Washington, United States | AFP | Paul Manafort admitted to sharing US polling data with a Russian during the 2016 presidential race Two Ukrainian oligarchs were the intended recipients of US polling data President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman admitted to sharing with a Russian during the 2016 presidential race, a CNN report said Wednesday, […]
Archives for January 2019
Turkey’s Erdogan snubs Bolton for support of Kurdish YPG: ‘He made a grave Mistake’
By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul – Ankara, Turkey | AFP | – US National Security Advisor John Bolton was in Ankara to discuss the planned US withdrawal from Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned comments by a key US envoy over the future of a US-allied Syrian Kurdish militia […]
Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his story “The Wall and the Books,” the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges wrote, “I read, in past days, that the man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, who likewise ordered the burning of all the […]
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?
There is surprisingly widespread support for higher taxes on the rich. Americans have typically felt that one should keep what one earns. Many are also convinced that they will one day become rich, hence the popularity of lotteries, which reflect and help sustain that belief. Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic Policy and […]
The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany
(Informed Comment) – The year after the recent influx of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan into Europe, I went to see how communities across Germany were responding. Chancellor Angela Merkel had said all communities in Germany must take 1.5 percent of their populations in asylum-seekers, so there were all manner of programs. I went […]
Do we need Tanf? US’s 4,775 global Military ‘Sites,’ cost us $716 bn/ yr.
( Tomdispatch.com) – The U.S. military is finally withdrawing (or not) from its base at al-Tanf. You know, the place that the Syrian government long claimed was a training ground for Islamic State (ISIS) fighters; the land corridor just inside Syria, near both the Iraqi and Jordanian borders, that Russia has called a terrorist hotbed […]
Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The response of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to the proposed the Senate bill permitting state and local sanctions on persons and companies that boycott Israel was “They forgot which country they are representing.” They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part […]
With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?
By Natalie Sauer | – ( Climate Home News ) – As 2019 dawns, it is crunch time for the Paris Agreement on climate change. Last month’s UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland set (most of) the technical rules of the Paris Agreement, but showed little sign of renewed ambition. Responding to the latest scientific […]
No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy
By James L. Gelvin | – (The Conversation) – On Jan. 6, National Security Advisor John Bolton walked back President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would quickly withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, saying that such a withdrawal might actually take months or years. Trump’s announcement came more than two weeks earlier. Soon after, Trump […]
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