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Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness
Authoritarianism

Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence has been made a dead letter by the Trump regime as we celebrate the 249th anniversary […]

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

07/03/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

07/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Cairo Donor Conference Nets $5 bn for Gaza Reconstruction; Israelis Block Gaza Reconstruction

Cairo Donor Conference Nets $5 bn for Gaza Reconstruction; Israelis Block Gaza Reconstruction

Shorter AFP: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to tell Binyamin Netanyahu, the far rightwing prospective prime minister of Israel, that he should allow […]

Juan Cole

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50 Afghan Parliamentarians Oppose Obama's Troop Surge; US Slams Karzai over Snap Election Plan

50 Afghan Parliamentarians Oppose Obama’s Troop Surge; US Slams Karzai over Snap Election Plan

Anand Gopal reports for CSM that many Afghans, especially in the Pushtun south, oppose President Obama’s plan to send more US troops to Afghanistan. Highlights: […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: "We’re Really Leaving Iraq"

Cole in Salon: "We’re Really Leaving Iraq"

My column is out in Salon.com, We’re really leaving Iraq: Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama’s speech on Friday, and his plan to […]

Juan Cole

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Mixed Message on Iran

Mixed Message on Iran

Someone is not a team player. Screenshot from google.news, 3/1/09 4 pm ET: cf: “Iran Nuclear Program Hyped Again” and “IAEA Inspectors: Iran not Producing […]

Juan Cole

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The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?

The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?

You wonder if the last front page article in the last newspaper will be about the demise of the newspaper? I especially regret the possibility […]

Juan Cole

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Obama: US does not Seek Permanent Bases in Afghanistan

Obama: US does not Seek Permanent Bases in Afghanistan

President Obama said on Friday that the US has no long-term goal of keeping US troops in Afghanistan. (See below). In contrast to Obama’s pronouncements […]

Juan Cole

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The End of the War of Images on the American Public

The End of the War of Images on the American Public

The Defense Department has reversed the Bush administration’s ban on photographs of returning coffins of US military personnel killed in war abroad. Apparently a lot […]

Juan Cole

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Negotiations in Afghanistan? Iran, Hikmatyar said to Be in Play

Negotiations in Afghanistan? Iran, Hikmatyar said to Be in Play

Even as President Obama sends 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan and intends to spend $140 bn on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, […]

Juan Cole

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5 Troops Killed in Afghanistan; US in Jalrez Valley

5 Troops Killed in Afghanistan; US in Jalrez Valley

A US soldier from Wisconsin was announced killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday (he died on Tuesday). Three British soldiers were killed Wednesday by a roadside […]

Juan Cole

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