Manafort admitted in a court filing Tuesday to sharing the polling data with former Russian intel. officer Konstantin Kilimnik
Archives for January 2019
Turkey’s Erdogan snubs Bolton for support of Kurdish YPG: ‘He made a grave Mistake’
By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul – Ankara, Turkey | AFP | – US National Security Advisor John Bolton was in Ankara to discuss the planned US withdrawal from Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned comments by a key US envoy over the future of a US-allied Syrian Kurdish militia […]
Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science
The man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor …who likewise ordered the burning of all the books before him
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?
US “much greater shares of national wealth and income going to the richest 1% than any other country.”
The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany
I studied the most positive refugee settlement programs inside Germany
Do we need Tanf? US’s 4,775 global Military ‘Sites,’ cost us $716 bn/ yr.
( Tomdispatch.com) – The U.S. military is finally withdrawing (or not) from its base at al-Tanf. You know, the place that the Syrian government long claimed was a training ground for Islamic State (ISIS) fighters; the land corridor just inside Syria, near both the Iraqi and Jordanian borders, that Russia has called a terrorist hotbed […]
Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The response of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to the proposed the Senate bill permitting state and local sanctions on persons and companies that boycott Israel was “They forgot which country they are representing.” They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part […]
With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?
After a technically successful climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries address scientific warnings with ambition
No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy
Obama wanted to calm the waters in the Middle East, then shift the burden of policing it to America’s partners there