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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

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Joining BDS, Israeli Gov't to Boycott Israeli Film in Paris

Joining BDS, Israeli Gov’t to Boycott Israeli Film in Paris

Middle East Monitor | – – The Israeli government is to boycott the Paris Film Festival over the organiser’s decision to air a movie that […]

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Robots, kittens and Netflix: Turkish curbs on the media reach ludicrous levels

Robots, kittens and Netflix: Turkish curbs on the media reach ludicrous levels

By Ozge Ozduzen | (The Conversation) | – – Regulation and censorship mechanisms have recently reached absurd levels in Turkey. Two stark recent examples illustrate […]

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Israel/ Palestine
‘Fake News!’: the view from Israel’s Occupation

‘Fake News!’: the view from Israel’s Occupation

By Rebecca L. Stein | (OpenDemocracy.net | – – Over the course of the last two decades, amidst the ascendance of nationalist extremism in Israel, […]

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Russia warns Israel on Syria strikes, danger to Russian Troops

Russia warns Israel on Syria strikes, danger to Russian Troops

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring reports on a statement in Russian at the site of its Ministry of Foreign […]

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Donald Trump
Trump’s Plan to use Fossil Fuels to dominate the Globe

Trump’s Plan to use Fossil Fuels to dominate the Globe

( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The new U.S. energy policy of the Trump era is, in some ways, the oldest energy policy on Earth. Every […]

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Bahrain
Bahrain is even Deporting its own Citizens (Shh, don't Tell Trump)

Bahrain is even Deporting its own Citizens (Shh, don’t Tell Trump)

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have deported eight stateless Bahrainis, whom they had previously stripped of their citizenship, since January […]

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Donald Trump
Pence at Olympics: "America First" is making the US the Skunk at the Party

Pence at Olympics: “America First” is making the US the Skunk at the Party

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – The Seoul Olympics should be a joyous event, a celebration of athletic skills and international cooperation. […]

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Bill of Rights
A Crisis of Democracy: Trump's block of Dem Response to Nunes

A Crisis of Democracy: Trump’s block of Dem Response to Nunes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s refusal to release the response of the Democratic minority on the House Intelligence Committee to […]

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Kurds
Turkish Helicopter Downed by Syrian People's Protection Units

Turkish Helicopter Downed by Syrian People’s Protection Units

TeleSur | – – The Turkish military launched an offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin region over three weeks ago. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has reported the […]

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