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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

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Terminate Him:  Arnold Schwarzenegger's Poignant Denunciation of Trumpian Fascism

Terminate Him: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Poignant Denunciation of Trumpian Fascism

Arnold Schwarzenegger | Twitter Video | – My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. […]

Juan Cole

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Four Years Later:  'Welcome to Psychopathocracy,' the Sequel

Four Years Later: ‘Welcome to Psychopathocracy,’ the Sequel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – N.B.: I wrote this essay on January 10, 2017. Four years later, I stand by most of it, and I […]

Juan Cole

American Jews
What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

By Jonathan D. Sarna | – One of the many horrifying images from the Jan. 6 rampage on the U.S. Capitol shows a long-haired, long-bearded […]

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"Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:" 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

“Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:” 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was […]

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Donald Trump
Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he's the Most Disgraced President in History

Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he’s the Most Disgraced President in History

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – How the mighty have fallen. In the space of a few months, Donald J […]

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Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not everyone who mobbed the Capitol on 1/6 was a terrorist, but there were many terrorists among them. Some people […]

Juan Cole

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First Impeach, then strip Trump of Benefits from the Former Presidents Act

First Impeach, then strip Trump of Benefits from the Former Presidents Act

Austin, Tx. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the aftermath of Trump’s Rally for Fascism that led to the storming of the Capitol, there is […]

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Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of the attack on the US Capitol

Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of the attack on the US Capitol

By Alex Newhouse | – The attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 was shocking, but no one following right-wing activity on social […]

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50+ Foreign Policy and National Security Experts Call on Biden to Return to Iran Deal

50+ Foreign Policy and National Security Experts Call on Biden to Return to Iran Deal

National Iranian American Council. Note to Informed Comment readers: Juan Cole is among the signatories below. To: President Elect Biden and the Biden administration As […]

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