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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Climate Change
25 Alarming Global Warming Facts (Video)

25 Alarming Global Warming Facts (Video)

25 Alarming Global Warming Statistics

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Despite being Barred from Jerusalem Easter is a Symbol of hope for Palestinians

Despite being Barred from Jerusalem Easter is a Symbol of hope for Palestinians

(By Juan Cole) Palestinian Christians in the West Bank say that they have been denied permits to visit Jerusalem in record numbers this year, despite […]

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Climate Change
“Fox & Friends on Obamacare, Climate Change and Neil DeGrasse Tyson” (SNL)

“Fox & Friends on Obamacare, Climate Change and Neil DeGrasse Tyson” (SNL)

Satire Alert Saturday Night Live: “Fox and Friends on Obamacare, Climate Change and Neil DeGrasse Tyson”

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Dissent
The New 1% isn't just the Rich, it is the Spoiled Oligarch Heirs (Krugman)

The New 1% isn’t just the Rich, it is the Spoiled Oligarch Heirs (Krugman)

Bill Moyers interviews Paul Krugman Blurb: ” Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, a 42-year-old who teaches at the Paris School of Economics, […]

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Books
The Shakira song and 3 other hits inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Shakira song and 3 other hits inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

MEXICO CITY — Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s monumental influence in Latin America and the world wasn’t confined to literature. His words and the lives of his characters were also the driving forces behind several iconic songs about love and loss. Artists…

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Fox News asks Rand Paul if Reid is right to "call Americans" "Domestic Terrorists"

Fox News asks Rand Paul if Reid is right to “call Americans” “Domestic Terrorists”

(By Juan Cole) Not since George W. Bush complained that the problem with the American economy was that “too many of our imports come from […]

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Constitution
Allen West: ‘Radical’ Muslims waging ‘jihad’ in U.S. — by voting and obeying election laws

Allen West: ‘Radical’ Muslims waging ‘jihad’ in U.S. — by voting and obeying election laws

Former Republican Congressman Allen West (R-FL), who is currently employed as a Fox News contributor, on Thursday warned that Muslims were organizing to “destroy” the United States by exercising their legal right to vote. Fox News host Steve Doocy…

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Iraq
The Great Moat of Iraqi Kurdistan with Syria Separates Families

The Great Moat of Iraqi Kurdistan with Syria Separates Families

(By Abdul-Khaleq Dosky in Dohuk, for Niqash) To better protect their borders, authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan are digging a large trench in the area bordering […]

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Afghanistan
An Int'l Trail of Death and Heartbreak:  How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets

An Int’l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets

(By Ann Jones) After an argument about a leave denied, Specialist Ivan Lopez pulled out a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun and began a shooting […]

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