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    The first actual nuclear treaty was the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, between the Soviet Union (SU) and the US. It ended open-air bomb testing. There were many more testing treaties, some signed and ratified, some not. Trump posted on his social media that he was ordering the War Department to resume nuclear testing “immediately.”

    Not long after the second Trump administration took office, a new power center emerged in Washington under the banner of “government efficiency.” Through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Elon Musk was handed extraordinary influence over federal agencies, and USAID became an early target, as legal challenges and reporting on DOGE’s efforts to control USAID’s funding streams make clear.

       Most of the critical commentary on the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran centers on the specific commitments each side is supposed to have made and intends to carry out. But the MOU is not a peace agreement; it is a framework for a potential agreement. 

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       We are facing a coordinated, constitutional assault on Black political representation from the Governor’s mansion down. In a moment of crisis, you do not field an untested army. You send your most experienced, tenacious general. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has the seniority, the grit, and the national platform to break through the partisan blockade in Tallahassee and Washington. Her record of delivering resources to Broward’s diverse communities is indisputable. This election isn’t about dividing our community along racial lines; it is about uniting our community to defend our voting rights with the strongest weapon we have.

   A nation cannot exist as both a democracy and an autocracy. One demands accountability, the other demands obedience. One protects the vulnerable; the other protects power. America now stands at that irreversible crossroads—and its current trajectory reveals a disturbing truth.

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    Most bike riders have this knowledge much more top of mind than auto drivers. Virtually all bicyclists have experienced a fair number of close calls and lots of us have been victims of driver carelessness, including the infamous right hook, when a car suddenly takes a right turn without verifying that no one is in the bike lane.

    The US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) has now been revealed, and it is clear why it took days before a US official read it out to reporters in advance of the signing ceremony. The deal commits the US to steps Trump vowed never to take, while for Iran there is much to celebrate despite the scale of destruction by US bombs. In a word, Iran retains the leverage it discovered it has always had—closure of the Strait of Hormuz—plus future economic benefits that will strengthen the regime.