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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Donald Trump

Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

07/01/2025 By Andrew J. Bacevich

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Bill of Rights
This is how ancient Rome's republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump's impeachment trial

This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial

By Timothy Joseph | – The U.S. Senate has made its judgment in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, acquitting the president. Fifty two […]

The Conversation

Eastern Europe
Britain got its Brexit, but will it also Get an Economic Depression and Lose Scotland and N. Ireland?

Britain got its Brexit, but will it also Get an Economic Depression and Lose Scotland and N. Ireland?

By John Feffer | – Edinburgh, Scotland (Foreign Policy in Focus) – If I were the European Union, I’d be wiping my hands, sighing in […]

John Feffer

Congress
Sen. Mitt Romney's Historic Speech Explaining Why he Voted to Impeach and Remove Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney’s Historic Speech Explaining Why he Voted to Impeach and Remove Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney’s remarks on the impeachment vote on Wednesday are below. He voted to convict Trump and remove him from office, and was the […]

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Climate Crisis
Cramer: "We're in the Death Knell Phase" of Big Oil, as 44% of Norway New Autos are Electric

Cramer: “We’re in the Death Knell Phase” of Big Oil, as 44% of Norway New Autos are Electric

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNBC stock picker Jim Cramer startled his conservative fan base this week by refusing to push ExxonMobil and other petroleum […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner Plan is a "Peace" to End all Peace in Israel and Palestine

The Kushner Plan is a “Peace” to End all Peace in Israel and Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed ‘Deal […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iraq
As Warhawks Eye Iran,  Iraq War has already cost the US nearly $2 trillion

As Warhawks Eye Iran, Iraq War has already cost the US nearly $2 trillion

By Neta C. Crawford | – Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
The Art of the Deal, Pentagon-Style:  Wars Without Victories, Weapons Without End

The Art of the Deal, Pentagon-Style: Wars Without Victories, Weapons Without End

By William J. Astore | – (Tomdispatch.com) – The expression “self-licking ice cream cone” was first used in 1992 to describe a hidebound bureaucracy at […]

William J. Astore

Democracy
Why the First Democratic Primary should be in Illinois

Why the First Democratic Primary should be in Illinois

Ann Arbor (informed Comment) – The custom of Iowa having the first Democratic primary (or as they are pleased to arrange it, caucus) goes back […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Filthy Rich: How America's Unprecedented Inequality is Literally Killing Us

Filthy Rich: How America’s Unprecedented Inequality is Literally Killing Us

“The 500 richest people in the world…gained a combined $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019, further exacerbating inequities that have not been seen since the […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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