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Trump vs. Clooney — Definitely Not a President, Trump is still acting like a spoiled celebrity

Trump vs. Clooney — Definitely Not a President, Trump is still acting like a spoiled celebrity

Donald Trump opened 2026 not with governance, diplomacy, or institutional repair, but with the juvenile theatrics of celebrity combat. On New Year’s Eve, he unleashed a Truth Social rant against George Clooney and Amal Clooney for relocating to France and acquiring French citizenship with their two children—an act Trump framed as ideological treason rather than a private choice. He branded them “two of the worst political prognosticators of all time,” recycled xenophobic tropes about immigration and crime, and resurrected his personal vendetta against Joe Biden, Kamala Harris—mockingly misspelled as “Jamala(K!)”—and Democratic governors Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom. At the center…
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Gaza and the Anglo-Saxon Colonial Nightmare: Tony Blair, the GITA, and Imperialism’s Humanitarian Charade

Gaza and the Anglo-Saxon Colonial Nightmare: Tony Blair, the GITA, and Imperialism’s Humanitarian Charade

By Ron Jacobs One of the most powerful conversations I've had this century took place in Washington Square in New York City on September 11, 2001—as the sky bore the acrid scent of a world that had just turned upside down. My friend and I were there, stunned, in the midst of the collective shock. A few blocks away, smoking concrete, flames, rubble: the material embodiment of a global trauma. Within earshot, a group of young people were discussing. One of them asked, "What should we do with the perpetrators?" I replied, "Find them, arrest them, try them." Another retorted…
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