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Rubio versus Brennan on Meet the Nation
On Jun 22, 2025, Secretary of State and Acting National Security Adviser Marco Rubio appeared on CBS’s Meet the Nation, where he was interviewed by Margaret Brennan, senior foreign affairs correspondent. The video of the full segment is above. The interviews starts at 2:17. Things took an ugly turn about two minutes later, when Brennan, Continue reading
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Interruption and persistence in Trump v. Casa
On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court heard its first but perhaps not final case about birthright citizenship in the Trump era. The issues presented were about the power of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions, which several did in response to an executive order by the president undoing birthright citizenship for the children Continue reading
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Trump-Zelensky shouting match, and a conversation analysis primer
On Friday, February 28, 2025, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in the Oval Office in front of the press corps to describe Trump’s efforts to simultaneously sign a deal with Ukraine for rare earth minerals and bring the war with Russia to an end. The full video recording is above. Though Continue reading
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