Archives for December 2018

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A total of 24 Palestinians have died and 232 others were injured in the month of November from Israeli army-related attacks, according to a report, on Monday.The International Relations Department in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that 21 Palestinians have died in the besieged Gaza Strip and three in the occupied […]

Donald Trump

Mueller Lenient toward Flynn because of ‘Substantial Assistance’ in Trump Probe

AFP

Washington, United States | AFP | – (AFP) Michael Flynn’s guilty plea was the first secured by the investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor in charge of the Russia election meddling probe, recommended Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn face […]

Climate Change

Grassroots at COP24 Demand end of Coal as Poland Lobbies for It

AFP

Crops will be destroyed not just by flooding and rain but also by droughts. Yet this urgency is not reflected in the actions of governments

Democratic Party

Massive Blue Wave Answered GOP Bigotry, but also Challenges Dem Establishment

Tomdispatch

A new House majority will be nearly 1/2 women, 1/3 people of color, and include more Muslim Americans, Native Americans, and LGBTQ members

Featured

Congressional Noose may Tighten around Saudi Crown Prince as Haspel Testifies

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration was so annoyed by the line of the Central Intelligence Agency that Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi that it appears to have kept director Gina Haspel from testifying to Congress last week alongside Secretary of State Mike […]

Climate Change