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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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Singer Marc Anthony to Trump: You will be held Accountable for needless American Deaths in Puerto Rico

Singer Marc Anthony to Trump: You will be held Accountable for needless American Deaths in Puerto Rico

Marc Anthony calls Trump approach to Puerto Rico disaster “tone-deaf, idiotic, callous and disrespectful”

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Donald Trump
SNL: Kelly Anne Conway as "It" devours Anderson Cooper

SNL: Kelly Anne Conway as “It” devours Anderson Cooper

Horrific satire on Trump’s chief obfuscator

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Bill of Rights
Under Trump, Gitmo continues to Gnaw away at tattered US Rule of Law

Under Trump, Gitmo continues to Gnaw away at tattered US Rule of Law

Extra-Judicial denial of habeas corpus or trial leaves ‘Enemy Combatants’ in Limbo

Juan Cole

Archaeology
Yes, White Supremacists, some Vikings were Muslims & Thor was Brown

Yes, White Supremacists, some Vikings were Muslims & Thor was Brown

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The archeological identification of stylized Arabic text for God (Allah) and Ali (the prophet Muhammad’s cousin […]

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Fossil Fuels
Oklahoma's Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Oklahoma’s Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Hydraulic Fracturing implicated in severe seismic activity and plus it releases heat-trapping gas methane

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

As Trump deliberately crashes Obamacare and deprives millions of health insurance

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Europe
France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

Can depending on consumer-generated panels do the trick?

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Free Syrian Army
Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

ISIL or ISIS facing final days as holder of territories as Damascus reclaims al Mayadeen

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Donald Trump
Elbaradei:  Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from […]

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