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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

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Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia

Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia

Middle East Monitor | – – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family are expected to visit Paris within 48 hours after he […]

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Internet
Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?

Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?

TeleSur | – – The Trump administration plans to deregulate internet access, effectively handing over the ‘free internet’ to private corporations. Chairman of the Federal […]

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Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies

Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies

By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Almost 80, I’ve been stunned and bewildered by the ever-expanding list of sexually predatory males, from movie […]

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Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression

Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Beirut newspaper Al-Nahar [The Day] reports that President Michel Aoun of Lebanon said Wednesday, “Nothing […]

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China
From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia

From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks […]

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The Trump/GOP war on Science targets Grad Students

The Trump/GOP war on Science targets Grad Students

By Jill Richardson Imagine having to pay thousands of dollars of taxes on virtually no income. The Republican tax plan winding its way through Congress […]

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Economy
US Military Budget soars to $700 bn., as much as next 14 Countries

US Military Budget soars to $700 bn., as much as next 14 Countries

But Congress says no money for Single Payer

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Saudi Arabia
Saudis Bomb Yemen's International Airport, Amid Devastating Blockade

Saudis Bomb Yemen’s International Airport, Amid Devastating Blockade

TeleSur | – – A Houthi statement said that the attack “is an explicit violation of international covenants and treaties, which stipulate that civilian airports […]

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After Trump lets hundreds of ISIL Leave Raqqa, Turkey Enraged

After Trump lets hundreds of ISIL Leave Raqqa, Turkey Enraged

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Tuesday, Turkey lambasted the US and its largely Kurdish allies in Syria, the YPG, for […]

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