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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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astronomy and outer space
Diamond rain in Sudan evidence of ‘lost planet,’ Arab Scientists Find

Diamond rain in Sudan evidence of ‘lost planet,’ Arab Scientists Find

Middle East Monitor | – – Diamonds from outer space formed inside a long-lost planet Diamonds found inside a meteorite which exploded over Sudan could […]

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Puerto Rico
Is this America? Entire Island of Puerto Rico plunged into Darkness Again!

Is this America? Entire Island of Puerto Rico plunged into Darkness Again!

The Watchers: Watching the World Evolve and Transform | – – Posted by Matti K on April 18, 2018 The power grid has collapsed in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to French Mayor: You can’t visit Occupied Palestine if you stand against Occupation

Israel to French Mayor: You can’t visit Occupied Palestine if you stand against Occupation

TeleSur | – – Leclerc Patrice, a member of the French Communist Party, has been denied entry into Israel more than once for his support […]

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Education
Why do Red State Teachers need to Strike for a living Wage? It is about Class

Why do Red State Teachers need to Strike for a living Wage? It is about Class

By Steve Fraser | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Teachers in red-state America are hard at work teaching us all a lesson. The American mythos […]

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Syria
With Turkish Troops in Syria, is Erdogan's Neo-Ottomanism a Diplomatic or Military Project?

With Turkish Troops in Syria, is Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism a Diplomatic or Military Project?

By Nicolai Due-Gundersen | (The Conversation) | – – On our third trip to Istanbul, my wife and I visited the 19th century Dolmabahce Palace, […]

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Donald Trump
Syria After Trump's Withdrawal: Top Reasons an "Arab Force" will Fail

Syria After Trump’s Withdrawal: Top Reasons an “Arab Force” will Fail

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump’s determination to withdraw US troops from eastern Syria by October, so that GOP candidates […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
The Hannity Case is so Serious it Requires a Consumer Boycott of his Advertisers

The Hannity Case is so Serious it Requires a Consumer Boycott of his Advertisers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The problems at Fox Cable “News” go way beyond Sean Hannity. But he is a major […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
What People get wrong about Iranian-Americans (Looking at you, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton) (Video)

What People get wrong about Iranian-Americans (Looking at you, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton) (Video)

AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – – “What do you think of when you hear “Persian” or “Iranian”? Iranian-Americans (aka Persians) break down common […]

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Guns
Growing up with Fear of Gun Violence in America: The Weaponization of Everyday Life

Growing up with Fear of Gun Violence in America: The Weaponization of Everyday Life

By Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Guns. In a country with more than 300 million of them, a country that’s recently been […]

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