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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

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Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

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Thousands Protest in Baghdad against Lack of Electricity, Services & demand end of Corruption

Thousands Protest in Baghdad against Lack of Electricity, Services & demand end of Corruption

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It seems extraordinary, but in a country where Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has advanced to within an […]

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Campaign Finance
Jimmy Carter: US "Now is just an Oligarchy . . . Subversion of our System"

Jimmy Carter: US “Now is just an Oligarchy . . . Subversion of our System”

Thom Hartmann | (Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977 to 1981) / […]

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Ted Cruz:  "Obama Is Funding Terrorists via Iran Deal!" (Forgets Reagan, Cheney)

Ted Cruz: “Obama Is Funding Terrorists via Iran Deal!” (Forgets Reagan, Cheney)

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – – “Mitt Romney may be the only major Republican not running for […]

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Iraq
After ISIL?  Shiite Militias begin Entering Iraqi Politics

After ISIL? Shiite Militias begin Entering Iraqi Politics

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Once they were focused on fighting extremists. Now Iraq’s controversial volunteer Shiite militias seem to […]

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Israel
Autopsy confirms Palestinian infant was 'burned alive' by Israeli Squatters

Autopsy confirms Palestinian infant was ‘burned alive’ by Israeli Squatters

Ma`an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Justice Ministry autopsy confirmed that the 18-month-old Palestinian who was killed in an arson […]

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al-Qaeda
Syria’s al-Qaeda captures US-Linked Free Syrian Army Commander, troops

Syria’s al-Qaeda captures US-Linked Free Syrian Army Commander, troops

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 30th Infantry Division of the moderate Free Syrian Army says that the al-Qaeda-linked Support Front […]

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Bill of Rights
Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars

Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars

By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black | (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector […]

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Climate Change
Is our Fossil Fuel addiction setting even our wettest Rainforests Ablaze?

Is our Fossil Fuel addiction setting even our wettest Rainforests Ablaze?

Subhankar Banerjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so […]

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Israel
Israeli squatter-terrorists kill Palestinian toddler, injure 4 after setting their Home Ablaze

Israeli squatter-terrorists kill Palestinian toddler, injure 4 after setting their Home Ablaze

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an ) — Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian toddler and injured four others early Friday morning after settling […]

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