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Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness
Authoritarianism

Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence has been made a dead letter by the Trump regime as we celebrate the 249th anniversary […]

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

07/03/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

07/03/2025 By The Conversation

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The U.S. Empire is 'Fraying' and 'Collapsing': Pentagon Study

The U.S. Empire is ‘Fraying’ and ‘Collapsing’: Pentagon Study

TeleSur | – – Report says Washington should consider the “post-primacy” milieu as a “wakeup call”. A study by the Pentagon, “At Our Own Peril: […]

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Donald Trump
Top 4 Lessons Trump can Learn from Napoleon in Russia

Top 4 Lessons Trump can Learn from Napoleon in Russia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s New York Times interview can only be understood, to the extent that it can be […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Morocco's Rif Revolt: Only a Democratic Response is Sufficient

Morocco’s Rif Revolt: Only a Democratic Response is Sufficient

By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | – – Since October 2016, the Berbers (Imazighen) of the Rif, a region on the Mediterranean coast of […]

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Donald Trump
Empire of Destruction: Mosul reveals Myth of Precision Bombing

Empire of Destruction: Mosul reveals Myth of Precision Bombing

By Tom Engelhardt | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – You remember. It was supposed to be twenty-first-century war, American-style: precise beyond imagining; smart bombs; […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels

Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous at WaPo report that Trump cancelled the CIA program to support […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
What, or who, Explains Spike in Hate Crimes against US Muslims?

What, or who, Explains Spike in Hate Crimes against US Muslims?

By Brian Levin | (The Conversation) | – – Hate crimes against Muslims have been on the rise. The murder of two samaritans for aiding […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemen:  Saudi-led Airstrikes kill 28 civilian refugees

Yemen: Saudi-led Airstrikes kill 28 civilian refugees

TeleSur | – – Yemen has been ravaged by the ongoing war, which has claimed more than 10,000 people and caused a cholera outbreak among […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday

Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday

Ma`an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on […]

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Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public

Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Yaroslav Trofimov of WSJ said it all: Good luck to the Saudi PR campaign […]

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