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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

06/23/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Iran
No New Revolution: Iran's Grand Bazaar is now a Pillar of Establishment

No New Revolution: Iran’s Grand Bazaar is now a Pillar of Establishment

Despite its history of opposition to the state, it is seen as an institutional hub for conservative politics in Iran

The Conversation

Syria
As Syrian Government advances on Daraa, 250,000 Civilians Flee in Panic

As Syrian Government advances on Daraa, 250,000 Civilians Flee in Panic

More than a quarter of a million people have fled a Russian-backed government onslaught on southern Syria

Mohamad Abazeed

Donald Trump
Top 3 Grievances  against Trump the Founders would have Had

Top 3 Grievances against Trump the Founders would have Had

In the section of the Declaration of Independence on grievances, there are a number of paragraphs that resonate with today’s politics. The whole authoritarian thrust […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Trump’s Family Separation Continues: “I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”

Trump’s Family Separation Continues: “I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”

Many parents at Port Isabel — the primary facility housing separated parents — don’t know where their children are

ProPublica

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Whitey on the Moon Again?

Whitey on the Moon Again?

The likelihood is that the government will pay for the lunar space station with borrowed money, making it enormously expensive

Juan Cole

Pentagon
The only Infrastructure Rebuilding Trump is doing is $700 Bn for the Pentagon

The only Infrastructure Rebuilding Trump is doing is $700 Bn for the Pentagon

A combination of fear, ideology, and influence peddling radically skews “debate” there in favor of military outlays above all else

Tomdispatch

Mexico
Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Lopez Obrador also benefited from widespread voter anger at the establishment political parties

Reese Erlich

Health
Burning Fossil fuels Even Causes Diabetes!  Air Pollution and Blood Glucose

Burning Fossil fuels Even Causes Diabetes! Air Pollution and Blood Glucose

Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study

AFP

Syria
Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor

Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor

A string of rebel-held locations in southern Syria passed into regime control Sunday

AFP

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