Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky at WaPo broke the story that Special Counsel Bob Mueller wrote a sharp letter to Attorney General William Barr to protest the 4-page summary Barr put out before releasing the Mueller report to the public. The letter was private but someone just leaked it to WaPo. […]
In our National Interest? 250K Yemenis now Starving to Death, with 233K already dead in Trump-Backed War
140,000 of the dead are children under 5
Scottish Gov’t Announces ‘Climate Emergency’ in response to Extinction Rebellion Call
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the social-democratic Scottish National Party has called a “climate emergency,” doing so in response to a call from “Extinction Rebellion Scotland.” The latter is a youth protest group that has staged walk-outs from high schools and engaged in civil disobedience in numerous cities around […]
Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque
Earnest is an object lesson in the intersection of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism
The American Tragedy: Veteran Rams Hindu Family, thinking they were Muslims, in Sunnyvale
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An Iraq War veteran, who had spent 5 years in that country, was arraigned Friday. On Tuesday, he had plowed into 8 people in an intersection in Sunnyvale, California, particularly aiming at a South Asian family who he assumed to be Muslims. They weren’t. The names indicate that they are […]
Israel Lobby AIPAC slams Bernie Sanders for branding Netanyahu’s Gov’t “right-wing, racist”
“The fact of the matter is Netanyahu is a right-wing politician who I think is treating the Palestinian people extremely unfairly”
Saudi Mass Execution of Shiites draws UN, NGO Condemnation and raises tensions with Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi authorities tweeted Wednesday that they had executed 37 persons. Two of the bodies were hung from light poles in public as a warning to the Saudi public to avoid any sort of dissidence. The widely condemned step came while the kingdom was hosting a two-day economic forum that attracted […]
Iran designates US CENTCOM Troops “Terrorists”
Likewise, some Iranian officials have threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz
In Drive to Overthrow Iran, Trump stops Waivers for Oil Purchases from Tehran
Lord knows what monstrosity yet another US coup in Iran will produce
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