Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]
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Why Trump’s Senate supporters can’t overturn Electoral College results they don’t like – here’s how the law actually works
By Donald Brand | – On Jan. 6, the United States Congress will gather in a joint session to tally the votes of the Electoral […]
How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil’s first Muslim Federal Judge
By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and […]
The Donald won’t be in Office Long, but will he be more Dangerous out of it?
( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 has indeed begun and god knows what it has in store for us. But unless, somehow, we’re surprised beyond imagining, The […]
Already a New Boss in Town: Saudis, afraid of Biden, Hurry to End their Blockade on Qatar
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would lift its land and sea blockade against Qatar, and that Bahrain and the […]
Democracy’s Night of the Living Dead: Trump’s GOP Zombies Lost by a Landslide, but they’re back to eat our Brains
By Dan Dinello | – Like a political remake of Night of the Living Dead, the Republican Party — put to death by the Lame […]
Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it
By Ken Hughes | – At least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s. Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in […]
Turkey: Bill on ‘Preventing Terrorism’ actually Targets Freedom of Association, Civil Society
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Istanbul) – The Turkish government should withdraw provisions in a draft law that would arbitrarily curtail nongovernmental organizations’ activities […]
Tragedies, Farces and Trump’s Coup d’état: The History of an Idea
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amy Gardner at the Washington Post got the scoop. In an hour-long telephone call to Georgia officials, including the the […]
With Raft of Normalizations with Israel, Everything changed for Palestinians this Past Year . . . but They’re still Occupied
By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Landmark developments seem to have changed everything and nothing for Palestine this past year. The […]
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