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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

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Israel/ Palestine
Prince Charles baffled no US President will take on Israel Lobbies

Prince Charles baffled no US President will take on Israel Lobbies

Middle East Monitor | – – Prince Charles has come under fire after it came to light that he blamed the “influx of foreign Jews” […]

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Economy
GOP Tax Breaks for Billionaires would Help Trump Appointees Most of All

GOP Tax Breaks for Billionaires would Help Trump Appointees Most of All

by Allan Sloan. | ( ProPublica) | – – The Republican proposal will not only allow them to pass millions (or billions) to their heirs […]

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Wind powered all of Scotland in October & other Renewable Success Stories

Wind powered all of Scotland in October & other Renewable Success Stories

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Wind and solar keep falling in price– each fell 6% in 2016. That fall was not […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon

Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon

By Beverly Milton-Edwards | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Domestic politics in the Middle East especially in a country like Saudi Arabia never stays […]

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Donald Trump
Unlike Houston, only 43% of Puerto Rico has Power 7 weeks on

Unlike Houston, only 43% of Puerto Rico has Power 7 weeks on

MSNBC | (Video News Report) | – – “Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September. It’s November and power went out again. Velshi and Ruhle […]

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Climate Change
Climate change victims need official refugee status: Oxfam

Climate change victims need official refugee status: Oxfam

By Marion Candau | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Paola Tamma | – – With the COP23 climate conference ongoing in Bonn, Oxfam published a troubling […]

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Nasrullah: Saudi has declared war on Lebanon

Nasrullah: Saudi has declared war on Lebanon

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Hassan Nasrullah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah accused Saudi Arabia of declaring […]

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Brazil
Brazil: Huge Solar Plant to help get to 45% Renewables by 2030

Brazil: Huge Solar Plant to help get to 45% Renewables by 2030

AFP News Agency | (Video News Clip) | – – “Brazil has lagged far behind in the shift to solar power, but the biggest facility […]

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Corruption
Breitbart Goes to Bat for Roy Moore Amid Sex Scandal w/ Teenage Girl

Breitbart Goes to Bat for Roy Moore Amid Sex Scandal w/ Teenage Girl

Far Right cares more about power than morality

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