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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

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Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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Top Five Things we should be doing to avoid the end of the Earth instead of defaming the Mayans

Top Five Things we should be doing to avoid the end of the Earth instead of defaming the Mayans

The silly hysteria over the world ending December 21, based on a misinterpretation of a Mayan text, should have passed by now, or maybe someone […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Sheldon Adelson’s $155 Million Candidate Buying Spree (Meyer)

Sheldon Adelson’s $155 Million Candidate Buying Spree (Meyer)

Theodoric Meyer writes at ProPublica: Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and emblem of the Citizens United-era of campaign finance, spent gobs of money on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Coming Conflict between the US and Israel (Chernus)

The Coming Conflict between the US and Israel (Chernus)

Ira Chernus writes at Tomdispatch.com Are the U.S. and Israel Heading for a Showdown? No One Thinks So, But It Just Might Happen Here’s the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UN Security Council Condemns Further Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, with Rogue State US Vetoing

UN Security Council Condemns Further Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, with Rogue State US Vetoing

The US acted again as the rogue state at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, with the other 14 members issuing statements condemning Israeli […]

Juan Cole

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Human Rights Abuses in Pakistan’s Tribal Belt: Amnesty Int’l Report (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Last week Amnesty International highlighted just how troubled this tribal region is, charting human rights […]

Juan Cole

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Why our Hair is not on Fire about Cutting Emissions, and what to do about it (Giesen)

Why our Hair is not on Fire about Cutting Emissions, and what to do about it (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Multiple reasons why global warming mitigation will fail Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing. The […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Benghazi’s Deep Throat fingers Islamist Leaders for Attacks as State Dept Criticized on Consular Security

Benghazi’s Deep Throat fingers Islamist Leaders for Attacks as State Dept Criticized on Consular Security

The report saying that security was inadequate at the compound that the US had adopted as its ad hoc consulate in Benghazi, Libya, dominates today’s […]

Juan Cole

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ALEC, NRA Lobby the American Deep State on Behalf of Semi-Automatic Weapons Sales (Democracy Now)

ALEC, NRA Lobby the American Deep State on Behalf of Semi-Automatic Weapons Sales (Democracy Now)

Democracy Now! reports on how the gun lobby, the NRA, is outspending the gun control advocates by 10 to 1 on Capitol Hill. And Lisa […]

Juan Cole

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TSA Commission will Look at Health Effects of Backscatter X-Ray Scanners (Grabell)

TSA Commission will Look at Health Effects of Backscatter X-Ray Scanners (Grabell)

Michael Grabell writes at ProPublica Following months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to […]

Juan Cole

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