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Why Stop with the Kennedy Center? Cabinet Officials add Hyphenated -Trump to their Names
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Why Stop with the Kennedy Center? Cabinet Officials add Hyphenated -Trump to their Names

Mitchell Zimmerman

The renaming of the Performing Arts Center followed a renaming that created the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace

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While Bethlehem Holds First Full Christmas Since Genocide Began, Little to Celebrate in Gaza

While Bethlehem Holds First Full Christmas Since Genocide Began, Little to Celebrate in Gaza

12/25/2025 By Common Dreams

What World was Jesus born into? A Historian describes the turbulent Times of the real Nativity

What World was Jesus born into? A Historian describes the turbulent Times of the real Nativity

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How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth's Atmosphere (NASA)

How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere (NASA)

NASA Goddard | — “An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around […]

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Climate Change
How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

DW | — “We are joined by Martin Cames who heads the Energy and Climate Division at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. He […]

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Egypt
The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

By Juan Cole, interviewed by Bassam Haddad | — Bassam Haddad, a prominent Syria specialist at George Mason University, interviewed me this fall for the […]

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Israel
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four Israelis earlier in the day. Abbas’ […]

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Iran
 Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

By Robert E. Hunter WASHINGTON, Nov 18 2014 (IPS) – Nov. 24 is the deadline for six world powers and Iran to reach a final […]

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Climate Change
Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

By Michael T. Klare (Tomdispatch.com) Pop the champagne corks in Washington!  It’s party time for Big Energy.  In the wake of the midterm elections, Republican […]

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Humor
American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

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Christianity
Pope Francis's Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

Pope Francis’s Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

By Ali Murat Yel The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Turkey on 3-day official visit from November 28 to 30. However, the […]

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3rd Possibility:  Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

3rd Possibility: Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

By Juan Cole | — Observers of the evolution of the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians have long argued that there are only two […]

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