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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran
Iran to Pompeo: Seriously? You’re accusing *us* of destabilizing the Middle East?

Iran to Pompeo: Seriously? You’re accusing *us* of destabilizing the Middle East?

Iran says the real problem is daily atrocities by Saudi Arabia on Yemenis

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Why Are Palestinians in Gaza risking their Lives to Protest?

Why Are Palestinians in Gaza risking their Lives to Protest?

As Americans, we bear direct responsibility for the horrific reality in Gaza. Once again, the Israeli military has turned its guns on Gaza — this […]

Mike Merryman-Lotze

Plutocracy
The Koch Brothers' secret Coup on behalf of the Billionaire Class

The Koch Brothers’ secret Coup on behalf of the Billionaire Class

The Koch brothers are oil magnates and billionaire GOP funders. They believe that their great wealth entitles them to rule over the many. For decades, […]

Jim Hightower

Corruption
Will it be the Accountants who bring down Trump and his Cronies?

Will it be the Accountants who bring down Trump and his Cronies?

San Francisco ( Tomdispatch.com) – They call people like us “bean counters” — the soulless ones beavering away in some windowless accounting department, the living […]

Rebecca Gordon

Acidification of Oceans
The other Shoe: Water Vapor from Warming Oceans is a Potent Greenhouse Gas

The other Shoe: Water Vapor from Warming Oceans is a Potent Greenhouse Gas

Heinrich Boell Stiftung | – – Without the ocean, climate change would proceed far more quickly. The massive volumes of water in the seas greatly […]

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Pompeo to Saudi Arabia:  Mobilize against Iran and end Yemen War, Qatar Blockade

Pompeo to Saudi Arabia: Mobilize against Iran and end Yemen War, Qatar Blockade

His program is full of ideologically-driven impracticalities

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Massive Melting in Arctic is a Danger Signal of Manmade Climate Change

Massive Melting in Arctic is a Danger Signal of Manmade Climate Change

Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the […]

Mark Serreze

Judaism
Tunisia:  Muslim Religious Right endorses Jewish Candidate for Parliament

Tunisia: Muslim Religious Right endorses Jewish Candidate for Parliament

Slama says al-Nahda is a civil party now and Jewish Tunisians’ fears are beginning to be allayed

AFP

Donald Trump
Michelle Wolf roasts Trump at White House Correspondents' Dinner (Video)

Michelle Wolf roasts Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Video)

“it is 2018 and I’m a woman and you can’t shut me up unless you have Michael Cohen bring me $130,000”

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