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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Can Militarism in America be Ended?

Can Militarism in America be Ended?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man named Elon Musk. But he lost out on one thing: […]

William J. Astore

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How Trump’s Historically High Tariffs will Hurt the US Economy

How Trump’s Historically High Tariffs will Hurt the US Economy

ByBedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariff plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. […]

The Conversation

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Trump’s Lawless Deportation Machine Disappears Immigrants into Blacksite Hellhole

Trump’s Lawless Deportation Machine Disappears Immigrants into Blacksite Hellhole

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Trump kidnapped hundreds of Venezuelan men on March 15, spiriting them away to a black site hellhole outside […]

Dan Dinello

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Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Import taxes will be passed onto the consumer, while the rich will prosper from slashed taxes. by Omar Ocampo | – ( Inequality.org ) – […]

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In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

By Tamir Sorek, Penn State Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison. In April 1994, an Israeli rabbi named […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The richest person in the world couldn’t buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which was won by liberal Susan Crawford, […]

Juan Cole

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Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

By Timothy Neal, UNSW Sydney (The Conversation) – The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, […]

The Conversation

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The Cost of Trump’s War on Federal Workers: an Eyewitness Account

The Cost of Trump’s War on Federal Workers: an Eyewitness Account

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D.C. capital region. […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Big Banks accept a Catastrophic 5.4º F. Temperature Rise, Hope to sell People more Air Conditioners

Big Banks accept a Catastrophic 5.4º F. Temperature Rise, Hope to sell People more Air Conditioners

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Corbin Hiar reports at the Scientific American that the big banks are now banking on a 5.4º F. (3º Celsius) […]

Juan Cole

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