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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

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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Donald Trump
Biden's First Year vs. Trump's First Year:  Are you Friggin' Kidding me with this "Failed Presidency" Idiocy?

Biden’s First Year vs. Trump’s First Year: Are you Friggin’ Kidding me with this “Failed Presidency” Idiocy?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republican outlets like Politico and Fox and the Wall Street Journal (the latter two echo chambers for reactionary Australian billionaire […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Could Plea deal and Political Ban of former PM Netanyahu Topple the Israeli Government?

Could Plea deal and Political Ban of former PM Netanyahu Topple the Israeli Government?

Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli parties have witnessed successive developments recently, including the likelihood of a political explosion […]

Middle East Monitor

Joe Biden
After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

( Code Pink) – President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Pentagon
Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame: Will We "Celebrate" Its 30th Anniversary?

Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame: Will We “Celebrate” Its 30th Anniversary?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s now more than 20 years later and that American offshore symbol of mistreatment and injustice, the prison at Guantánamo Bay, […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Violating Geneva Convention, Israel Expels Salhiyeh Family and Demolishes their Home in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Violating Geneva Convention, Israel Expels Salhiyeh Family and Demolishes their Home in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that early on Thursday morning, Israeli security forces brought bulldozers to demolish the house […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity (HRW)

Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, new research shows, Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

Bill of Rights
Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base reached its shameful 20th anniversary […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Batteries
The Best Battery is Nature's Own:  How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

The Best Battery is Nature’s Own: How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

By Andrew Blakers,Bin Lu, and Matthew Stocks | – To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the […]

The Conversation

Economy
160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The charitable organization Oxfam reports this week that 160 million people fell into poverty during the past two years of […]

Juan Cole

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