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Bush’s Iraq War Lies Served as a Blueprint for Donald Trump

James Risen

The officially sanctioned conspiracy theory that Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11 set a dangerous precedent.

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“Trauma Never Goes Away”: As America Forgets, Iraq War Stays With U.S. Veterans

Murtaza Hussain

Twenty years after the invasion, veterans struggle to reconcile their sacrifices with the unhappy outcome and the false narratives that started the war.

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Top Cop Scapegoats Reform DA for Double Murder in Austin

Akela Lacy

Gov. Greg Abbott’s budget cuts led to the release of a man who went on to be accused in the killings.

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Iraqis Tortured by the U.S. in Abu Ghraib Never Got Justice

Elise Swain

“Miraculously, they still believe in the U.S. justice system and still want to tell their story to a U.S. jury.”

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Americans Don’t Care About the Iraqi Dead. They Don’t Even Care About Their Own.

Peter Maass

The U.S. has a long and disturbing habit of ignoring the violence it commits overseas as well as at home.

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Understanding the Silicon Valley Bank Run

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Damon Silvers, deputy chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the 2008 bank bailout, explains how deregulation paved the way for SVB’s collapse.

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