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Arab World
Could Trump stumble into a Mideast War?  It has happened before to Headstrong Presidents

Could Trump stumble into a Mideast War? It has happened before to Headstrong Presidents

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By Guy Laron | (Informed Comment) | – – An American President enters office after his progressive predecessor courted a major Middle Eastern country. The new president is not satisfied with what he perceives as a wishy-washy approach to foreign policy. He throws the emphasis on humanitarian aid out of the window. A hard-nosed businessman […]

Authoritarianism
Trump’s Larcenies to Come:  The Looting of America

Trump’s Larcenies to Come: The Looting of America

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By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It started in June 2015 with that Trump Tower escalator ride into the presidential race to the tune of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” (“But there’s a warnin’ sign on the road ahead, there’s a lot of people sayin’ we’d be better off […]

Civil Rights
Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions

Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions

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CNN International | (Video News Report with text Appendix) In an extremely rare rebuke, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was cut off while speaking on the Senate floor. She had been reading a 1986 letter by Coretta Scott King critical of Jeff Sessions, now President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for attorney general, who was then a […]

Donald Trump
Trump's Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

Trump’s Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

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By Walden Bello | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – Trump’s ban isn’t about national security. It’s about race, religion, and cultural exclusion. As a citizen of the Philippines who’s been detained and subjected to questioning and “secondary screening” almost every time I’ve entered the United States, I feel much sympathy for […]

Donald Trump
Trump's Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump on Monday continued to troll the world, this time by alleging at CENTCOM that the media is not covering terrorist attacks. He means terrorist attacks by Muslims, of course. This bonkers idea comes from far right wing conspiracy sites who no doubt also complain that […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

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Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Israel’s parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately owned Palestinian land.” Al Jazeera English: “Israel approves controversial settlement expansion bill”

Donald Trump
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

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Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | – – WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll back the progressive-egalitarian agenda that is commonly associated with “political correctness” to the starting block – not just in the United States, but […]

Donald Trump
Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

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By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” As I watched administrative chaos and rapidly organized protests unfold at airports all over America, I was overwhelmed with messages from friends fearing they’d never be able to […]

Donald Trump
Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

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TeleSur | – – “An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor,” Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United Kingdom’s lower house of parliament said Monday he would block any plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to address parliament during a state […]

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