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How the NRA Evolved from Backing a 1934 Ban on Machine Guns to Blocking Nearly all Firearm Restrictions Today

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By Robert Spitzer The Conversation The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days apart, are stirring the now-familiar national debate over guns […]

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LAW

The Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’

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By Katie Way Vice Mike, a white man in his 50s, was in a bad spot: He was stuck idling in traffic on New York City’s Riverside Drive, running late […]

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LAW

How Trump Fused his Business Empire to the Presidency

22 January 2020by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Anita Kumar Politico He has spent one out of every three days as president visiting one of his luxury resorts, hotels or golf courses. He has leveraged his powerful […]

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LAW

Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Economy

14 July 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Anders Åslund Project Syndicate Ukraine’s economy may no longer be in free fall, but it remains in dire straits. The country’s GDP contracted by 6.8% last year, and is […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Impunity Trap

4 June 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jeffrey D. Sachs Project Syndicate Ours is a world of impunity. Allegations of corruption swarmed around FIFA for decades, culminating in indictments of current and former officials last week. […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

How a Malaysian Playboy Controlled the Most Powerful Naval Force on the Planet

26 May 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Matthew Gault War is Boring It was the middle of September 2013 and the U.S. Justice Department had laid a trap. Its target was the Malaysian millionaire defense contractor […]

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LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Lawyers Create Big Paydays by Coaxing Attorneys General to Sue

21 April 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Eric Lipton The New York Times There is a flourishing industry that pairs plaintiffs’ lawyers with state attorneys general to sue companies, a collaboration that has set off a […]

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LAW

Can Corruption be Eradicated?

15 January 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Patrick Radden Keefe The New Yorker October, 1951, a band of thieves hijacked a large shipment of opium in the port town of Punggol, in northeast Singapore. The Singapore […]

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