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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Syria
France’s Macron slams Trump as Unreliable Ally over Syria Withdrawal

France’s Macron slams Trump as Unreliable Ally over Syria Withdrawal

Macron said “I deeply regret the decision” by Trump to pullout US troops.”

AFP

Displaced and Refugees
Trump Deporting undocumented Iraqis at risk of Arrest, Torture in Iraq

Trump Deporting undocumented Iraqis at risk of Arrest, Torture in Iraq

ICE deported at least one person in violation of a court order in August

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
What Trump Ousting of SecDef Mattis Means for Russia, Syria & Afghanistan

What Trump Ousting of SecDef Mattis Means for Russia, Syria & Afghanistan

By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. […]

The Conversation

Coal
Germany Closes Last Coal Mine, Step toward Ending Era of Dirty Coal

Germany Closes Last Coal Mine, Step toward Ending Era of Dirty Coal

Germany closed down its last active coal mine and bade farewell to a centuries-old industry which played an important role in the country’s economy. Germany […]

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With Trump leaving, Syrian Kurds seeking Support of Damascus, Moscow against Turkey

With Trump leaving, Syrian Kurds seeking Support of Damascus, Moscow against Turkey

Noam Chomsky has come out to say that he believes US troops should remain in northeast Syria to protect the Kurds

Juan Cole

Immigration
Supreme Court Slaps down Trump Automatic Denial of Asylum to Migrants

Supreme Court Slaps down Trump Automatic Denial of Asylum to Migrants

The four justices backing the president were Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
As Trump adopts Likud Positions, Russia Offers to Mediate Israel-Palestine Conflict

As Trump adopts Likud Positions, Russia Offers to Mediate Israel-Palestine Conflict

Both officials rejected any unilateral effort of the United States in the role as a peace broker

TeleSur

Yemen
Tales of Displaced Yemenis: Two Camps, Same Tragedy

Tales of Displaced Yemenis: Two Camps, Same Tragedy

By Khaled Mohammed | – Khokha, Yemen | AFP | – More than two million Yemenis have been displaced by the conflict between the Saudi-backed […]

AFP

Qur'an
Islamophobia and the Misuse of History:  Iran, Alexander the Great and the Qur’an

Islamophobia and the Misuse of History: Iran, Alexander the Great and the Qur’an

As I mentioned earlier, an anonymous troll going by “Kirby” has attacked my new book Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires I […]

Juan Cole

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