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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton Roasts Donald Trump At 2016 Al Smith Dinner

Hillary Clinton Roasts Donald Trump At 2016 Al Smith Dinner

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Fox 10 Phoenix | (Video) | – – “Hillary Clinton isn’t holding back against Donald Trump at the annual Al Smith dinner in New York. Clinton joked that if Trump didn’t like what she was saying, then he could “shout `wrong.”‘ She added that she was surprised Trump let her go second because “I didn’t […]

Bernie Sanders
Now is the time to remember Bernie Sanders: Can a new Political Center yet Emerge?

Now is the time to remember Bernie Sanders: Can a new Political Center yet Emerge?

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Joseph Saltarelli | (Huffington Post) | – – “[Jill] to the left of me, [Hillary] to the right, Here I am, stuck in the middle with you” – Adapted from Stealers Wheel Amid all the “sound and fury” of the Clinton-Trump spectacle, what of Bernie Sanders and his “political revolution”? Given its disappointing and dispiriting […]

Arms Sales
Selling arms to Arab rulers won’t improve security in the Middle East

Selling arms to Arab rulers won’t improve security in the Middle East

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By Stephanie Dornschneider | (Informed Comment) | – – As a child, Najeh Ibrahim, who founded one of the most violent groups in recent Egyptian history, loved his president. “We all loved Nasser,” he recalls. However, Ibrahim’s positive attitude toward the leader of his country changed. Observing waves of arrests in which Muslim Brothers and […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Jim Crow:  US-led ‘Peace Process’ Completely Collapses

Israeli Jim Crow: US-led ‘Peace Process’ Completely Collapses

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By Sandy Tolan | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Washington has finally thrown in the towel on its long, tortured efforts to establish peace between Israel and the Palestinians. You won’t find any acknowledgement of this in the official record. Formally, the U.S. still supports a two-state solution to the conflict. But the Obama administration’s recent […]

Iraq
Even if Mosul is liberated, it won’t be the end of Islamic State

Even if Mosul is liberated, it won’t be the end of Islamic State

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Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | – – After weeks of speculation about an attempt to retake the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed the start of the offensive. “God willing, the decisive battle will be soon,” he said at a press conference. This could well […]

Republican Party
The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says

The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says

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By Daniel Parmer | (The Conversation) | – – Jews may account for roughly only 2 percent of the American adult population, but their concentration in a number of swing states and counties makes them a potentially pivotal demographic in this fall’s presidential election. Between 80 and 85 percent of Jews turn out to vote […]

Employment
Can America’s Middle Class make a Comeback?

Can America’s Middle Class make a Comeback?

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By Munir Moon | (Informed Comment) | – – The middle class is getting crushed. But there is hope. The most common argument about the middle class destruction is the declining or stagnant income, which is true. However, the main culprits are the costs of healthcare, education, and housing that have increased at a much […]

Authoritarianism
N. Dakota Judge Laughs Riot Charges against Amy Goodman out of Court

N. Dakota Judge Laughs Riot Charges against Amy Goodman out of Court

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TeleSur | – – A state prosecutor had sought to charge Goodman with participating in a “riot” for filming an attack on protesters. A North Dakota judge has dismissed the “riot” charges against Amy Goodman for covering the Dakota Access pipeline protests, Democracy Now! confirmed Monday. “This is a complete vindication of my right as […]

Israel/ Palestine
As Winter Comes:  75,000 Palestinians in Gaza still Homeless from Israeli Airstrikes

As Winter Comes: 75,000 Palestinians in Gaza still Homeless from Israeli Airstrikes

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By Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov Thursday expressed concerns over the situation in Gaza, and urged Israel to understand that its policies on the besieged enclave only “escalates violence.” Mladenov stressed in the statement that Israeli authorities must come […]

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