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An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?
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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

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Afghanistan
Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has provoked a furor by remarks he made on President Obama’s Afghanistan policy at a GOP fundraiser in Noank, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

The FT says that at least two suicide bombers struck at the shrine of medieval Sufi master Datta Ganj Bakhsh (Sayyid Ali Hujwiri), the patron […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

VOA reports that the oil skimming ships are gone. The booms protecting islands and marshes have been torn from their anchors. Sand bags have been […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan; <br/> Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan;
Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

As the Senate confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US troops in Afghanistan, CNN estimated that 101 NATO troops (including Americans) were killed in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee; <br/> Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee;
Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

The LAT reports on the lightning speed with which the Senate Armed Forces Committee confirmed the appointment of Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey Forbids Israeli Military Overflights

Turkey Forbids Israeli Military Overflights

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday in Toronto in the wake of the G20 conference that Turkey will no longer routinely give Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Walthen: I saw 100 Dolphins in the Oil, some Dying

Walthen: I saw 100 Dolphins in the Oil, some Dying

John L. Walthen and companions take a helicopter trip out over the Gulf of Mexico. “This was the most emotionally disturbing video I have ever […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
7 NATO Troops Killed; <br/> as Karzai is Said to Dicker with Insurgents; <br/> and Panetta Scoffs<br/> Taliban Rejoice in McChrystal Firing

7 NATO Troops Killed;
as Karzai is Said to Dicker with Insurgents;
and Panetta Scoffs
Taliban Rejoice in McChrystal Firing

Radio Azadi reports that from early Sunday morning in the Marawara District of Kunar Province, a vigorous firefight has been pursued by the Taliban on […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Public Souring on the Afghanistan War

Public Souring on the Afghanistan War

If you’ve lost Rory Stewart, you’ve lost the war. Rory Stewart is a young British conservative, who once walked Afghanistan and later governed the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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