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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

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Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy

Amsterdam (Special to Informed Comment) – Discussions still focus on who can and who cannot be called racist, while the question of what racism actually […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

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Ban Plastics!  We estimate there are up to 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seafloor. It’s worse than we thought

Ban Plastics! We estimate there are up to 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seafloor. It’s worse than we thought

By Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox and Justine Barrett | – Nowhere, it seems, is immune from plastic pollution: plastic has been reported in the […]

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Trump Prospects Plummet as Public blames him for Illness, Independents desert him over Debate Bullying

Trump Prospects Plummet as Public blames him for Illness, Independents desert him over Debate Bullying

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Those observers asking whether Trump would get a bounce of sympathy from falling ill with COVID-19, the way Ronald Reagan […]

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If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn't Manage it

If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn’t Manage it

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The organization most responsible for the debacle of the first Presidential debate offered an implicit apology and […]

John Buell

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Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

By Stephanie Newbold | – Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, there have […]

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A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and […]

Tom Engelhardt

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The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is sick. That isn’t a putdown, it is just the truth. The chair of the Republican National […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – The Saudi government has spent billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as a deliberate strategy […]

Human Rights Watch

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The Arctic hasn't been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

The Arctic hasn’t been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

By Julie Brigham-Grette and Steve Petsch | – Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This […]

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