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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
Donald Trump

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Scott Corey

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

01/15/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

01/15/2026 By Truthdig

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Snowden: Clapper pattern of Lies about My Complaints to NSA

Snowden: Clapper pattern of Lies about My Complaints to NSA

After NBC confirmed Ed Snowden’s earlier claims that he had tried to make use of internal channels to question NSA surveillance programs, James Clapper released a single email from Snowden to the legal department at the NSA, which they claim shows he…

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"Man-Up" Kerry tries to Swiftboat Ed Snowden

“Man-Up” Kerry tries to Swiftboat Ed Snowden

By Jon Queally U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is facing widespread criticism for his comment that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—increasingly seen by the American […]

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Gov't to Class of '14: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know all About You

Gov’t to Class of ’14: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know all About You

By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch Internet Class of 2014, I’m in awe of you! To this giant, darkened auditorium filled with sparkling screens of every […]

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Bill of Rights
Mr. Kerry:  Why Snowden can’t “Make his Case” in “Our System of Justice”

Mr. Kerry: Why Snowden can’t “Make his Case” in “Our System of Justice”

By Juan Cole Secretary of State John Kerry said that Edward Snowden should “return home and come back here and stand in our system of […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Vows never to Return Occupied E Jerusalem to Palestinian Residents

Israeli PM Netanyahu Vows never to Return Occupied E Jerusalem to Palestinian Residents

On Jerusalem Day Netanyahu vows never to divide the city (via AFP) Tens of thousands of religious Jews waving Israeli flags marched into mainly Arab […]

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Bahrain
US Ally Bahrain's Courts are Corrupt, in service of Injustice

US Ally Bahrain’s Courts are Corrupt, in service of Injustice

Human Rights Watch A police officer in Bahrain who kills a protester in cold blood or beats a detainee to death might face a sentence […]

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Democracy
Press Freedom is the Issue, not Glenn Greenwald's Personality

Press Freedom is the Issue, not Glenn Greenwald’s Personality

By Barry Eisler via Freedom of the Press Foundation: One of the most fascinating aspects of Glenn Greenwald’s journalism is the way it provokes various […]

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Bush
Bush-Cheney Committed War Crimes: Terrorism Czar

Bush-Cheney Committed War Crimes: Terrorism Czar

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! has an exclusive interview: ” Exclusive: Bush Committed War Crimes Says Ex-Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke” Excerpt: Amy Goodman: “Do you think […]

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Crime
Not Snowden but *Keith Alexander*: Hero or Traitor (the debate we should be having)

Not Snowden but *Keith Alexander*: Hero or Traitor (the debate we should be having)

By Juan Cole NBC News’s Brian Williams interviewed Edward Snowden in Moscow on Wednesday night. But then Mr. Williams followed it up with a panel […]

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