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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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Palestinian Children Arrested by Israeli Troops Face Abusive Violence

Palestinian Children Arrested by Israeli Troops Face Abusive Violence

Three in four Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank last year endured physical violence during arrest and interrogation, according […]

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Human Rights
Three Years Later:  Can the Libyan Revolution Succeed?

Three Years Later: Can the Libyan Revolution Succeed?

Libyans on Monday celebrated the third anniversary of the beginning of their popular revolution against the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. The commemoration was bittersweet, since […]

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Climate Change
Kerry Blasts Climate Denialists, equates Climate Change with Terrorism, WMDs

Kerry Blasts Climate Denialists, equates Climate Change with Terrorism, WMDs

(By Juan Cole) Secretary of State John Kerry was in Asia this weekend, and one of his emphases in China and Indonesia was the urgency […]

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Education
Is Israel imposing Sanctions on Palestinian Universities?  Repeated Incursions at al-Quds U Raise Concerns at Brandeis, Bard

Is Israel imposing Sanctions on Palestinian Universities? Repeated Incursions at al-Quds U Raise Concerns at Brandeis, Bard

(By Matt Rocheleau) Clashes between Israeli forces, students at Palestinian university sparks concern at Brandeis (via boston.com) (Al-Quds Educational TV / YouTube) By Matt Rocheleau, […]

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CIA
The Day the 5th Amendment was Droned to Death

The Day the 5th Amendment was Droned to Death

(By Peter van Buren via Tomdispatch) Terrorism (ter-ror-ism; see also terror) n. 1. When a foreign organization kills an American for political reasons. Justice (jus-tice) […]

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Afghanistan
Taliban jump Shark, Kidnap alleged Spy Dog (Colbert Report)

Taliban jump Shark, Kidnap alleged Spy Dog (Colbert Report)

The Colbert Report on the Taliban Dognappers

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Featured
Dear GOP:  Top 5 Biblical Marriage Moments far worse than Gay Marriage

Dear GOP: Top 5 Biblical Marriage Moments far worse than Gay Marriage

David Edwards at Raw Story quotes Mitt Romney from Meet the Press as saying “But I think marriage should be defined in the way that […]

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Energy
How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks

How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks

(By Robert Clack) In 2013, an unprecedented diplomatic breakthrough happened when the United States and Iran, along with other world powers, reached an interim agreement […]

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Plutocracy
The Koch Brothers' Dark Money Man:   How Sean Noble got Rich undermining Democracy

The Koch Brothers’ Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble got Rich undermining Democracy

(By Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer via ProPublica) For a brief, giddy moment, Sean Noble—a little-known former aide to an Arizona congressman—became one of the […]

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