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- The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars
When the United States bombed Iran in February and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his Caracas residence in January, celebrations erupted across Iranian and Venezuelan exile communities in America, videos of which President Donald Trump eagerly reposted on Truth Social. For the better part of the past two decades, Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks have been an indispensable supporting cast for Washington’s pressure campaigns against their home governments. They were not the architects of U.S. policy. But they were its most convincing salespeople, helping transform what might otherwise have looked like naked aggression into something resembling a liberation project. Now, the diaspora figureheads from Iran and Venezuela, each with decades invested in cultivating American power, have been cast aside as nice people unfit to lead. The dismissals came quickly, and in nearly identical language. María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, offered Trump her prize—an accolade he had been openly campaigning for since the start of his second term—and said Venezuelans were “very grateful” for their “hour of freedom” after the capture of Maduro. Days earlier, the president had already taken her measure. “She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country,” he told reporters after the operation. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect.” Then, Delcy Rodríguez, vice-president of Venezuela since 2018, was sworn in as acting president on January 5, decrying the “kidnapping” of her former boss. But shortly after Trump’s warning that she could “pay a very big price” if she didn’t comply with his demands, Rodríguez said her cabinet was willing to work with the United States. A rare oil deal between the two governments granted the United States access to Venezuela’s petroleum revenues in a murky, potentially corruption-riddled process. Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, fared no better. The most visible face of Iran’s exiled opposition, he published an effusive op-ed in The Washington Post the day the bombing of Iran began, thanking Trump for a “humanitarian intervention”—the same day American airstrikes killed over 100 schoolgirls in the city of Minab. Asked whether the former royal might lead a post-clerical Iran, Trump was dismissive in the by-now-familiar register. “It would seem to me that somebody from within, maybe, would be more appropriate,” he said. In the case of Iran, what Washington wanted instead became clear in May, when… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago - The Power of Vote at Home
First, let’s concede the obvious. California’s ballot counting is too slow. But don’t misidentify the real culprit. Daily updates from the California Secretary of State following the June 2 primary revealed that some counties, including Los Angeles, had processed nearly 98 percent of the ballots they had received by the following Tuesday. Others, like Kern County (Bakersfield), were reporting just 70 percent. Indeed, late-arriving “postmarked” ballots likely will constitute less than 3 percent of California’s total votes. The exponentially bigger bottleneck: the inevitable surge of ballots received on or right before Election Day. So, a policy change—e.g., a Congressional mandate to require all states to adopt a “received by Election Day” standard, as recently urged by The New York Times editorial board—will have far less impact than California taking long-overdue action to ensure its 63 counties have the election administration staff, money, modern equipment, and physical space to do the job properly. California’s tardy vote counting also gave Donald Trump another chance to rant about mail ballot fraud and election rigging. (Though when pressed for evidence, Trump walked out of a Meet the Press interview.) But amidst the faux outrage and well-intentioned hand-wringing is something truly remarkable that deserves far more notice—if not outright celebration—among the nation’s journalists, political analysts, and democracy advocates. Based on the latest data from California’s Secretary of State, when valid ballots are finally counted, nearly 9.5 million votes will have been cast. Given California’s 23.155 million registered voters, primary election voter turnout would be 41 percent. That would mean the highest voter turnout so far in the United States among the 26 states that have held primary elections through June 9, and a rate nearly double that of most other states. And consider this for those who might think mail ballots are some nefarious plot to thwart Republicans. Of the seven (mostly rural) California counties that will exceed 55 percent voter turnout—a level many states can’t muster in general elections—Trump won all seven of them in 2024. California’s “hidden in plain sight” secret to this remarkable turnout prowess? Like seven other states and the District of Columbia, California has a “vote at home” election system—a far bigger object of MAGA ire than any “postmark by” or “no-excuse” mail ballot law. Voters in these jurisdictions aren’t required to schlep to an assigned polling place or apply in advance for a mail ballot. Instead, every active… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago
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The Australian actor, who won an Emmy for his role in Season 1 of “The White Lotus,” called his adopted Cape Cod hometown a “wonderland.” [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Five stories show the hurdles that people with psychological diagnoses face when considering parenthood. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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As tech giants rush to build big data centers, some residents who live near them say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homes. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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When the United States bombed Iran in February and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his Caracas residence in January, celebrations erupted across Iranian and Venezuelan exile communities in America, videos of which President Donald Trump eagerly reposted on Truth Social. For the better part of the past two decades, Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks have been an indispensable supporting cast for Washington’s pressure campaigns against their home governments. They were not the architects of U.S. policy. But they were its most convincing salespeople, helping transform what might otherwise have looked like naked aggression into something resembling a liberation project. Now, the diaspora figureheads from Iran and Venezuela, each with decades invested in cultivating American power, have been cast aside as nice people unfit to lead. The dismissals came quickly, and in nearly identical language. María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, offered Trump her prize—an accolade he had been openly campaigning for since the start of his second term—and said Venezuelans were “very grateful” for their “hour of freedom” after the capture of Maduro. Days earlier, the president had already taken her measure. “She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country,” he told reporters after the operation. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect.” Then, Delcy Rodríguez, vice-president of Venezuela since 2018, was sworn in as acting president on January 5, decrying the “kidnapping” of her former boss. But shortly after Trump’s warning that she could “pay a very big price” if she didn’t comply with his demands, Rodríguez said her cabinet was willing to work with the United States. A rare oil deal between the two governments granted the United States access to Venezuela’s petroleum revenues in a murky, potentially corruption-riddled process. Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, fared no better. The most visible face of Iran’s exiled opposition, he published an effusive op-ed in The Washington Post the day the bombing of Iran began, thanking Trump for a “humanitarian intervention”—the same day American airstrikes killed over 100 schoolgirls in the city of Minab. Asked whether the former royal might lead a post-clerical Iran, Trump was dismissive in the by-now-familiar register. “It would seem to me that somebody from within, maybe, would be more appropriate,” he said. In the case of Iran, what Washington wanted instead became clear in May, when… [TheTopNews] Read More.
3 days ago
First, let’s concede the obvious. California’s ballot counting is too slow. But don’t misidentify the real culprit. Daily updates from the California Secretary of State following the June 2 primary revealed that some counties, including Los Angeles, had processed nearly 98 percent of the ballots they had received by the following Tuesday. Others, like Kern County (Bakersfield), were reporting just 70 percent. Indeed, late-arriving “postmarked” ballots likely will constitute less than 3 percent of California’s total votes. The exponentially bigger bottleneck: the inevitable surge of ballots received on or right before Election Day. So, a policy change—e.g., a Congressional mandate to require all states to adopt a “received by Election Day” standard, as recently urged by The New York Times editorial board—will have far less impact than California taking long-overdue action to ensure its 63 counties have the election administration staff, money, modern equipment, and physical space to do the job properly. California’s tardy vote counting also gave Donald Trump another chance to rant about mail ballot fraud and election rigging. (Though when pressed for evidence, Trump walked out of a Meet the Press interview.) But amidst the faux outrage and well-intentioned hand-wringing is something truly remarkable that deserves far more notice—if not outright celebration—among the nation’s journalists, political analysts, and democracy advocates. Based on the latest data from California’s Secretary of State, when valid ballots are finally counted, nearly 9.5 million votes will have been cast. Given California’s 23.155 million registered voters, primary election voter turnout would be 41 percent. That would mean the highest voter turnout so far in the United States among the 26 states that have held primary elections through June 9, and a rate nearly double that of most other states. And consider this for those who might think mail ballots are some nefarious plot to thwart Republicans. Of the seven (mostly rural) California counties that will exceed 55 percent voter turnout—a level many states can’t muster in general elections—Trump won all seven of them in 2024. California’s “hidden in plain sight” secret to this remarkable turnout prowess? Like seven other states and the District of Columbia, California has a “vote at home” election system—a far bigger object of MAGA ire than any “postmark by” or “no-excuse” mail ballot law. Voters in these jurisdictions aren’t required to schlep to an assigned polling place or apply in advance for a mail ballot. Instead, every active… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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