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Juan Cole | No, It Wasn't Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad Took Kirkuk
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down the Kurdistan flag."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down the Kurdistan flag."
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CIA Director Distorts Intelligence Community's Findings on Russian Interference
Greg Miller, The Washington Post
Miller writes: "Pompeo's comment suggested - falsely - that a report released by U.S. intelligence agencies in January had ruled out any impact that could be attributed to a covert Russian interference campaign that involved leaks of tens of thousands of stolen emails, the flooding of social media sites with false claims and the purchase of ads on Facebook."
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Greg Miller, The Washington Post
Miller writes: "Pompeo's comment suggested - falsely - that a report released by U.S. intelligence agencies in January had ruled out any impact that could be attributed to a covert Russian interference campaign that involved leaks of tens of thousands of stolen emails, the flooding of social media sites with false claims and the purchase of ads on Facebook."
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Senate Republicans Approve Budget With $1.5-Trillion Deficit to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts
Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times
Mascaro writes: "Senate Republicans overcame internal divisions late Thursday to approve a 2018 budget that will increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion over 10 years to allow for President Trump's proposed tax cuts."
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Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times
Mascaro writes: "Senate Republicans overcame internal divisions late Thursday to approve a 2018 budget that will increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion over 10 years to allow for President Trump's proposed tax cuts."
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Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group's Campaign of Menace
A.C. Thompson, Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham, ProPublica
Excerpt: "They train to fight. They post their beatings online. And so far, they have little reason to fear the authorities."
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A.C. Thompson, Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham, ProPublica
Excerpt: "They train to fight. They post their beatings online. And so far, they have little reason to fear the authorities."
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Fallen Soldier's Father Calls Trump 'a Liar,' Says President Never Called Him
Pritha Paul, International Business Times
Paul writes: "The father of fallen soldier Sgt. Roshain Brooks called out President Donald Trump on Wednesday for claiming that he 'called every family of someone who's died,' when he never got a condolence call from the POTUS following his son's death on Aug. 13 due to an artillery blast."
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Pritha Paul, International Business Times
Paul writes: "The father of fallen soldier Sgt. Roshain Brooks called out President Donald Trump on Wednesday for claiming that he 'called every family of someone who's died,' when he never got a condolence call from the POTUS following his son's death on Aug. 13 due to an artillery blast."
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Palestinians Fear Media Crackdown Could Signal Return to Direct Israeli Military Rule
Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "Israel's closure of Palestinian media companies in the West Bank on Wednesday has stoked fears of a return to the old form of Israeli occupation, not experienced since before the Oslo Accords established Palestinian autonomy."
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Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "Israel's closure of Palestinian media companies in the West Bank on Wednesday has stoked fears of a return to the old form of Israeli occupation, not experienced since before the Oslo Accords established Palestinian autonomy."
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Study: World Pollution Deadlier Than Wars, Disasters, Hunger
Katy Daigle, Associated Press
Daigle writes: "Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined."
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Katy Daigle, Associated Press
Daigle writes: "Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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