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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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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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Buddhism
The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

Paul Fuller | (The Conversation) | – – There is a desperate humanitarian crisis underway in Myanmar, centring around the Rohingya Muslims. There is what […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
50% of World's Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

50% of World’s Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

TeleSur | – – Nearly 35 billion lower income people reside in developing nations and have less than US$10,000 in income. 50 percent of the […]

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Donald Trump
Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been updated and adapted from William D. Hartung’s “Nuclear Politics” in Sleepwalking […]

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Climate Change
Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump White House actually did a pro-coal exhibit at the Bonn climate summit in Germany, […]

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Hizbullah
Lebanon's Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

Lebanon’s Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

By Billie Jeanne Brownlee and Maziyar Ghiabi | (The Conversation) | – – The Twitter account of Lebanon’s prime minister, Sa’ad Hariri has been inactive […]

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