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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

02/03/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

02/03/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Walsh (Republican):  No Pregnancy Ever threatens a Mother's Life (Young Turks Video)

Walsh (Republican): No Pregnancy Ever threatens a Mother’s Life (Young Turks Video)

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill, a conservative Republican, now argues that there is never an instance when an abortion is necessary to save the life of […]

Juan Cole

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Air Massacre in Maaret al-Numan, Syria as Fighting Intensifies

Air Massacre in Maaret al-Numan, Syria as Fighting Intensifies

On October 9, the revolutionaries in Syria took the town of Maaret al-Numan in northern Idlib province for a second time, and began besieging the […]

Juan Cole

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Campaign Humor from the Candidates: Obama and Romney do Stand-Up

Campaign Humor from the Candidates: Obama and Romney do Stand-Up

Barack Obama tells jokes at the Al Smith dinner, three weeks before the election. Obama observes that he was much more awake in the second […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
The US & Pakistan: The Mr & Mrs Smith of Foreign Policy (Hiro)

The US & Pakistan: The Mr & Mrs Smith of Foreign Policy (Hiro)

Dilip Hiro writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Alliance from Hell How the U.S. and Pakistan Became the Dysfunctional Nuclear Family of International Relations The United States […]

Juan Cole

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A Letter from Benghazi on Crappy Republican Talking Points

A Letter from Benghazi on Crappy Republican Talking Points

A common friend sent me this message from a resident of Benghazi, Libya: === I’m so fed up with all the nonsense that’s repeated over […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Creepy Israeli Planning for Palestinian Food Insecurity in Gaza Revealed

Creepy Israeli Planning for Palestinian Food Insecurity in Gaza Revealed

An Israeli human rights organization, Gisha, sued in Israeli courts to force the release of a planning document for ‘putting the Palestinians on a diet’ […]

Juan Cole

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Two Canadians Discover the US has become a Police State

Two Canadians Discover the US has become a Police State

From YouTube: “If you’re told to do something, do it without asking the reason.”

Juan Cole

Libya
Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods

Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods

1. Romney attempted to convey the impression that he has worked to increase women’s employment as governor, reaching out to women’s groups and receiving “binders […]

Juan Cole

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US Drone Strikes on Pakistan: Counting the Bodies (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The US government must release its estimates of how many people are being killed in […]

Juan Cole

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