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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel/ Palestine
Author Reza Aslan threatened by Israeli Border Authorities with Family Separation

Author Reza Aslan threatened by Israeli Border Authorities with Family Separation

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, detained Iranian-American writer, Reza Aslan, as he was entering Israel through Jordan, with his family. Reza […]

Maan News Agency

Afghanistan
Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – Fair warning. Stop reading right now if you want, because I’m going to repeat myself. What choice do I have, since […]

Tom Engelhardt

Bill of Rights
#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny

#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

(San Francisco ( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions […]

Reese Erlich

Pollution
Devastating Dolphin Loss in Florida Red Tide Industrial Farming Pollution Crime

Devastating Dolphin Loss in Florida Red Tide Industrial Farming Pollution Crime

More than 100 tons of dead sea creatures have been shoveled up from smelly, deserted beaches in tourist areas along Florida’s southwest coast as a […]

TeleSur

Qatar
Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment

Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment

Doha (AFP) – The emir of wealthy Qatar flew to Turkey Wednesday to meet close ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an apparent show of […]

AFP

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Trump wouldn't have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress

Trump wouldn’t have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar, a refugee and a Somali-heritage Muslim woman who veils, has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s Fifth District […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods

Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods

Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods in retaliation for punitive sanctions by Washington against Ankara […]

AFP

Arms Sales
How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World

How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World

New York ( Tomdispatch.com) – American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between […]

William D. Hartung

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