Informed Comment daily updates (07/01/2024)

 

Netanyahu, emboldened by Biden’s Debate Performance, again Defies US, Intensifies Attacks on Gaza Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu once again rejected the Biden peace deal on Sunday, vowing complete victory. After Biden’s performance in the debate last Thursday, Netanyahu is apparently more assured than ever that he can defy Biden without facing any consequences. The woolly-mindedness of the president in turn perhaps […]

Our Nearly $1 Trillion Military Budget Won’t Make us Safer By Lindsay Koshgarian ( Otherwords.org ) – If you looked at the U.S. military budget without knowing otherwise, you’d probably guess we were in World War III. Our military spending is now the highest it’s been at any point since World War II — and Congress keeps adding more. The House of Representatives just passed […]

“Some Say the World will End in Fire:” Nukes and Carbon, Carbon and Nukes ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve been writing about climate change for so many years now but, in truth, it was always something I read about and took in globally. It was happening out there, often in horrific ways, but not what I felt I was living through myself. (It’s true that, in past winters, Manhattan’s […]

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