Democratic Party

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 80 percent of American senators signed a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama urging him to reach an agreement on an increased military aid package to Israel. “In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced […]

Hillary Clinton

It’s Possible: Koch Brother Says Hillary Clinton Might Be Best Choice for Him

contributors

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Asked if he could actually see himself supporting Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general election against Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or John Kasich – billionaire rightwinger Charles Koch smiled, but didn’t say no. (Image: Screenshot/ABC News) When the oligarchs speak, take it with a grain […]

Barack Obama

The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

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By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | – – The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five years ago, and it’s relying on sectarian extremists to "win" again. The United States is winning the war on terror, just as it always has. The Islamic State group is […]

Barack Obama

6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After his critical comments in an interview in The Atlantic last month, Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia is going to be awkward, as DPA rightly says. The president accused the Gulf states of always trying to push the US into war for the accomplishment of […]

Arab Americans

Arab-Americans, including ‘Watan’ Newspaper, Endorse Bernie Sanders

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Many Arab-Americans want the Jewish candidate to be president. The prominent Arabic-language newspaper for that community in Southern California, Watan (“A Nation”), has endorsed Bernie Sanders. This outcome is not as strange as it might appear. Arab-Americans (who include Christians and Muslims) had been split between […]

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders at Vatican: Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

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Rome Reports in English | (Video News Report) | – – Rome Reports: “Bernie Sanders speaks at the Vatican”

Bernie Sanders

The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic debate in Brooklyn last night took an unusual turn when a grumpy old Jewish American upbraided a slightly younger Illinois Methodist for not respecting the dignity of the Palestinian people. BLITZER [Used to work for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby] : . […]

Bernie Sanders

Sanders joins Striking Verizon Workers: says to CEOs, “I welcome their Contempt”

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TeleSur The senator from Vermont thanked the striking workers for “standing up for justice against corporate greed.” Nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications workers walked off the job Wednesday and were joined by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as they protested a lack of progress in contracts talks more than eight months after their agreements with […]

Democratic Party

Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?

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Tom F.A Watts | (The Conversation) | – – To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seems increasingly likely that by the close of the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump will have snatched the prize he has long coveted: the Republican presidential nomination. The party’s leadership is no longer […]