Informed Comment - Part 1311

Iran Committed to Nuclear Deal, Opens Bonanza to European Investors

EurActiv | euroefe.es | translated by Sam Morgan | – – The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency (AEOI) said on Saturday (29 April) […]

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Iraq

Power, Water, Music: Mosul comes back to Life

Special Correspondent | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Locals in the parts of Mosul, from which extremists have been pushed out, are celebrating small […]

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Authoritarianism

Trump Empire-Dynasty Expands via White House Ties

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – President Trump, his children and their spouses, aren’t just using the Oval Office to augment their […]

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Donald Trump

Kimmel Tearfully pleads for Affordable Care Act in wake of Son’s Heart Defect

Jimmy Kimmel | (ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live) | (Video Clip) | – – “Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” […]

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Authoritarianism

Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s peculiar comments about and relationship with dictators and loonies among foreign leaders have […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Hamas in new charter accepts 1967 borders for Palestinian state

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement announced its new charter Monday evening, presenting an acceptance of a Palestinian state […]

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Authoritarianism

Priebus: Trump Could Amend Constitution to Abolish 1st Amendment

TeleSur | – – A constitutional amendment to stem negative coverage of any administration would require a supermajority in both houses of Congress. U.S. President […]

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Far Right

Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech

David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The cancellation of human outrage machine Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of California-Berkeley has generated yet […]

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