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Archives for November 2017

Corruption
Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

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TeleSur | – – According to reports by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reviewing a meeting between Michael Flynn and Turkish officials. Reports have surfaced that Washington is investigating whether former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn had agreed to deport Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, from the United […]

Climate Change
Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

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By Kristin Igusky and Kevin Kennedy, World Resources Institute | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON DC, Nov 13 2017 (IPS) – Even after President Trump announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, much of the country is moving forward with climate action anyway. According to new analysis, […]

Corruption
Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Two former intelligence officials on Sunday more or less said openly that Trump is compromised by Russia. Jake Tapper asked former CIA head John Brennan about Trump’s statement on Friday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin when he said that Russia did not interfere in […]

Afghanistan
Trump’s Bluster meets the Afghanistan Reality amid Troop Escalation

Trump’s Bluster meets the Afghanistan Reality amid Troop Escalation

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By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – After nine months of confusion, chaos, and cascading tweets, Donald Trump’s White House has finally made one thing crystal clear: the U.S. is staying in Afghanistan to fight and — so they insist — win. “The killers need to know they have nowhere to hide, […]

Israel/ Palestine
Prince Charles baffled no US President will take on Israel Lobbies

Prince Charles baffled no US President will take on Israel Lobbies

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Middle East Monitor | – – Prince Charles has come under fire after it came to light that he blamed the “influx of foreign Jews” for causing unrest in the Middle East and called on the US to “take on the Jewish lobby” in a letter penned in 1986. Writing to his friend Laurens van […]

Economy
GOP Tax Breaks for Billionaires would Help Trump Appointees Most of All

GOP Tax Breaks for Billionaires would Help Trump Appointees Most of All

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by Allan Sloan. | ( ProPublica) | – – The Republican proposal will not only allow them to pass millions (or billions) to their heirs without inheritance taxes, it will also add another benefit on top of that. This column was co-published with The Washington Post. There are times that you run across something that’s […]

Featured
Wind powered all of Scotland in October & other Renewable Success Stories

Wind powered all of Scotland in October & other Renewable Success Stories

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Wind and solar keep falling in price– each fell 6% in 2016. That fall was not as big as the two previous years, but there is every reason to expect price drops much bigger in coming years, as new technology makes the move from basic science […]

Lebanon
Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon

Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon

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By Beverly Milton-Edwards | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Domestic politics in the Middle East especially in a country like Saudi Arabia never stays that way for long. Recent events in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, demonstrate the contagion effect not only on the politics in the Middle East but internationally too. On November 3, […]

Donald Trump
Unlike Houston, only 43% of Puerto Rico has Power 7 weeks on

Unlike Houston, only 43% of Puerto Rico has Power 7 weeks on

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MSNBC | (Video News Report) | – – “Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September. It’s November and power went out again. Velshi and Ruhle speak to San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz about the islands rocky road to recovery.” San Juan Mayor Says Puerto Rico Chances Of Recovery Is ‘Diminishing’ | MSNBC

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