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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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After the Attempted Coup in Washington, Americans should rethink overthrowing other peoples' Governments

After the Attempted Coup in Washington, Americans should rethink overthrowing other peoples’ Governments

Greenville, SC (Special to Informed Comment) – Now that the disastrous Trump presidency is over, there is much hope placed in Joseph Biden. But it […]

Akan Malici

Donald Trump
Six Days to Go: Nukes, Trump, and Cybersecurity

Six Days to Go: Nukes, Trump, and Cybersecurity

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Should American citizens feel relieved that Speaker Pelosi has met with General Milley to discuss the nuclear […]

John Buell

Constitution
Is impeaching President Trump 'pointless revenge'? Not if it sends a message to future presidents

Is impeaching President Trump ‘pointless revenge’? Not if it sends a message to future presidents

By Michael Blake | – A House majority, including 10 Republicans, voted on Jan. 13 to impeach President Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” The vote […]

The Conversation

Congress
McConnell Cynically used the Trump-Monster to get Tax Cuts and SCOTUS, Now Dropping him like a Squeezed Orange

McConnell Cynically used the Trump-Monster to get Tax Cuts and SCOTUS, Now Dropping him like a Squeezed Orange

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Chapter 7 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the enormously wealthy Jay Gatsby becomes concerned about word getting […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Top Three Ways Biden can get us out of Forever Wars

Top Three Ways Biden can get us out of Forever Wars

Greenville, SC (Special to Informed Comment) – Upon the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump showed eagerness to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North […]

Akan Malici

Pentagon
We’re all POWs Now: When Will America Free Itself From War?

We’re all POWs Now: When Will America Free Itself From War?

( Tomdispatch.com) – “POWs Never Have A Nice Day.” That sentiment was captured on a button a friend of mine wore for our fourth grade […]

William J. Astore

China
Twisting the Truth about a Beautiful Sight: Some Beijing Press is using the Capitol Insurrection to Condemn Homegrown Pro-Democracy Demonstrators

Twisting the Truth about a Beautiful Sight: Some Beijing Press is using the Capitol Insurrection to Condemn Homegrown Pro-Democracy Demonstrators

Ithaca, NY (Special to Informed Comment) – Given the mutual recriminations that characterize the sorry state of US-China relations as of late, it is hardly […]

Philip J. Cunningham

Donald Trump
The armed Accelerationists are Coming: Neo-Nazis and Boogaloo Bois plan another Insurrection Jan. 20

The armed Accelerationists are Coming: Neo-Nazis and Boogaloo Bois plan another Insurrection Jan. 20

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The far right militias, some of whom invaded the Capitol on 1/6, are now planning armed invasions of all 50 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
US Capitol riot: the myths behind the tattoos worn by ‘QAnon shaman’ Jake Angeli

US Capitol riot: the myths behind the tattoos worn by ‘QAnon shaman’ Jake Angeli

By Tom Birkett | – The defining image of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6 was undoubtedly that of a bare-chested man […]

The Conversation

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