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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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The only Winners around Trump are the People who messed up the Mideast

The only Winners around Trump are the People who messed up the Mideast

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – It was bloody and brutal, a true generational struggle, but give them credit. In the end, […]

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“If he only had a Heart”: Trump as empty Kettle (Cartoon)

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Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?

Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – With the Iraqi campaign against ISIL having wrested from it Mosul and Talafar, and with Hawija […]

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Do Muslim Americans need a Civil Rights Movement?

Do Muslim Americans need a Civil Rights Movement?

By Emily Cury | (The Conversation) | – – The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According to a July 2017 […]

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Politics Above Law: How Trump channels Far Right icon Carl Schmitt without Knowing It

By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – –             Trump’s various public statements have made clear that he is not an avid reader. He […]

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Gaza: Over 1 million children in ‘unlivable’ circumstances

Gaza: Over 1 million children in ‘unlivable’ circumstances

By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | (Informed Comment) | – – Over a million children in Gaza are living in impoverished circumstances due to electricity shortages, causing […]

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Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day

Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Christian Science Monitor says that in 2016, US solar businesses employed 260,077 workers – […]

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Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?

Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?

By Marcelo Rochabrun | (ProPublica) | – – With the president reportedly at the point of canceling DACA, some of its 800,000 beneficiaries describe what […]

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How Trump's pardon of Arpaio changed America

How Trump’s pardon of Arpaio changed America

By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson | (Otherwords.org) | – – The president called a man who freely violated people’s constitutional rights a “patriot.” What does that make […]

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