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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

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Detroit's Eminem raps against Trump, defends Muslims

Detroit’s Eminem raps against Trump, defends Muslims

Marshall “Eminem” Mathers | BETNetwork | (Music Video) | – – “Eminem is back! And he’s in classic bar-for-bar form blasting at Donald Trump from […]

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How “ghost soldiers” could frustrate Trump’s plans for Afghanistan

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Turkish Gov’t Railroading Amnesty Int’l Workers  in Kafkaesque Trial

Turkish Gov’t Railroading Amnesty Int’l Workers in Kafkaesque Trial

By Benjamin Ward | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Jailed Human Rights Defenders Could Face up to 15 Years in Prison If it were […]

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Can Coffee survive Climate Change?

Can Coffee survive Climate Change?

Sylvain Charlebois | (The Conversation) | – – Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it. These days, […]

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Donald Trump
As Trump seeks Defense Budget Increase, Pentagon Pork fattens Private Contractors to do Nothing

As Trump seeks Defense Budget Increase, Pentagon Pork fattens Private Contractors to do Nothing

By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here’s a question for you: How do you spell boondoggle? The answer (in case you […]

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Trump and the Faustian Bargain of Corker and the GOP

Trump and the Faustian Bargain of Corker and the GOP

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Republican Establishment doesn’t want much in life, just for the wealthy to have ever lower […]

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Gerrymandering is about Race even when it seems just "Partisan"

Gerrymandering is about Race even when it seems just “Partisan”

By Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz | ( ProPublica) | – – The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But […]

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Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran's Compliance with Nuclear Deal

Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal

TeleSur | – – Despite accusations by the Trump administration against Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear agency chief denied these claims. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?

Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?

Human Rights Watch | – – Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire […]

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