"the United States has unilaterally deposed the president of Venezuela and installed a seemingly pliant figurehead in his place; threatened to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark; sent legions of masked, thuggish federal agents to occupy Minneapolis in the name of border security; attempted to obstruct probes into the deaths of two American citizens at the hands of those same masked, thuggish federal agents; seen President Donald Trump proclaim that " my own morality" is the only restraint on his executive power;"
"The Olympics are terrible too, in their own way. This point is not a novel one, but it bears repeating all the same. Every modern Olympic Games seems to end up as either an autocratic power flex or a hideously expensive boondoggle riven by cronyism and incompetence. The 2022 Beijing Games and the 2014 Sochi Games were platforms for Xi Jinping and Vladimir P"
Recent weeks have included the United States deposing Venezuela's president and installing a pliant figurehead, threatening to wrest control of Greenland, deploying masked federal agents to Minneapolis, obstructing probes into civilian deaths tied to those agents, and a presidential claim that "my own morality" is the sole executive restraint. Concurrently, Russia continues its war on Ukraine, Israel conducts strikes on Gaza, and Iran's theocratic regime crushed protests with mass killings. Major media ownership decisions produced large newsroom layoffs while lavish film spending promoted favorable portrayals. The Olympics frequently act as autocratic power displays or costly, crony-ridden boondoggles.
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