Informed Comment - Part 1343

Did Trump loosen Rules? Charges that US Airstrikes Kill 230 Iraqi Civilians in Mosul

TeleSur | – – “Finding survivors is very difficult because the area is completely destroyed,” an authority told reporters. “It’s a very big disaster, indeed […]

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Donald Trump

The Russian Job: The Plot Thickens

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An avalanche of news about the connection of key Trump political operatives to Vladimir Putin and […]

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Supreme Court

Corporatocracy: Al Franken shows Gorsuch Cold-Hearted toward Freezing Trucker

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! | (Video News Clip) | – – Transcript via Democracy Now! ALPHONSE MADDIN: In January of 2009, I was working […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

IMEMC | – – Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo asserted, on Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation and the conflict with the Palestinians are the only […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

TeleSur | – – Under the plan, Israel continues to tightly control the materials that are being used to build vital infrastructure in Gaza. The […]

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Campaign Finance

Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn ‘Dark Money’ Lobbying on His Behalf

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he ‘speaks for’ himself, but secretive sources have spent millions to […]

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Human Rights Watch

Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Via Human Rights Watch | – – Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and […]

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Asia