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Archives for July 2017

Donald Trump
What, or who, Explains Spike in Hate Crimes against US Muslims?

What, or who, Explains Spike in Hate Crimes against US Muslims?

contributors

By Brian Levin | (The Conversation) | – – Hate crimes against Muslims have been on the rise. The murder of two samaritans for aiding two young women who were facing a barrage of anti-Muslim slurs on a Portland train is among the latest examples of brazen acts of anti-Islamic hatred. Earlier in 2017, a […]

Displaced and Refugees
Yemen:  Saudi-led Airstrikes kill 28 civilian refugees

Yemen: Saudi-led Airstrikes kill 28 civilian refugees

contributors

TeleSur | – – Yemen has been ravaged by the ongoing war, which has claimed more than 10,000 people and caused a cholera outbreak among 300,000. Officials from both the Yemeni Government and Houthi forces confirmed that at least 20 Yemeni civilians were killed and many more wounded in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on Wednesday. […]

Israel/ Palestine
Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday

Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday

contributors

Ma`an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to close all mosques in the neighborhoods on Friday and for prayers to take place in front of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in […]

Featured
Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public

Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Yaroslav Trofimov of WSJ said it all: Good luck to the Saudi PR campaign about how Qatar is the source of religious extremism in the Middle East. https://t.co/cgGW7ytMiu — Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) July 18, 2017 Saudi Arabia is leading a propaganda campaign falsely accusing […]

Authoritarianism
One Year Later: Why the Purges in Turkey Were Always in the Pipeline

One Year Later: Why the Purges in Turkey Were Always in the Pipeline

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By Sarphan Uzunoglu. | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – When it comes to Turkey, representatives of European Union countries—aided and abetted by Turkish liberals who got the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) wrong to begin with—are in a state of denial and shock. Their distress is rooted in the idea that prior to […]

Far Right
Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)

Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. “If House Speaker Paul Ryan has his way, the 115th Congress won’t just repeal Obamacare, it will dramatically reform Medicare, turning the program into a […]

Climate Change
Donald Trump and the Invisible Monster of Climate Change

Donald Trump and the Invisible Monster of Climate Change

contributors

John Feffer. | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Once upon a time, long, long ago, I testified before the great assembly of our land. When I describe this event to children today, it really does sound to them like a fairy tale. Once upon a time — a time before the world splintered into […]

Donald Trump
Unpopular: Trump's low Polls one reason for Healthcare Defeat

Unpopular: Trump’s low Polls one reason for Healthcare Defeat

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For now, the second GOP attempt to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare has failed, with two more senators defecting (one saying the bill does not go far enough in getting rid of Obamacare.) There are lots of reasons for the failure of Trumpcare 2.0. A big one […]

Authoritarianism
The Dangerous Unreality of Trumpland rests on a Totalitarian Foundation

The Dangerous Unreality of Trumpland rests on a Totalitarian Foundation

contributors

By Dan Dinello | (Informed Comment) | – – Like the Black Lodge in David Lynch’s revival of Twin Peaks, reality is twisted into strange, absurd forms in the world of Trump. He tirelessly assaults common sense with exaggerations, blatant lies, insulting tweets, and willful ignorance. Though his chip-off-the-old-liar son Donald Jr. got caught red-handed […]

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