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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Gov’t Secretly funding illegal squatter Settlements in Palestine: Haaretz

Israeli Gov’t Secretly funding illegal squatter Settlements in Palestine: Haaretz

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The recently dismantled illegal settlement outpost of Amona was funded through a million-dollar loan from the […]

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Syria
Al-Qaeda Rising?  After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other

Al-Qaeda Rising? After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other

By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – 2017, it seems, will be no less chaotic than its predecessor — an aphorism made […]

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Donald Trump
SNL Spicey on 'Extreme Vetting':  The Blondes Get In

SNL Spicey on ‘Extreme Vetting’: The Blondes Get In

NBC | Saturday Night Live Cold Open Skit | – – “Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press […]

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Donald Trump
After Miller's Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community

After Miller’s Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stephen Miller, a snot-nosed kid with a bad attitude, advertised as White House senior policy adviser, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup

Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup

Cüneyt Özdemir | (Duke University Middle East Studies Center | – – Cüneyt Özdemir is a columnist and investigative journalist with 28 years experience reporting […]

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Islam-hatred
Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood 'Terrorists' will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump […]

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Bernie Sanders
Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?

Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?

TeleSur | – – Maria Svart of DSA speaks to teleSUR about how her organization is using Sanders’ vision to fight Trump and neoliberalism within […]

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China
Could Trump's War of Words with China turn Hot?

Could Trump’s War of Words with China turn Hot?

By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Forget those “bad hombres down there” in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the […]

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Donald Trump
Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP be Challenged by Progressives?

Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP be Challenged by Progressives?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a dramatic outcome that could well change national politics, a Federal court last November found […]

Juan Cole

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