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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

08/19/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

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Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Emma Foehringer Merchant at Greentech Media reports that the GOP Congress defied Trump’s priorities on green […]

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Iraq
Where did ISIL go?  Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Where did ISIL go? Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The honeymoon is over: After celebrating victory over the extremist [so-called] Islamic State group, Iraqi security […]

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Iraq War
The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

By Stephanie Savell | (Otherwords.org) | – – Americans spend $32 million per hour on wars started during the Bush administration. This March marked the […]

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Donald Trump
Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman bragged about his close relationship with Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to […]

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Let's call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just "Hawkish"

Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred […]

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Israel/ Palestine
More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

Middle East Monitor | – – Two new UK universities have joined Israeli Apartheid Week this year, further increasing the reach of the global event. […]

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Arms Sales
US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia bought the almost 7,000 TOW missiles – plus an additional 96 for training purposes – for a total of […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Understand this: I’m an American veteran. I’m also a Muslim-American in a country in which, in […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: How a Shrine Bombing in Kabul tells us Trump's Surge won't Succeed

Afghanistan: How a Shrine Bombing in Kabul tells us Trump’s Surge won’t Succeed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This year, the merriment of Now-Ruz in Kabul was marred by a suicide bombing that killed […]

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