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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman
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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to turn Israel into a 21st century version of the Flying Dutchman. […]

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

07/27/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

07/27/2025 By ProPublica

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Trump "Religious Freedom" Order Opens Way for LGBT Bias

Trump “Religious Freedom” Order Opens Way for LGBT Bias

Human Rights Watch | – – License for Actions Harmful to Women, LGBT People (Washington, DC) – An executive order issued by President Donald Trump […]

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Paying for Facebook?  Will Egyptian Social Media Users have to Register With Gov’t?

Paying for Facebook? Will Egyptian Social Media Users have to Register With Gov’t?

By Afef Abrougu. | ( Global Voices ) | – – Sixty Egyptian members of parliament recently approved a draft law on “the regulations of […]

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Trumpcare is the best Advertisement for Nationalizing Insurance

Trumpcare is the best Advertisement for Nationalizing Insurance

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The sadism and greed of the American Republican Party was on full display Thursday, as the […]

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Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)

Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing […]

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Iran
Syria: Rebels denounce De-escalation Zones ok'd by Russia, Iran, Turkey

Syria: Rebels denounce De-escalation Zones ok’d by Russia, Iran, Turkey

TeleSur | – – Signatories to the agreement say that there should be a cessation of hostilities in safe zones designated by the three powers […]

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American Amnesia in the Garden of War

American Amnesia in the Garden of War

By John Dower | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans […]

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Picture of the Day:  Iranian Woman Tambourine Player, 1848

Picture of the Day: Iranian Woman Tambourine Player, 1848

British Museum | Persian Costumes | – – “Portrait of a young woman; single-page painting mounted on album folio. A young woman kneels on a […]

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How President Bannon's Whiteboard Sank Trump

How President Bannon’s Whiteboard Sank Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s approval ratings are in the toilet compared to any other modern president at this stage […]

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Dear Director Comey:  We're Nauseous too, at your Disingenuous Self-Defense

Dear Director Comey: We’re Nauseous too, at your Disingenuous Self-Defense

Sam Seder | (Majority Report) | (Video News Clip) | – – “In this Majority Report clip, we watch FBI Director James Comey defend his […]

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