US politics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel ran rings around Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg, where pictures show Donald sitting alone and being ignored by other heads of state when he bothered to show up (he sent Ivanka to sit in for him at one session). Trump […]

Foreign Policy

Syria: US & Russia Agree to Ceasefire, De-Escalation: But will it Hold?

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TeleSur | – – Rex Tillerson praised the agreement as indicative of future cooperation in Syria, but also said that the United States still sees no “long-term role” for the Assad government. The United States and Russia have cooperated to negotiate a ceasefire in the southwest region of Syria, an agreement which will involve a […]

Climate Change

G-20: Germany aims to isolate Trump on Paris Climate Plan

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By Dave Keating | Euractiv.com | – – Angela Merkel wants all countries in the group except the US to sign up to a strong statement supporting the Paris Agreement but Saudi Arabia and others may resist. Germany’s hopes to get unequivocal backing for the Paris climate agreement from the G20 in Hamburg are running […]

Donald Trump

New Neocon Mantra: Hit Iran, b/c like Soviet Union, it is Collapsing

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By Jim Lobe | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON, (IPS) – Iran hawks suddenly have a new mantra: the Islamic Republic is the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, and the Trump administration should work to hasten the regime’s impending collapse. It’s not clear why this comparison has surfaced so abruptly. Its proponents […]

Donald Trump

Do an Unstable President and a Reckless Prince threaten the World?

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By Dilip Hiro | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Middle East. Could there be a more perilous place on Earth, including North Korea? Not likely. The planet’s two leading nuclear armed powers backing battling proxies amply supplied with conventional weapons; terror groups splitting and spreading; religious-sectarian wars threatening amid a plethora of ongoing armed […]

Climate Change

Poor in the U.S. South Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change: Research

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TeleSur | – – “There will be winners and losers from climate change within the United States,” said Amir Jina, a University of Chicago economist. A new study shows that climate change will produce much harsher effects in the poorest regions of the United States. Published in Science magazine, the landmark study, which analyzed the […]

Donald Trump

Congress must take back the car keys of Perpetual War from Trump

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By Peter Certo. | (Otherwords.org) | – – By putting such a sinister face on it, Trump might have finally inspired lawmakers to rein in America’s post-9/11 war machine. A Bipartisan Vote to Put the Brakes on War By putting such a sinister face on it, Trump might have finally inspired lawmakers to rein in […]

Cartoon

Iran’s ‘Trumpism’ Cartoon Contest Draws 1,600 Submissions

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TeleSur | – – More than 1,600 artworks were submitted to the “International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest.” U.S. President Donald Trump and his policies are the themes of an international cartoon contest organized by the Islamic Republic of Iran, with more than 1,600 artworks submitted to the “International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest,” PressTV […]

Constitution

Independence: Remembering Capt. Humayun Khan, Muslim Patriot

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Khizr Khan | Associated Press | – – “The father of Humayun Khan, a Muslim American soldier who died during his service, questioned Donald Trump’s patriotism at the Democratic National Convention, asking him whether he had read the United States Constitution. (July 28, 2016)” Khizr Khan’s speech at the DNC: “Tonight we are honoured to […]