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Donald Trump
The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking Pretext for War with Iran

The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking Pretext for War with Iran

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By Trita Parsi | (FPIF) | (Originally published in Lobelog) | – – “Trump is committed to finding a way to claim Iran has violated the nuclear accord, regardless of the facts — just as Bush did with Iraq.” Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain […]

Israel/ Palestine
Illegal Israeli Squatters' Activities in Palestinian W Bank Tripled in 2017

Illegal Israeli Squatters’ Activities in Palestinian W Bank Tripled in 2017

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TeleSur | – – Israeli occupation authorities have escalated the illegal plunder of land belonging to the Palestinian people, defying international opinion. Israeli illegal settlement activities in Occupied Palestine have skyrocketed in recent months, almost tripling in 2017 compared to the number in the same period last year, according to a newly published report from […]

Bill of Rights
Leaking in the Age of Trump: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers (VICE Video)

Leaking in the Age of Trump: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers (VICE Video)

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VICE News | (Video News Report) | – – “VICE News examines the Trump administration’s war on leakers, with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. “We’re really seeing leaks that are dangerous to the president, embarrassing to the president, by agencies that feel themselves endangered by the president.” VICE News: “Daniel Ellsberg On Leaking In The […]

Donald Trump
Iran’s Rouhani lashes out at Trump Over Nuclear Deal

Iran’s Rouhani lashes out at Trump Over Nuclear Deal

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By TeleSur | – – Hassan Rouhani calls for upholding the 2015 nuclear deal despite new U.S. sanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, has accused the United States of trying to undermine Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, and called for more negotiations amid new U.S. sanctions. […]

Solar Energy
Desert solar project could power 5 million EU homes

Desert solar project could power 5 million EU homes

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By Sam Morgan | EURACTIV.com . | – – A consortium of clean energy developers has applied for permission to build a gigantic solar power plant on the edge of the Sahara desert, which will be linked to Europe by a number of undersea cables and could power over 5 million homes. TuNur’s planned project […]

Climate Change
GOP Jet-setters in Climate Denial: It is getting too Hot for your Plane to take Off

GOP Jet-setters in Climate Denial: It is getting too Hot for your Plane to take Off

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By Ethan Coffel | (The Conversation) | – – Hot weather has forced dozens of commercial flights to be canceled at airports in the Southwest this summer. This flight-disrupting heat is a warning sign. Climate change is projected to have far-reaching repercussions – including sea level rise inundating cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term […]

Israel Lobbies
1st Amendment RIP: 50 Senators want to make Boycotting Israel a Felony

1st Amendment RIP: 50 Senators want to make Boycotting Israel a Felony

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By Aniqa Raihan | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The goal is to frighten people from engaging in the completely legal act of living out their values. In 1966, the NAACP of Claiborne County, Mississippi launched a boycott of several white-owned local businesses on the basis of racial discrimination. It was so impactful […]

Climate Change
The 6th Mass Extinction is beginning & there isn't Much time

The 6th Mass Extinction is beginning & there isn’t Much time

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Robert J. Burrowes | ( GlobalVoices.net | – – The sixth mass extinction is already here and the window for effective action is very short. Human beings are now waging war against life itself as we continue to destroy not just individual lives, local populations and entire species in vast numbers but also the ecological […]

Afghanistan
Trump in a Firing Mood; is US Commander in Afghanistan Next?

Trump in a Firing Mood; is US Commander in Afghanistan Next?

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Wochit News | (Video News Clip) | – – “U.S. officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led to a delay in completing a new U.S. strategy in South Asia. Trump’s skepticism included a suggestion that the U.S. military commander in the region be fired. During a […]

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