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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

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Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Trumpism was Always the Tyrannical Tantrum of a Stubborn 5-Year-Old, but Now it will Kill People; Lots of People

Trumpism was Always the Tyrannical Tantrum of a Stubborn 5-Year-Old, but Now it will Kill People; Lots of People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trumpism is a form of fascism, of course, but at its core is a whiny rebellion against the achievements of […]

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Unless we Halt Trump's War on the Environment, the next Pandemic is coming for Us

Unless we Halt Trump’s War on the Environment, the next Pandemic is coming for Us

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Congress is already thinking about how to prevent the next pandemic. See how quickly Cory Booker (D-NJ) has […]

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Despite Trump support for Saudi Arabia, it is finally on the verge of defeat in Yemen

Despite Trump support for Saudi Arabia, it is finally on the verge of defeat in Yemen

By Omar Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Exactly five years ago, the US-backed, Saudi-led Arab coalition carried out its first air […]

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Trump Bankrupting WHO during Pandemic, Hurting Vaccine Coordination and Killing People in Global South

Trump Bankrupting WHO during Pandemic, Hurting Vaccine Coordination and Killing People in Global South

By Adam Kamradt-Scott | – US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a […]

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Trump Kneecapped World Health Organization amid Pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to Wipe out Guinea Worm

Trump Kneecapped World Health Organization amid Pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to Wipe out Guinea Worm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In another petty, destructive and self-serving tirade, Trump announced Tuesday that he is halting US funding for the World Health […]

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Donald Trump
With Rich Cushioned and Millions losing Jobs, let's Dump "Heroic Job Creators" vs. "Moochers"  Myth

With Rich Cushioned and Millions losing Jobs, let’s Dump “Heroic Job Creators” vs. “Moochers” Myth

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – Republican Presidents Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Donald Trump and the 2020 GOP […]

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Empire and Blowback: Remembering Chalmers Johnson's Critique of American Imperialism

Empire and Blowback: Remembering Chalmers Johnson’s Critique of American Imperialism

( Responsible Statecraft) – It has been nearly ten years since Chalmers Johnson died, and twice that long since the publication of “Blowback: The Costs […]

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Real Security: Wasted Pentagon Trillions that We Could have Spent on Health Care and Pandemic Preparedness

Real Security: Wasted Pentagon Trillions that We Could have Spent on Health Care and Pandemic Preparedness

It is not like we’ve won any wars since 1945, anyway

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Ayatollah Trump Declares "Total Authority:" Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran's Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Trump Declares “Total Authority:” Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran’s Supreme Leader

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At the embarrassing public meltdown that passed for his news conference on Monday, Trump addressed the question of opening back […]

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