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Trump’s tariff plan would hurt America’s taxpayers and national security

(OpEd) Gene Abel | The Morning Call

Trump’s proposal would increase prices for every segment of the American economy. In effect, this would be a tax increase on every American without lowering the deficit. As the center-right American Action Forum found, such a tariff would “distort global trade, discourage economic activity, and have broad negative consequences for the U.S. economy.”

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Cubans should vote for Democrats, not Republicans

(OpEd) CARLOS MARTINEZ | El Nuevo Herald

The Republican Party continues to support Trump. In reality, the American Republican Party has changed so much that it is almost unrecognizable. It is no longer the party that my parents supported and that I supported most of my life.

And, since I know that Cubans are not stupid, I swear to all Cubans to abandon their usual loyalty to the Republican party and

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Tunisia holds valuable lessons for us all as democracy stumbles

(OpEd) Ambassador Gordon Gray | The Washington Diplomat

The United States needs to stand up to authoritarianism by seeking to counter leaders and governments engaged in democratic backsliding. Tunisia, where I had the privilege to serve as the U.S. ambassador during its revolution and the initial stages of its democratic transition, offers an excellent opportunity for the Biden administration to take steps to back up its rhetorical commitment to democracy.

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Donald Trump Can't Save Social Security

(OpEd) Tom Davis | The National Interest

Conservatives have a point: it needs a tweak. It does not take an economics professor to tell you that a program that dispenses more than it takes in is unsustainable as it currently exists. But Donald Trump will not fix it.

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Ukraine Has a Pathway to Victory

Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller | Foreign Policy Magazine

Rose Gottemoeller, a lecturer at Stanford University and former NATO deputy secretary-general, and Michael Ryan, a former U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary for European and NATO policy discusses why the new conventional wisdom that the war is a stalemate favoring Russia is wrong.

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