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Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals
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Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals

Juan Cole

Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

12/27/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

12/27/2025 By OtherWords

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Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on how the Reality Game, “Wall Street Bailout,” is played: See also Chalmers Johnson at Tomdispatch.com on the Pentagon Bailout Fraud.

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Baghdad Kill 34, Wound 100; Arab-Kurdish Violence in Diyala

Bombings in Baghdad Kill 34, Wound 100; Arab-Kurdish Violence in Diyala

A wave of deadly bombings and other attacks swept Baghdad on Sunday, killing nearly three dozen persons and wounding over 100. The attacks on Shiite […]

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Daragahi: Damascus Bombing Payback from Radical Sunnis

Daragahi: Damascus Bombing Payback from Radical Sunnis

These bombings in Baghdad follow a major such attack in Damascus, Syria, which was probably carried out by radical revivalist Sunnis (“Salafis”) to punish the […]

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Obama Won: Gallup/USA Today Poll; 52% Say Obama best to Fix Problems, vs. 35% for McCain

Obama Won: Gallup/USA Today Poll; 52% Say Obama best to Fix Problems, vs. 35% for McCain

In addition to those two snap polls done just after the debate on Friday by CNN and by CBS, there is now further evidence that […]

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Saudi Oil Moguls fear Hybrid Cars

Saudi Oil Moguls fear Hybrid Cars

Saudi Arabia wants lower petroleum prices. As a country with enormous reserves, Riyadh would like to preserve their value. In contrast, countries like Algeria with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Hopes for US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi Hopes for US Troop Withdrawal

One of the things that struck me about Friday night’s debate on the time line for troop withdrawal was that McCain appeared to believe that […]

Juan Cole

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Palin Says She did Not Have Money to Travel in Youth; But She went to College in Hawaii!

Palin Says She did Not Have Money to Travel in Youth; But She went to College in Hawaii!

On seeing this part of the Couric interview of Palin, I suddenly remembered something about her: ‘ Couric: In preparing for this conversation, a lot […]

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Debate Fact Check 5

Debate Fact Check 5

About that claim by McCain that he warned about the mortgage crisis: McCain: “But — but let me — let me point out, I also […]

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Debate Fact Check 3

Debate Fact Check 3

Did Henry Kissinger advise direct talks with Iran at the highest levels? Yes. Kissinger gave an interview with Bloomberg Television News Service on March 14, […]

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