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

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

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Donald Trump
Kellyanne "Inspector Gadget" alleges Obama Microwave-Camera Surveillance

Kellyanne “Inspector Gadget” alleges Obama Microwave-Camera Surveillance

Huffington Post | (Non-Satirical Satire Video Clip) “Kellyanne Conway is backtracking on her claims that the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower by President Obama may […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians

Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians

By Jaclynn Ashly and Reem Alqam | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s infamous separation wall in the occupied West Bank, […]

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African-Americans
Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other

Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public […]

Juan Cole

racism
Addicted to Racism:  Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry

Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – – Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term […]

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Climate Change
Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you're full of it on CO2 & Climate Change

Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you’re full of it on CO2 & Climate Change

Climate State | (Video News Clip) | – – Climate State: Global Warming ϟ ☼ ❅ What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw

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Donald Trump
Zombie America:  Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?

Zombie America: Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dystopias have recently achieved full-spectrum dominance. Kids are drawn to such stories — The Giver, Hunger Games […]

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Ethnicities
Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court

Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court

TeleSur | – – “Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom.” Texas lawmakers drew up three […]

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Displaced and Refugees
How Much of Globe's Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?

How Much of Globe’s Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Saturday that the globe is […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Making us Less Safe:  Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science

Making us Less Safe: Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science

By Miriam Pemberton | OtherWords | – – Throwing money at the Pentagon while gutting other programs that protect Americans shouldn’t make anyone feel safer. […]

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