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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Authoritarianism
Dick Cheney says he doesn't Recognize current GOP, but he Helped pave way for Insurrection

Dick Cheney says he doesn’t Recognize current GOP, but he Helped pave way for Insurrection

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanied his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), to the Capitol on Thursday to join the […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
The Capitol Insurrectionists came for America with Bibles, Guns and a Messianic Trumpism

The Capitol Insurrectionists came for America with Bibles, Guns and a Messianic Trumpism

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – At Christian Nationalist conferences , “ . . . resistance to Mr. Trump is tantamount to resistance to […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Authoritarianism
How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

By Ken Hughes | – Now that a full year has passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, the 2020 election and […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Is America a Nation Coming Apart?

Is America a Nation Coming Apart?

By Tom Engelhardt | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Let me start 2022 by heading back — way, way back — for a moment. It’s easy […]

Tom Engelhardt

Authoritarianism
In 1953, the Republican Party overthrew the Iranian Government; on 1/6/21 it used the Same Techniques against the elected President

In 1953, the Republican Party overthrew the Iranian Government; on 1/6/21 it used the Same Techniques against the elected President

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On January 6, 2021, Trump attempted to make a coup and remain in power despite losing the election to Joe […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s primer on climate denial illustrates 5 myths that fuel rejection of science

‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s primer on climate denial illustrates 5 myths that fuel rejection of science

By Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer | – Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist being ignored. “Don’t Look Up” is no […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
One year after the January 6 insurrection, is the United States on the Verge of Break-up?

One year after the January 6 insurrection, is the United States on the Verge of Break-up?

When does a country stop being a country? ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – This critical moment takes place before a civil war breaks out […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Hisham Abu Hawash was never Charged or Convicted of a Crime but he Almost Died in an Israeli Jail

Palestinian Hisham Abu Hawash was never Charged or Convicted of a Crime but he Almost Died in an Israeli Jail

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – After 141 days on hunger strike in an Israeli prison, Palestinian prisoner Hisham […]

Middle East Monitor

Democratic Party
1 Year after 1/6, Polls reveal Republican Party captured by Great Leader Syndrome just like North Koreans

1 Year after 1/6, Polls reveal Republican Party captured by Great Leader Syndrome just like North Koreans

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – You sometimes hear from right-wing pundits that the widespread Republican rejection of the legitimacy of President Biden is just mirroring […]

Juan Cole

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