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An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?
Bill of Rights

An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?

Mitchell Zimmerman

Minnesota is an occupied land, abused by lawless thugs. We are all Minnesotans.

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

01/28/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

01/28/2026 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Arab World
Cole's "The New Arabs" at Firedoglake Book Salon

Cole’s “The New Arabs” at Firedoglake Book Salon

By Juan Cole Firedoglake Book Salon on Juan Cole, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is changing the Middle East See also this recent […]

Juan Cole

Humor
"Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?":  Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

“Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?”: Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL A friend of the Imam asks him, “Would you like to drink vodka or tequila?” Outraged at the indignity, the […]

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Banking
Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Bill Moyers: “The Massachusetts senator talks to Bill about taking on the entrenched political and Wall Street interests that have rigged the game against the […]

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Apartheid
Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict?  Was it even a "War"?

Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict? Was it even a “War”?

By Ramzy Baroud (Maan) In the rush to analyze the outcome of Israel’s 51-day war in Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, some may have neglected […]

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Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. Karen DeYoung points out that the siege of the Iraqi Shiite town of Amerli could not have been broken without the […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Can Obama Resist Hawks' Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

Can Obama Resist Hawks’ Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

By Adam Quinn, University of Birmingham via The Conversation US president Barack Obama has yet to work out exactly what America’s strategy is in confronting […]

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art and photography
Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

By A. David Lewis for for ISLAMiCommentary A. David Lewis Muslims don’t present a problem for superhero comics. They present a solution. A previous installment […]

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Iran
What You won't See on US TV:   Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

What You won’t See on US TV: Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

Channel 4 News Channel 4 News: “What does Iran make of Islamic State?” Meanwhile, although some Iranian sources deny it, the BBC’s sources say that […]

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Climate Change
Elon Musk's Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

Elon Musk’s Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

By Juan Cole KRQE: “Official: Tesla picks Nevada for Gigafactory” Clean Technica points out that the battery-making factory is on track to reduce battery prices […]

Juan Cole

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Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan

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“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

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