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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

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The Federal Gov’t owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe it Out?

The Federal Gov’t owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe it Out?

By Sarah Anderson and Margot Rathke | – ( Inequality.org) – Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would […]

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The Other America:  The New Politics of the Poor in Joe Biden’s (and Mitch McConnell’s) USA

The Other America: The New Politics of the Poor in Joe Biden’s (and Mitch McConnell’s) USA

( Tomdispatch.com) – In the two weeks since Election 2020, the country has oscillated between joy and anger, hope and dread in an era of […]

Liz Theoharis

Donald Trump
Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, which may kill as many as did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima

Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, which may kill as many as did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper and Lara Jakes at the New York Times get the scoop. […]

Juan Cole

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Republicans Aren’t Just Bad Losers — They’re Traitors to Democracy

Republicans Aren’t Just Bad Losers — They’re Traitors to Democracy

By Mitchell Zimmerman | – Trump’s insidious rhetoric on the election won’t stop Biden from taking office, but it’s not harmless either. ( Otherwords.org) – […]

OtherWords

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After the Erratic Trump, can America Rejoin the World?

After the Erratic Trump, can America Rejoin the World?

By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – It simply doesn’t make a lot of sense to entrust leadership to a country […]

John Feffer

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Trump 2024? Presidential comebacks have mixed success

Trump 2024? Presidential comebacks have mixed success

By Robert Speel | – American author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that “there are no second acts in American lives.” Yet it’s already assumed […]

The Conversation

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In Slight to Biden, Israel sends Squatters to cut Palestinian East Jerusalem off from Palestinian Bethelehem, West Bank

In Slight to Biden, Israel sends Squatters to cut Palestinian East Jerusalem off from Palestinian Bethelehem, West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alarabiya reports that the government of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has let bids for 1257 new segregated Israeli-only housing […]

Juan Cole

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Say no to Austerity for Workers: McConnell and the GOP are about to pull the "We have no money" scam

Say no to Austerity for Workers: McConnell and the GOP are about to pull the “We have no money” scam

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Not surprisingly the national debt is a subject of concern. Liberal and Left economists, most of whom […]

John Buell

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Despite Losses at Polls and in Court, Trump Crowds in D. C. cry "Coup," "Fraud" and "2nd American Revolution"

Despite Losses at Polls and in Court, Trump Crowds in D. C. cry “Coup,” “Fraud” and “2nd American Revolution”

By MacKenzie Belley | – ( Cronkite News/ Arizona PBS) WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people turned the streets of Washington into a sea […]

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