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Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

H. Scott Prosterman

The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.

How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

02/07/2026 By Ramzy Baroud

‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

02/07/2026 By The Conversation

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Economy
8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

(By Tom Giesen) The ideal of the American way of life as formulated in the twentieth century has collapsed early in the new Millennium without […]

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Economy
Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

(By Chase Madar via Tomdispatch) We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid. Recent polls show that, on average, we believe 28% of the federal […]

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20 Banks Funding most Dirty Coal Mining, Climate Disruption, Worldwide

20 Banks Funding most Dirty Coal Mining, Climate Disruption, Worldwide

(By Michael Winship) Turning Up Heat on Banks Funding Fossil Fuels (via Moyers & Company) As environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben tells Bill Moyers […]

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Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul's Lewinsky Gambit Can't Obscure GOP War on Women

Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul’s Lewinsky Gambit Can’t Obscure GOP War on Women

(By Juan Cole) Sen. Rand Paul, in preparation for his run at the presidency in 2016, has been attempting to deflect the GOP disadvantage with […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
In midst of Alleged Peace Talks, Israel Announces Hundreds of new Squatter Homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem

In midst of Alleged Peace Talks, Israel Announces Hundreds of new Squatter Homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem

(via AFP) Israel approves 550 Jerusalem settler homes (via AFP) Israel expedited Wednesday plans for more than 550 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
A $9 Trillion War?  Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations

A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations

(By Juan Cole) 40 Republican senators are making a last-minute push to bring further Iran sanctions up for a vote despite the opposition of senate […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Daily Show on al-Qaeda & Syria Part Deux:  That’s not how Bin Laden would have Killed Them

Daily Show on al-Qaeda & Syria Part Deux: That’s not how Bin Laden would have Killed Them

This part of the piece has the clip of my interview on the subject at Aljazeera America. Here is the second part of the Jon […]

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Climate Change
Let's See: Major Droughts in Drying West; Fracking a Water Hog and Causes Drought...

Let’s See: Major Droughts in Drying West; Fracking a Water Hog and Causes Drought…

(By Jon Queally) Almost half (47%) of all U.S. wells are being developed in regions with high to extremely high water stress. This means that […]

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"The Iranians are Coming!" Derangement Syndrome over 1 Destroyer in Atlantic

“The Iranians are Coming!” Derangement Syndrome over 1 Destroyer in Atlantic

(By Juan Cole) Today’s headlines in the US were marked by Iran derangement syndrome. It turns out that Iran has sent “a fleet” of “warships” […]

Juan Cole

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