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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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Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

Muntazer Zaidi famously threw his shoes at former President Bush in protest of the U.S. invasion of his country

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
PEN Int'l ‘strongly condemns’ Israel court’s jailing of Palestinian for Writing Poetry

PEN Int’l ‘strongly condemns’ Israel court’s jailing of Palestinian for Writing Poetry

PEN International has slammed the conviction of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, who was prosecuted by Israeli authorities for three social media posts, including a poem

Middle East Monitor

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Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

The president’s promises to revive the coal industry stand in stark contrast with Mexico’s plan to move toward renewables

Juan Cole

Iran
Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Speculation that a body found near the Iranian capital might be that of Reza Shah has stoked interest in the country’s pre-revolutionary past

Golnaz Esfandiari

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Why Trump can't put Iran back in an Obama-style box of severe sanctions

Why Trump can’t put Iran back in an Obama-style box of severe sanctions

In addition to facing resistance from China and Russia, it’s unclear what new sanctions would achieve

Juan Cole

Iran
Two-Faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East

Two-Faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East

It’s a peculiarly hypocritical position to take, but strangely consistent for a two-faced leader

John Feffer

Houthi
US Troops fighting for Saudis against Houthis in Yemen

US Troops fighting for Saudis against Houthis in Yemen

They helped defend Najran by destroying rocket launchers

AFP

Donald Trump
The Imperial Presidency was always a Peril but now Volatile *Trump* can take us to War

The Imperial Presidency was always a Peril but now Volatile *Trump* can take us to War

Congress can’t just abdicate its Constitutional Prerogative of Declaring War

Danny Sjursen

Donald Trump
If Giuliani’s right Trump lied about Porn Star Hush Money, why believe him on Iran?

If Giuliani’s right Trump lied about Porn Star Hush Money, why believe him on Iran?

The president has no credibility to make important foreign policy decisions

Juan Cole

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