite a Vengeful Civil War Should Not Be Underestimated
CJ Werleman documents the violence which Trump supporters have already perpetrated around the 2020 Presidential Election and warns that the very real threat from right-wing terrorism is likely to be exploited by the President
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Trump’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal Could Inflame an Arms Race
Steve Shaw reports on Trump’s hopes for a major arms deal in the Middle East that could spark a broader race for military superiority
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Britain’s Rump Trumpocracy: An Imperial State – Without An Empire
As the US moves away and Brexit crumbles, former Prime Minister John Major has exposed the isolation and colonial nostalgia of Britain, argues Hardeep Matharu
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Trump’s Coup was Predicted Four Years Ago: This is How it Might Succeed
An expert on US election law foresaw Trump’s attempts to use allegations of voter fraud, the military and Republican lawmakers to mount a coup , reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Democrats Resign as Beijing Signs Death Warrant for Hong Kong’s Democracy
The UK Government remains silent as politicians who refuse to accept China’s sovereignty over the city are purged, reports Steve Shaw
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US Election 2020: Trumpism Is Here To Stay and Nowhere Is Sacred
Caolan Robertson explains how, though Donald Trump lost last week’s presidential race, his brand of nativist populism is still spreading, particularly in the UK
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US ELECTION 2020: The Power of Populist Lies and the BBC’s Failure to Expose Them
The BBC’s coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election has further exposed its flawed quest for balance, argues Patrick Howse
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US Election 2020: The Trump Shadow Presidency Begins
CJ Werleman argues that Donald Trump’s politics will be felt like never before once he is forced to leave the White House
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US Election 2020: Competence is Not the Perfect Antidote to Authoritarian Populism
Mike Buckley argues that those concerned about the Boris Johnson regime in Britain should take note of Donald Trump’s enduring popularity in the United States
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Editorial: A Narrow Escape
The US Presidential Election result shows the amount of work that needs to be done, at home and abroad, to combat the rise of authoritarian populism and the people it speaks to
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The UK’s Not Immune to Trumpian Mail Ballot Antics
Donald Trump is articulating a spurious grievance held by Nigel Farage and other right-wing figures in the UK for years, says Sam Bright
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US Election 2020: As America’s Future Hangs in the Balance, Trump’s Actions will be Empowering Dictators
The President’s attempts to prematurely claim an election victory has the potential to destroy American moral leadership, says Steve Shaw
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For the Love of Trump
With the election results showing a higher than expected degree of support for the President, Anthony Barnett explores his appeal to American hearts and the split in the US psyche
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US Election 2020: Americans have Failed to Repudiate the Dangers of Trumpism
Regardless of the outcome, this election shows just how deeply divided America remains, says CJ Werleman
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US Election 2020: UK Trumpocracy Provides Last Vanguard of President’s Defence
Donald Trump’s British acolytes are watching in idle complicity as he tears down the scaffolding of American democracy, argues Sam Bright
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US Election 2020: How a Trump Defeat Could Reshape America’s Role in the World
The hallmark of the Trump administration’s foreign policy has been for America to always come first but, if the President fails to win re-election, the world could see a return of a global leader, says Steve Shaw
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Brexit Against Lockdown: ‘Herd Immunity’ Campaigns Lead Back to Farage
An influential anti-lockdown campaign has links to Nigel Farage’s ‘World4Brexit’ project, reports Sam Bright
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US Election 2020: Can American Democracy Rescue Itself?
CJ Werleman sets the scene, in the first of a series of reports throughout the night, for one of the most momentous elections in recent US history
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The Trump Coup: A British Revolution Too
Taking in Theresa May, Brexit, immigration, Boris Johnson, cronyism and more, Jonathan Lis considers how four years of the Donald Trump presidency also transformed politics in the UK
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Trumpocracy in the UK: Boris Johnson’s Lobby Group and US ‘Dark Money’
Nafeez Ahmed examines new tax filings in the US which raise more questions about the influence of the Henry Jackson Society on the UK Government
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US Election 2020: Six Things to Bear in Mind
Garrett Graff shares his recommendations for six must-read articles ahead of the result of election day in America
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US Election 2020: American Democracy on the Ballot Paper
As the US electorate heads to the polls to vote for the next President, senators and representatives, Mike Buckley explores why a victory for Joe Biden may not on its own guarantee a respite from the effects of four years of Republican Government under Trump
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Michael Gove’s Lobbyists at the Heart of White Nationalist Trumpworld
In the next part of this special Byline Times investigation, Nafeez Ahmed delves into a controversial ‘Alt-Right’ event attended by key figures in a conservative lobbying group with Home Office funding to research Islamist militancy
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US Election 2020: Tuesday Marks the Start of the Most Dangerous 80 Days in American History
CJ Werleman argues that, whatever the outcome of the Presidential Election, Donald Trump’s response to the vote will have concerning ramifications for the country
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The Illusionists of Hope can be Defeated with the Real Thing
Reverend Joe Haward considers how a dedication to rooting out corruption and accepting the realities of the present can provide an engine for change
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Controversial Trump-Linked Data Firm Given £20 Million Government Contract to Monitor UK’s Borders
Palantir, a tech giant that holds US Government contracts worth more than $1.5 billion, is extending its tentacles across the Atlantic, reports Stephen Delahunty
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Why Scandals and a ‘Superman’ Image Won’t Help Trump
In an election packed with scandals and allegations of foreign meddling Kseniya Kirillova writes that Trump will need a lot more than Superman imagery and false accusations to win
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Ukraine’s Pivotal Role in the Trump-Putin Deal
Robert Waldeck with a comprehensive, compelling account of how the Ukraine crisis propelled Putin’s information war, the courtship of Donald Trump and the targeting of Joe Biden
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Are We Witnessing the Last Ever US Presidential Election?
Donald Trump has already threatened to undermine the foundations of American elections. If he wins again, there will be little to stop him, argues CJ Werleman
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Would Biden Turn Around Trump’s Destructive Middle East Legacy?
Donald Trump’s foreign policy has led to more instability in the Middle East but, as Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports, the election of Joe Biden may not mean significant change
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Russian Interference and Social Media Censorship Plague Story of Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Steve Shaw reports on the controversy surrounding a laptop that some believe is evidence of corruption and others proof of more Kremlin interference
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Trumpocracy in the UK: Did British Conservative Lobby Group Help Shape Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’?
In the second part of its special investigation, Byline Times reveals how the man credited with inspiring Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ had close links with members of a British conservative lobby group with links to Steve Bannon and the Mercers
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Trumpocracy in the UK: Government Links with Steve Bannon and the Mercers
The links between an opaque think tank, the Conservative Government and major figures in the Trump campaign can be revealed in this first part of a special Byline Times investigation
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Dark Ironies: The Financial Times and Cambridge Analytica
Dr Emma Briant reports on the contract between the famous media company and the now-defunct data operation set up by Steve Bannon and Robert Mercer
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Will Trump Benefit from the Azerbaijan–Armenia Conflict?
The United States has entered negotiations at a crucial time for Donald Trump, and for the Nagorno-Karabakh region, reports Nikola Mikovic
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Dishonest, Extreme, Corrupt: Coming of Age in the Era of Trump
CJ Werleman wonders if the new generation of voters will have normalised the extraordinary values and actions of an unprecedented President
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American Comedy Tries to Avoid a Repeat of History
US talk show hosts are taking a radically different approach to Donald Trump this time around, reports Eleanor Longman-Rood
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A Fatal Fallacy: Trump’s ‘Silent Majority’ Myth is Fomenting Civil War
The President of the United States has legitimised radical, deeply-conservative groups that believe their values are being attacked, contends CJ Werleman
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COVID-19 and the End of Economic Fatalism
In the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Anthony Barnett sees an epoch-defining moment as governments are forced to put people’s health and wellbeing before market fundamentalism
