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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

The Israeli navy illegally interfered with Gaza aid ships on the high seas, Friday, kidnapping the people on the two vessels and sending the ships […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Would Obama Greenlight an Israeli Attack on Iran?

Would Obama Greenlight an Israeli Attack on Iran?

The Israeli press notes that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and maverick Defense Minister Ehud Barak have been talking up a possible Israeli attack on […]

Juan Cole

Energy
A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it

A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it

The bad news is that I’ve been reading David Archer’s The Long Thaw on climate change projections, and he thinks that the Intergovernmental Panel on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Likud Government takes Revenge on Palestinians for UNESCO Membership

Likud Government takes Revenge on Palestinians for UNESCO Membership

The Pan-Arab London daily, al-Hayat, editorializes today that President Obama’s vote against Palestine’s membership in UNESCO demonstrates that his 2009 Cairo speech was “empty words.” […]

Juan Cole

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Romney Flip-Flops on Mideast, Too: Cole in Truthdig

Romney Flip-Flops on Mideast, Too: Cole in Truthdig

My column is out in Truthdig, entitled, “Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East”. Excerpt: “The Arab revolutions of 2011 have already removed […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further

UNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized Palestine as a full member on Monday setting off a crisis between the United States and […]

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Mahoney:  New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Mahoney: New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Jon Mahoney writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Many readers of Informed Comment will be interested in the outcome of the presidential elections […]

Juan Cole

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Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens 'Volcano' if Attacked

Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens ‘Volcano’ if Attacked

Syria said it would reply Monday to the proposal of the Arab League for ending the violence in that country. Aljazera has video. On Sunday, […]

Juan Cole

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Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American

Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American

Gerald Ganann writes in a guest column for Informed Comment I opened my local newspaper one morning recently to find that the Occupy movement had […]

Juan Cole

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