Top 5 articles: Maverick 'Merica
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Top 5 articles for your week:
“What if the world treated the U.S. like a rogue state?” (Huffington Post)
Because the US has gone totally rogue on the rules-based world order (that the US created in the first place, mind you), so what happens when countries and allies take us at our word?
“We could have record turnout in the 2020 election. We’re not ready for it.” (Washington Post)
Because voting rights violations and voter suppression have been rampant and there’s already too few polling places, so if 30-40 million more people decide to vote, it’ll be a mess.
“The War for Post-U.S. Syria Has Begun” (Foreign Policy Magazine)
Because this huge policy change has prompted a lot of commentary, and it’s easy to lose sight in the detached op-eds and sterile political calculations that an already ravaged country (i.e. a collection of human beings) is continuing to be used as a pawn in a dangerous game.
“Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan” (The Atlantic)
Because Jeff is going be our overlord soon, might as well prepare.
“The story of Jamal Khashoggi's murder and how the world looked the other way” (Business Insider)
Because we missed highlighting this heart-rending article, which dives deep into the murder of this award-winning journalist one year on.
Image is of an eagle, Victor, doing his eagle thing with a camera on his back (cue Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like an Eagle”), image credit: Eagle Wings Foundation/Chopard/Reuters.