Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Donald Trump is in a lot of trouble since a judge unsealed the documents of the Trump University case. This has the potential to seriously hurt his campaign. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. .. “The Trump University scam was a […]
Inside ISIL’s looted antiquities trade
By Fiona Rose-Greenland | (The Conversation) | – – For excavators – archaeologists, but also looters like the [so-called] Islamic State, or ISIL – the opportunity for discovery in modern Iraq and Syria is dazzling. The countries lie within the Fertile Crescent, a broad swath of land stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to the Zagros […]
As US/ Kurdish force Moves on ISIL at Manbij, Turkey goes Ballistic
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The left-leaning Beirut daily al-Safir (Ambassador) points out that less than two weeks after the Syrian Democratic Forces announced their campaign against al-Raqqa, the capital of the phony caliphate of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), the SDF instead has veered off to the west in a bid to […]
Trumping Terrorism with Torture?
By Rebecca Gordon | (Informed Comment) | – – Why do Republican candidates for the presidency keep promising to commit war crimes? GOP standard-bearer Donald Trump guarantees he’ll torture terrorists and “take out their families.” When he was still in the race, Ted Cruz offered to carpet bomb ISIS (and anyone else in their vicinity) […]
Tired of living in fear of the Muslims next door? Easy Breathalyzer Fix (Bassem Youssef Satire)
Dr. Bassem Youssef | (Fusion Comedy Satire Video) | – – “Tired of living in fear of the Muslims next door? Bassem Youssef has a solution! SUBSCRIBE for more Democracy Handbook (Bassem’s new docu-series) –coming to Fusion in July! Episodes will be available in their entirety on Thursday, July 14 at FUSION.net as well as […]
The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development: Sara Roy
Paige Brownlow | (Institute for Palestine Studies) The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development Third and Final Edition by Harvard Scholar, Sara Roy “The De-development of the Gaza Strip has arguably reached its logical conclusion with the current, increasingly distorted, reconfiguration of economic activity,” says renowned political economist and Harvard scholar, Dr. Sara Roy. […]
Koch Bros. Shill Glenn Beck suspended for agreeing with Brad Thor that Trump might have to be Taken Out
Joya Mia Italiano and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Glenn Beck has been suspended from satellite radio company SiriusXM after one of his guests made a threat against Donald Trump. Fiction author Brad Thor appeared on The Glenn Beck Program last Wednesday and said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a […]
US domestic extremists a bigger risk than foreign terrorism, but guess who Trump & GOP Coddle?
By David Alpher | (The Conversation) | – – Take America back from those who have stolen it. Protect America from those who want to destroy it. Restore the principles that these usurpers betrayed. These are the messages that have defined the GOP presidential race. They have been used for the past eight years to […]
Multi-Trillion Dollar Bridge to Nowhere in the Greater Middle East
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – We have it on highest authority: the recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan marks “an important milestone.” So the president of the United States has declared, with that claim duly echoed and implicitly endorsed […]
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