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An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?
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An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?

Mitchell Zimmerman

Minnesota is an occupied land, abused by lawless thugs. We are all Minnesotans.

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

01/28/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

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Domestic Surveillance
NSA abuses include Stalking ex-Girlfriends

NSA abuses include Stalking ex-Girlfriends

We have HUMINT, or human intelligence gathered from agents. We have SIGINT or signals intelligence. And now we have LOVEINT or NSA analysts occasionally reading […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Obama wants all the info in your Smart Phone without a Warrant (Lazare)

Obama wants all the info in your Smart Phone without a Warrant (Lazare)

Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams.org Amid ongoing controversy over NSA warrantless spying programs, another legal battle exposes the Obama administration’s willingness to steamroll civil liberties […]

Juan Cole

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Is the US Government the Managing Committee of the Pirate Banks?

Is the US Government the Managing Committee of the Pirate Banks?

Greg Palast at Vice exposes the way that Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and others in the Treasury Department conspired with JP Morgan and other pirate […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Must US Aid to Egypt be Cut Off? (Wang & Meyer)

Must US Aid to Egypt be Cut Off? (Wang & Meyer)

Marian Wang and Theodoric Meyer write at ProPublica Questions about the United States’ aid to Egypt have intensified in the wake of last month’s military […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Bradley Manning in a World of Cheneys, Hadithas, and NSA Domestic Surveillance

Bradley Manning in a World of Cheneys, Hadithas, and NSA Domestic Surveillance

The sentencing of Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison came because he leaked government documents, mostly with a low level of classification that probably […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Syria: Will Killing of Hundreds with Sarin Gas force Obama’s Hand?

Syria: Will Killing of Hundreds with Sarin Gas force Obama’s Hand?

Syrian sources on the ground and expatriate human rights organizations are alleging Wednesday morning that Syrian aircraft have killed hundreds of people in rebel-held East […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Alleged Torturers sue Abu Ghraib Torture Victims (Lazare)

Alleged Torturers sue Abu Ghraib Torture Victims (Lazare)

Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams ‘Defense’ contractor CACI International has taken the shocking step of suing four former Abu Ghraib detainees who are seeking redress […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Too much could easily be made of the pending release from prison of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is still facing charges of complicity […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

How to turn a democracy into a STASI authoritarian state in 10 easy steps: 1. Misuse the concept of a Top Secret government document (say, […]

Juan Cole

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