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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

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That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Israeli Police again Interrogate PM Netanyahu over his Alleged Corruption

Israeli Police again Interrogate PM Netanyahu over his Alleged Corruption

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went through a new round of questioning on Friday, police said, amid graft allegations that have threatened […]

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If you Put an old W. Bush crony in Charge of Iran Policy, doesn't it Signal a War-Like Intention?

If you Put an old W. Bush crony in Charge of Iran Policy, doesn’t it Signal a War-Like Intention?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has appointed Brian H. Hook, the State Department director of policy planning, to head a coordinated “Iran Action Group.” Hook […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Former CIA Head Brennan: Trump Trying to Obstruct Russia Probe w/ Denial of Security Clearance

Former CIA Head Brennan: Trump Trying to Obstruct Russia Probe w/ Denial of Security Clearance

Washington (AFP) – America’s former top spy has alleged he was stripped of his security clearance in a bid by President Donald Trump to scare […]

AFP

Denmark
Danish Politician Pwns terminally Ignorant Trish Regan of Fox on "Socialism" (Video)

Danish Politician Pwns terminally Ignorant Trish Regan of Fox on “Socialism” (Video)

Now This News (Video Clip) Fox News tried coming after Denmark’s social safety net. This Danish politician’s clap back was legendary. Now This: ” Fox […]

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African-Americans
Aretha Franklin's Reminder to Trump Era: Women, Minorities, Humans owed R E S P E C T (Video)

Aretha Franklin’s Reminder to Trump Era: Women, Minorities, Humans owed R E S P E C T (Video)

The Guardian: “Aretha Franklin, who has died at the age of 76, reflects on her 1967 cover hit Respect in a collection of archive clips. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Author Reza Aslan threatened by Israeli Border Authorities with Family Separation

Author Reza Aslan threatened by Israeli Border Authorities with Family Separation

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, detained Iranian-American writer, Reza Aslan, as he was entering Israel through Jordan, with his family. Reza […]

Maan News Agency

Afghanistan
Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – Fair warning. Stop reading right now if you want, because I’m going to repeat myself. What choice do I have, since […]

Tom Engelhardt

Bill of Rights
#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny

#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

(San Francisco ( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions […]

Reese Erlich

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