Informed Comment - Part 1058

Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said Friday that he finds “credible” the bald-faced and ridiculous lies the Saudi government came up with to explain […]

Juan Cole

Voter suppression

GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

(TeleSur) – Georgia’s voting laws have come under scrutiny in the hotly contested race for governor. Georgia officials have expunged 107,000 people from voter registration […]

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine

In BDS win, Israeli High Court allows US Student to Study in Israel despite “Boycott Activity”

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that American student, Lara al-Qassem, will be allowed to remain and study in Israel, overturning a lower […]

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine

Amnesty Int’l Alarmed Israel going from Sniping unarmed Protesters to ‘Zero Tolerance’

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International (AI) said, on Friday, fears of escalating bloodshed are rising ahead of planned protests in the besieged Gaza Strip, on […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi: From Saudi Royal Insider to Open Critic to Gruesome Victim

Dubai (AFP) – A complex man of contradictions, journalist Jamal Khashoggi went from being a Saudi royal family insider to an outspoken critic of the […]

AFP

Supreme Court

The Kavanaugh Hearings Just Won’t Leave Me Alone

( Tomdispatch.com) – It’s been three weeks since Dr. Christine Blasey Ford gave her testimony before the nation and I’m still struggling to move on. […]

Belle Chesler

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