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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)
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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

Dan Steinbock

For 25 years, Israel’s Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians’ energy reserves. With the […]

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“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

10/16/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

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NYPD closes Unit that Spied on Muslims

NYPD closes Unit that Spied on Muslims

The New York Police Department has ended its “secret” spying on Muslims. The decision by the nation’s largest police force to shutter the surveillance program represents the first sign that William J. Bratton, the department’s new commissioner…

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Dissent
The FBI's Facial Recognition Database Combines Lo-Res Photos With Zero Civil Liberties Considerations

The FBI’s Facial Recognition Database Combines Lo-Res Photos With Zero Civil Liberties Considerations

Another FOIA lawsuit brought against the government by the EFF has resulted in the release of previously withheld documents. The papers cut loose this time detail the FBI’s facial recognition database and other parts of its “Next Generation Identification…

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FATA
5 Ways Nevada Rancher Militia Resembles Pakistan’s Taliban

5 Ways Nevada Rancher Militia Resembles Pakistan’s Taliban

(By Juan Cole) 1. Federal versus local control of land Pakistan The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan is ruled directly from the capital, […]

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Dissent
Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA’s surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about…

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Domestic Surveillance
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in "Capn America 2":  "The Whole Society is Corrupt"

Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”

(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap’s Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on […]

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Christianity
On Eve of Pope's visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

On Eve of Pope’s visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

(By Quinn Coffey) Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel and Palestine […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
Top 6 Pulitzer Prize "Traitors" in American Journalism

Top 6 Pulitzer Prize “Traitors” in American Journalism

(By Juan Cole) The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal, as evidenced in its […]

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Economy
Who Rules America Today?  - Domhoff

Who Rules America Today? – Domhoff

Talk by G. William Domhoff: Who Rules America Today? h/t G. William Domhoff

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History
Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) - Historical Video of the Day

Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) – Historical Video of the Day

Italy ruled Libya from 1911 until midway through WW II, with the fascist years being especially harsh. This newsreel gives a sense of how the […]

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