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Jeff Danziger’s award-winning drawings are published by more than 600 newspapers and websites. He has been a cartoonist for the Rutland Herald, the New York Daily News and the Christian Science Monitor; his work has appeared in newspapers from theWall Street Journal to Le Monde and Izvestia. Represented by the Washington Post Writers Group, he is a recipient of the Herblock Prize and the Thomas Nast (Landau) Prize. He served in the US Army as a linguist and intelligence officer in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal. Danziger has published ten books of cartoons and a novel about the Vietnam War.…

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June 21, 2017 10:12 pm

National Memo UK: Top Posts
Obama Tries To Limit Fallout From British EU Exit Vote
The Brexit result rattled Wall Street and many other financial markets, with global stock markets losing about $2 trillion in value on Friday. Obama had warned during a visit to London in April against Brexit, or Britain's exit from the EU, in an unusually strong intervention into British politics.
Alt-Right Emboldened
Trump’s campaign has already energized the once-struggling white nationalist movement. Brexit—living proof that virulently nativist politics can find their way into the mainstream and can deal a severe blow to the global order within the confines of the democratic process—can only embolden them.
Regrexit: British Buyer’s Remorse
The Telegraph reported Saturday more than 1.5 million people had signed a petition on the House of Commons website seeking to have the vote rerun less than 24 hours after the results were determined.
The Donald Trump Apology Tour
While greatly admiring Obama's polish on the world stage, I did find these we're-not-perfect flourishes to be mildly irritating. We're all flawed nations talking to other flawed nations. No need to publicly admit one's faults. This is not couples therapy.
Brexit Is A Warning To Young American Voters
“This generation are so passionate, they care so much about issues, but they are just not empowered to use the means of communication to get through to make real change. Both campaigns have been a disaster in terms of meaningful engagement on such complex issues.”
One Type Of Terrorism Really Is Underreported -- Right-Wing Terrorism
Following President Donald Trump’s false claim that the press purposefully fails to report on terror attacks, his team released a list of attacks that were supposedly “underreported." The list supplied, however, was entirely devoid of attacks by right-wing extremists and those inspired by the “alt-right.”
Economic Uncertainty Fuels Anti-Immigrant Fervor
Maybe there is no antidote for the evolutionary proclivity to distrust those who don't look or sound like us. But it is certainly true that those instincts would be less volatile if they were not continuously stoked and primed by pandering and opportunistic politicians, from the United States to Great Britain to Austria.
Unlike Trump, Republicans Only Supported The Brexit After The Vote
Although Donald Trump has been rooting for Britain to leave the European Union well before the Brexit decision on Friday morning, some Republicans joined him in taking an affirmative stance on the issue—but only after the vote actually happened.
National Memo UK: Archive
Britain’s Conservatives Plunged Into Civil War
At least two members of her Cabinet — foreign minister Boris Johnson and the minister overseeing Brexit negotiations, David Davis — are already taking soundings to see if they have enough backing now to oust her, if she resists mounting calls for her to set a timetable for departure.
June 11th, 2017
Tory May In Talks With Far-Right Northern Ireland Party
Now Mrs May is having to seek support from outside her party in order to form a government, with the anti-abortion, and anti-gay marriage DUP being just about her only option. To add to the leader’s woes, Saturday saw two of her closest aides quit, taking the blame for her disastrous electoral campaign.
June 11th, 2017
Danziger: Raise A Glass To Freedom
June 10th, 2017
In Striking Global Trend, Youth In U.S., Britain, France And Holland Moving Left
Following the results of the general election in Britain, it is clear that Theresa May overestimated her and the Conservative Party’s chances at securing a majority. At the same time, she and many other British political pundits underestimated the support garnered by Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party—gaining 31 seats for a total of 261. A large part of Corbyn’s success: swelling support from young voters.
June 10th, 2017
The Donald Trump Apology Tour
While greatly admiring Obama's polish on the world stage, I did find these we're-not-perfect flourishes to be mildly irritating. We're all flawed nations talking to other flawed nations. No need to publicly admit one's faults. This is not couples therapy.
June 9th, 2017
Under Pressure To Quit After Election Loss, May Will Try To Form Coalition
June 9th, 2017
Danziger: Not My Yob
June 7th, 2017
What Were London Terrorists Aiming To Achieve?
One has to wonder why terrorists like those who struck Saturday night in London, and earlier in Manchester, launched their attacks now. It is difficult not to infer that the violence was timed to influence the U.K. election this coming Thursday.
June 6th, 2017
Britain's Election Has Pollsters Nervous
Before the attack, several opinion polls suggested a shift in public sentiment. Prime Minister Theresa May, who called the post-Brexit snap election for June 8, had been tipped to win in a landslide, but the polls have tightened.
June 5th, 2017
U.K. Ends U.S. Intel Sharing After Manchester Leaks
British police investigating the Manchester bomb attack on Monday that left 22 people dead have stopped sharing information with U.S. authorities after a series of leaks to American media. U.K. officials were reportedly angered on Wednesday night after The New York Times published images from the scene...
May 25th, 2017
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