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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Cities like Philadelphia make Progress toward Paris Goals in face of State, Trump Obstacles

Cities like Philadelphia make Progress toward Paris Goals in face of State, Trump Obstacles

Philadelphia’s incremental gains show the power of cities to pursue progressive climate policies despite federal obstinance

Ivan Couronne

Israel
Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Opposition leader Avi Gabbay has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down over reports that he spied on security officials

Middle East Monitor

Spain
Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Sanchez, a 46-year-old economist with no government experience, will take the oath of office at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) before King Felipe VI

AFP

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

Baghdad (Niqash.org) – Locals in Al Qaim, Anbar, worry that the current stable security situation can’t last. It’s being upheld by US troops and Iran-allied […]

Mustafa Habib

Syria
Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the […]

AFP

Climate Change
Don't forget to Duck!  Advice to College Graduates in the Trump Apocalypse

Don’t forget to Duck! Advice to College Graduates in the Trump Apocalypse

For those entering the workforce in 2018, the future looks grim

Tom Engelhardt

Guns
Schoolboy's Angst over School Shootings chokes up Sarah Sanders, who offers a "Commission" (Video)

Schoolboy’s Angst over School Shootings chokes up Sarah Sanders, who offers a “Commission” (Video)

The White House press secretary appeared to become emotional when answering a question about the danger facing children in schools

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Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico's 5,740 Death Toll?

Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico’s 5,740 Death Toll?

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the scope of the calamity

Juan Cole

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