By Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz | ( ProPublica) | – – The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide. The Wisconsin voting rights case before the Supreme Court has been cast as the definitive test of whether partisan […]
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Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal
TeleSur | – – Despite accusations by the Trump administration against Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear agency chief denied these claims. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano has confirmed that Iran is conforming to the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement, despite accusations by the Donald Trump administration […]
Former US Allies peeling off under Trump: Turkey halts US Visas
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US and Turkey have ceased processing non-immigrant visas for one another’s citizens. That’s right. If you’re an American and were planning to visit Istanbul this fall, unpack your bags. In a world of abnormal goings-on, this one is really weird. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has […]
VP Pence pulls NFL Political Stunt at Taxpayer Expense
Member of White Supremacist Administration leaves during protest against White Supremacism
“Push her down the stairs”: Trump, US Misogyny and Birth Control
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – In 2004, Trump was on Howard Stern’s radio show to talk about his family. After admitting that he had had mixed feelings when he heard about his second wife’s pregnancy, Trump told Stern that he was sure that his current wife was on the pill so […]
Trump Finally Ditches the Iran Nuclear Deal, but at What Cost?
Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump is set to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, as reported by the global news media. That such a decision was coming was hardly a surprise. During the presidential election campaign he launched a jihad against the deal and repeatedly threatened to walk away from it. […]
What if we Gave Seven Wars and No Americans Noticed?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Consider, if you will, these two indisputable facts. First, the United States is today more or less permanently engaged in hostilities in not one faraway place, but at least seven. Second, the vast majority of the American people could not care less. Nor can it be […]
One Day’s News: American Apocalypse?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – On Wednesday October 4, the news carried an apocalyptic version of our country with its chaotic national and foreign policy politics; its epidemic of Americans massacred by fellow Americans fatally attracted to assault weapons; and climate change denial in the face of a trifecta of record-breaking […]
Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn’t scrap Iran Deal
TeleSur | – – “The nuclear deal was our moral victory,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Amid speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump is to “decertify” the Iran Nuclear Deal next week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the 2015 agreement is “irreversible.” “We have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back, […]