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Trump's horrific cult contains the seeds of its own destruction
AlterNet
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September 5, 2025
America is at risk of abandoning its founding principle of government, “by and for the people,” in favor of a system older than democracy itself: rule by one man. Pretty much everybody understands that the United States and the old Soviet Union...
ObituaryGiorgio Armani: Groundbreaking designer who fashioned red carpet dressing
The National News
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Giorgio Armani, the famous Italian fashion designer, has died, aged 91. The news of his death has been confirmed by the brand. "With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the passing of its creator, founder and tireless driving force:...
US government: Murder accusations against imam were 'inadvertent'
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Ohio
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security mistakenly accused a Cincinnati imam of murder and terrorism. The government called the accusation an "inadvertent footnote" unrelated to the case. Ayman Soliman, a former hospital chaplain, has been...
Twenty Years After Katrina: Lessons in Climate, Justice, and Solidarity
The Nonprofit Quarterly
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September 4, 2025
Credit: Arun Kuchibhotla on Unsplash Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, its lessons for climate justice, community governance, and solidarity are more important than ever. During the last week of August 2025, local organizers and community...
The Trap of Law and Order Under Fascism
Truthout
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September 4, 2025
Part of the Series Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. “There’s no rule of law that’s going to get us out of where we are,” says...
Centuries of Jewish Literary Creativity Celebrated at the Grolier
Fine Books & Collections
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Other manuscripts in the exhibition also reflect the richness of Jewish culture in France from the 13th to the 18th centuries. A special highlight will be the medieval Mahzor Vitry (1204) which is the earliest surviving record of the emerging...
Holocaust Museum opens Experience360 downtown with hologram stories of genocide — including a Rwandan survivor’s story
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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September 3, 2025
Illinois Holocaust Museum CEO Bernard Cherkasov thinks it’s more important than ever to keep educating the public about the Holocaust. So when the Skokie-based museum planned renovations, it was only natural for the institution to open a temporary...
Lay Your Buckets Down: Finding Life with the Woman at the Well
Desiring God - Minnesota
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August 30, 2025
Before we get into this story and the conversation with the Samaritan woman here in John 4, I want you to see something unusual and beautiful about Jesus. In the last chapter, Jesus was ministering to a curious Pharisee — a teacher of the law, a...
Trump's veterans housing plan in West L.A. advances behind a wall of secrecy
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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September 5, 2025
President Trump’s executive order calling for a National Center for Warrior Independence to house thousands of veterans in West Los Angeles has gained widespread support, including among his political opposition. But as a deadline approaches for...
ANCA Backs FY2026 NDAA Amendments Strengthening Armenia, Returning Armenians to Artsakh,
The California Courier
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— Bipartisan Measures Seek Release of Armenian Prisoners, Azerbaijan Sanctions, and Restrictions on U.S. Military Sales to Turkey WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is supporting a series of pro-Armenian amendments...
As Europe rearms at triple speed, head to Paris for peace
Counterfire
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September 3, 2025
It’s a simple choice: either a militarised Europe or a Europe committed to peace. Activists are preparing an international peace conference in Paris just as the Financial Times reports that European arms manufactures are expanding at triple the...
Awqaf names winners of Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Thani Endowment Prize, Moroccan researcher triumphs
Qatar Tribune
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September 3, 2025
QNA Doha The Department of Islamic Research and Studies at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs on Tuesday announced the names of the winners of the Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah Al Thani Endowment Prize. Moroccan researcher Ismail bin...
Netanyahu’s 'Greater Israel' dream marks a dangerous ideological shift
The National News
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As the world gets ready to debate the notion of Palestinian statehood during this year’s session of the UN General Assembly, it is worth looking at what statehood means exactly to the country opposing it the most – Israel. Last month, Prime...
The Real Winner of Israel’s 12-Day War
Foreign Affairs
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September 5, 2025
In the months since Israel and the United States’ 12-day war with Iran in June, analysts and intelligence agencies have widely debated the extent of the damage to the Iranian nuclear program and regime. It is still unclear how much of Iran’s...
Ungoverning America
Foreign Affairs
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September 5, 2025
In the first seven months of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has made unprecedented changes to the way the American government operates. He has launched an extraordinary and erratic tariff scheme, eliminated U.S. foreign aid programs,...
Why The US Navy Shot Down A Passenger Jet
Grunge
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September 2, 2025
On July 3, 1988, during the waning days of the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. Navy cruiser Vincennes was patrolling the Persian Gulf to protect shipping when it fired on an Iranian aircraft. As immediately became clear, the plane that the Vincennes had...
I Say What I See: Compromise & Reconciliation – Not Signs of Weakness but Acts of Profound Strength What if the bravest thing we could do… was listen?
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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September 2, 2025
By @Editor Definitions as Foundations of Peace To understand peace not merely as a distant ideal but as a lived reality, we must first grasp the meaning of its building blocks: compromise and reconciliation. These words carry weight, shaped by...
How Gavin Newsom, whose ex-wife dated Trump Jr, became Trump's biggest rival
India Today
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September 5, 2025
Donald Trump rewrote the rules of American politics, weaponizing social media with insults and provocation that turned trolling into a campaign strategy. His Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement thrived on branding opponents with mocking...
DHS Sets the Record Straight about Pakistani Criminal Illegal Alien with Extensive History of Fraud Across the Globe
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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Muhammad Chaudhry is a Pakistani criminal illegal alien who lied about his criminal history, true identity, and military service WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set the record straight on the Seattle Times’ defense of...
Australia debates return of ISIS-linked women and children from NE Syria
North Press Agency
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September 3, 2025
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A political dispute has erupted in Australia over reports that another group of wives and children of Islamic State (ISIS) militants may soon be repatriated from detention camps in northeast Syria, local media...