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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Corporate Surveillance
Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Majority Leader McCarthy Confirms House to Immediately Act on Behalf of the Cable and Telephone […]

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Counter-Terrorism
A distracted Trump administration Couldn't even focus  on its own anti-ISIL summit.

A distracted Trump administration Couldn’t even focus on its own anti-ISIL summit.

By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Donald Trump’s election campaign made much of his predecessor Barack Obama’s failure to control and […]

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Environment
Trump's Coal Plants, Auto Emissions are causing our Alzheimer's Epidemic

Trump’s Coal Plants, Auto Emissions are causing our Alzheimer’s Epidemic

By Jiu-Chiuan Chen | (The Conversation) | – – Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease that eventually strips sufferers of their ability to remember, […]

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Donald Trump
It's Class Warfare, Stupid.  The GOP crusade against Health Care

It’s Class Warfare, Stupid. The GOP crusade against Health Care

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The struggle over health care in the United States is a form of class warfare, complicated […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
In Erdogan’s Turkey, an Artist is Jailed for Painting Reality

In Erdogan’s Turkey, an Artist is Jailed for Painting Reality

TeleSur | – – A Turkish court has handed down a two-year, nine-month and 22-day jail sentence to a Kurdish artist because of her painting […]

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Constitution
How to Impeach an American President

How to Impeach an American President

Dena Takruri | AJ+ | (Video Clip) | – – “How do you impeach a president? Well, let us explain.” AJ+ “How To Impeach An […]

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CIA
Dems Should be Careful about using Deep State to get at Trump

Dems Should be Careful about using Deep State to get at Trump

By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | – – Ever since the November election, Democrats have been looking for a reason to take down President […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine slams Israeli Database Targeting Israelis Who Support Boycott

Palestine slams Israeli Database Targeting Israelis Who Support Boycott

IMEMC | – – On March 21st, Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, Gilad Erdan, announced that his ministry seeks to create a new database of […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Daesh/ISIL encouraging Loner attacks to Mask its Death Spiral

Daesh/ISIL encouraging Loner attacks to Mask its Death Spiral

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The terrorist organization known as Daesh in the Middle East and Europe but as ISIS or […]

Juan Cole

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