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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

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Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iraq Condemns Syria Raid; Seeks Renegotiation of Security Accord

Iraq Condemns Syria Raid; Seeks Renegotiation of Security Accord

Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh on Tuesday backed off his earlier support for the US raid into Syria. He said that the Iraqi constitution forbids […]

Juan Cole

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Contacts begin with Taliban DPs Suffer in Camps

Contacts begin with Taliban DPs Suffer in Camps

AFP reports: “Pakistani and Afghan officials and tribal leaders agreed Tuesday to make contact with Taliban militants in an attempt to end the raging insurgent […]

Juan Cole

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The hypocrisy of the ‘One-Party Rule’ Gambit

The hypocrisy of the ‘One-Party Rule’ Gambit

The McCain campaign is now warning against “one party rule” if Obama is elected president at at time when there will likely be a Democratic […]

Juan Cole

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US: Raid Targetted al-Qaeda Facilitator; May Complicate Security Agreement with Iraq

US: Raid Targetted al-Qaeda Facilitator; May Complicate Security Agreement with Iraq

US government sources maintained on Monday that the cross-border raid into Syria that left 8 dead had succeeded in killing “Abu al-Ghadiyah” (Badran al-Mazidi) of […]

Juan Cole

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Middle East Press Negative on US Attack on Syrian Soil.

Middle East Press Negative on US Attack on Syrian Soil.

The USG Open Source Center surveys the Middle Eastern press reaction to the US raid on Abu al-Kamal in Syria, finding it mostly negative and […]

Juan Cole

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The hypocrisiy of the ‘One-Party Rule’ Gambit

The hypocrisiy of the ‘One-Party Rule’ Gambit

Ooops, typo in title. Go here for “The Hypocrisy of the ‘One Party Rule’ Gambit”

Juan Cole

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Two Daring Attacks on US Troops in Afghanistan

Two Daring Attacks on US Troops in Afghanistan

In Baghlan in northern Afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed two US troops while meeting at a local police station. Baghlan, a center of sugar beet […]

Juan Cole

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More on Syria Raid

More on Syria Raid

More on the US raid on a house in Syria: The LAT wonders if the attack will derail US-Syrian steps toward rapprochement. Syrian officials are […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Military Takes Towns in Bajaur; If this is So Central to US Security, Why isn’t it News? US Strike Kills 20 in S. Waziristan

Pakistani Military Takes Towns in Bajaur; If this is So Central to US Security, Why isn’t it News? US Strike Kills 20 in S. Waziristan

Although both candidates tie the resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan to US domestic security, I personally have difficulty understanding exactly how that […]

Juan Cole

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