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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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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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Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

But US military hasn’t won a war down here recently

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Yair Netanyahu slammed for 'Classic Anti-Semitic" Cartoon, liked by Nazis

Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, liked by Nazis

IMEMC News Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful […]

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Climate Change
GOP Mayor of Miami to Trump: 'If this isn't Climate Change I don't know what is'

GOP Mayor of Miami to Trump: ‘If this isn’t Climate Change I don’t know what is’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump may be provoking a big exodus of Cuban-Americans in south Florida out of the Republican […]

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Islam-hatred
Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with 'Love and Courage'

Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with ‘Love and Courage’

Brampton Focus | Jagmeet Singh | Rally Video | – – Jagmeet Singh, who grew up in Windsor, Canada, is a member of the Ontario […]

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Iraq
As ISIL dwindles, Iraq fears extremists fleeing Syria

As ISIL dwindles, Iraq fears extremists fleeing Syria

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraqi forces are upset about the safe passage granted to Islamic State fighters from Syria. They […]

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Donald Trump
Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You

Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You

By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | – – Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that […]

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Climate Change
Gov. Rick Scott enabled Irma's Fury through Climate Denialism & Should Resign

Gov. Rick Scott enabled Irma’s Fury through Climate Denialism & Should Resign

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Florida Gov. Rick Scott did not cause Irma, but he enabled the Frankenstorm. Before becoming governor […]

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Climate Change
Rush Limbaugh flees Irma after calling Hurricane & Climate Change Fake News

Rush Limbaugh flees Irma after calling Hurricane & Climate Change Fake News

New York Daily News | (Video News Clip) | – – Rush Limbaugh lambasted stories about Irma as deadly Category 5 hurricane as “fake news” […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

Human Rights Watch | – – Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in […]

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