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Stevenson’s army, November 5
– African militaries embrace coups.
– Leahy says GOP threatens year-long CR.
– Administration approves first, big arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
Misleading reporting: I noticed a lot of attention to the high “wrong track” polling numbers as explanations of political developments. Not significant any more, if they ever were. There have been only 3 times in the last 50 years when a majority DIDN’T say US was on the “wrong track.”
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In addition to today’s post on the Iraqi protests, I would recommend Rend Al-Rahim’s appearance on NPR this morning as well as my own appearance Monday with Namo Abdulla, Raed Jarrar, and Mazin Al-Eshaiker on CGTN’s The Heat, available below for your listening and watching pleasures. Bottom line: the likelihood of some sort of authoritarian takeover, by coup or martial law, is increasing dramatically:
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