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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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Is Israeli PM Netanyahu's Case against Iran Collapsing?

Is Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Case against Iran Collapsing?

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has determinedly beaten the drums for war with Iran, though his lack of any actual overt action […]

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Economy
Dark Triad:  Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

Dark Triad: Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

PROOF! Conservatives and CEOs Really ARE Evil Psychopaths (via Americans Against The Tea Party) Have you ever wondered why today’s conservatives never seem make any […]

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Economy
Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

(By Paul Buchheit) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, "It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally…It's a game we play…I see nothing wrong with playing […]

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Barack Obama
Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

BANGKOK — The Trans-Pacific Partnership sounds deadly boring. It’s not. The potential impact on humanity from this proposed mega-deal is impossible to measure. TPP could bankrupt families in Kansas and enrich them in Kuala Lumpur. Or make patented…

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Christians
Rush Limbaugh: Pope Francis using UN to impose Marxism on world

Rush Limbaugh: Pope Francis using UN to impose Marxism on world

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Friday attacked Pope Francis as a “Marxist” for urging governments to redistribute wealth to the poor. “The pope, ladies and gentleman, is back, saying — demanding — a legitimate redistribution of wealth…

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Iraq
Iraq: Fundamentalist Shiite MP can only keep Power with Sunni Support

Iraq: Fundamentalist Shiite MP can only keep Power with Sunni Support

(By Mustafa Habib in Baghdad via Niqash.org) The official results of Iraq’s general elections are unknown as yet. But current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will […]

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Climate Change
No Sense of Urgency: Obama's New Solar Energy Commitments are still Just Baby Steps

No Sense of Urgency: Obama’s New Solar Energy Commitments are still Just Baby Steps

(By Juan Cole) President Obama has long expressed concern about climate change and its impacts, and was mocked by Mitt Romney for saying he wanted […]

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Human Rights
Calif. Republican Smears Arab-American Libertarian Congressman as  ‘al Qaeda’s best friend’

Calif. Republican Smears Arab-American Libertarian Congressman as ‘al Qaeda’s best friend’

Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash found himself the target of intra-party criticism again, as a California colleague accused him of not being serious about his position and lying about the country’s surveillance policies in an interview published…

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Climate Change
Top Ten Answers to global warming Deniers

Top Ten Answers to global warming Deniers

Posted on 6 May 2014 by dana1981 Roy Spencer is one of the less than 3% of climate scientists whose research suggests that humans are playing a relatively minimal role in global warming. As one of those rare contrarian climate experts, he’s often asked…

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