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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Will Investing in Community Groups Keep Immigrants Out of Detention?

Written by Angelika Albaladejo on August 12 2021.

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## [US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington is No Longer Calling the Shots](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22294:us-foreign-policy-adrift-why-washington-is-no-longer-calling-the-shots&catid=9)

Writing in the conservative rag, The National Review, months before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Goldberg paraphrased a statement which he attrib…

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Written by Mark Hertsgaard on August 12 2021.

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Written by Kevin Robillard on August 09 2021.

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Written by Peter Bergel on August 09 2021.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on August 09 2021.

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