By Christopher Hill | (Project Syndicate) | – – DENVER – The Middle East’s tragic tale of two cities – Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq – speaks to a fundamental lack of consensus in the region and within the broader international community. The lack of order in the international order is greatly complicating […]
Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios
By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul falls. Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of territory the size of the United Kingdom. But on […]
Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?
Farron Cousins | (Ring of Fire Video Report) | – – “Newt Gingrich tried to tell Megyn Kelly of Fox News that she was obsessed with sex. Ironic coming from a man who spent years obsessing over Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades.” The Ring of Fire: “Fox’s Megyn Kelly Hammers Pervert Newt Gingrich”
AT&T Profits by Spying on You for Gov’t, Killing 4th Amendment
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – If companies are allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions, our democracy has no future.’ Telecommunications giant AT&T is spying on Americans for profit and helped law enforcement agencies investigate everything from the so-called war on drugs to Medicaid fraud—all at taxpayers’ expense, according […]
Israel’s Blockade of Gaza is Inherently Violent
By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords) | – – Every day Palestinians live in fear of another U.S.-funded attack by the Israeli government. This fall, the U.S. agreed to provide $38 billion in military aid to Israel over the next ten years, ensuring America’s continued role in funding the occupation of Palestine. Meanwhile, my friends and […]
Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | – – As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and girls when she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2009. Sexual crimes in this central African country, known as the “rape capital of the world,” include the sexual […]
Israel Envy and Trump’s Wall
By Shalom Goldman | (Patheos) | – – In the current presidential campaign, Republicans and Democrats seem to be competing with each other to proclaim their “pro-Israel” stances. In a March address to AIPAC Hillary Clinton said, “I feel so strongly that America can’t ever be neutral when it comes to Israel’s security or survival.” […]
Muslim American Voters in Swing States Calling for Total & Complete Shutdown of Trump Candidacy
Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Muslims have come up more in this election than ever before. But did you know they could actually swing the election? AJ+’s Dena Takruri reports from the battleground state of Florida.” AJ+: “Does The Muslim American Vote Matter?”
Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?
By Johan Chu & Jerry Davis | (The Conversation) | – – If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, then how did the Republican Party – the reputed party of business – manage to nominate a candidate whom almost no one in Big Business supports? And why have so […]
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