Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – 1. Republican activist Jacob Wohl allegedly set up a phony company called “Surefire Intelligence,” charged with paying supposed women victims of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to allege sexual abuse. Wohl used his own email address to set up the site, and give his mother’s telephone number as the contact. […]
Archives for October 2018
93% of the World’s Children Breathe Toxic, Polluted Air every Day
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Nearly 2 billion children, about 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15, breathe toxic air, which is polluted to such an extent that it puts their health and well-being at serious risk. According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), it estimated that 600,000 children died […]
US Voters poised to Elect 2 Muslim Women to Congress
by Nova SAFO | – Chicago (AFP) – US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US […]
New Cold War or New Global Tinderbox?
(Tomdispatch.com) – When it comes to relations between Donald Trump’s America, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and Xi Jinping’s China, observers everywhere are starting to talk about a return to an all-too-familiar past. “Now we have a new Cold War,” commented Russia expert Peter Felgenhauer in Moscow after President Trump recently announced plans to withdraw from the […]
The GOP’s Dark Side: Trumpism puts Jews and other Minorities in the Crosshairs
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is not directly responsible for the spike in hate crimes toward minorities. But it is indirectly responsible in three ways: 1. The party has largely allowed itself to be captured by the alien ideology of Trumpism 2. The party is running at least 16 far, far right […]
When Terrorism is a Weapon of the Strong
By Arie Perliger | – People often believe that terrorism is the weapon of the weak. In other words, terrorism is practiced by marginalized groups that cannot influence government’s policies through legitimate means. However, developments on the violent far right since the victory of Donald Trump, I’d argue, present a different reality. The attack at […]
‘Israel’s Deliberate Killing of Gaza Children is a War Crime’: Ashrawi
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member, Hanan Ashrawi, strongly condemned Israel’s shelling and killing of three Palestinian minors, east of Khan Younis in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday.Ashrawi condemned the “deliberate” killing of Khalid Bassam Said, 13, Abdullah al-Hamid Abu Daher, 13, and Muhammad Ibrahim al-Satra, 13, during an […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders to Trump: You are Part of the Problem
Washington (AFP) – A group of Pittsburgh Jewish leaders wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump Sunday telling him he bears responsibility for a deadly shooting at a synagogue in the US city. A mostly elderly group of 11 people were gunned down in the bloody assault on the Tree of Life synagogue on […]
Trump Clan Accused of Enticing the Poor to Invest in Sham Business
New York (AFP) – A lawsuit filed Monday accuses President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and his eponymous company of seeking to entice people to invest in sham business opportunities. The four complainants, whose names were anonymized, asked the federal court in Manhattan to grant a class action lawsuit so others can join the […]
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