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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

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Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Unlike Israel's Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between […]

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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer "Third Rate"

Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | – – It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek […]

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Iran
What Iran sacrificed in Deal:  Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel

What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of […]

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Palestine
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections

UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections

By IMEMC News | – – Israel asks UN to rebuff flag initiative A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations […]

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Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama's White House

Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi King Salman is meeting Friday with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State […]

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Constitution
Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples

Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples

WLKY News Louisville | (Video News Report) | – – WLKY News Louisville: “5 of Kim Davis’ deputies to issue marriage licenses, Davis still jailed”

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Displaced and Refugees
As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees

As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi drowned along with his mother, Rehan, and older brother, Galip, while the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again

Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again

RT | (Video News Report) – – “More than a million Syrian refugees feel unwelcome guests in Lebanon, where anti-government protests are only worsening. Many […]

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