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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

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Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton's bodyguards: & "let's see what happens to her."

Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton’s bodyguards: & “let’s see what happens to her.”

CNN | (Video News Report) | – – “During a Miami rally, Donald Trump wondered aloud what would happen to Hillary Clinton should her Secret […]

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Arms Sales
Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report

Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report

TeleSur | – – Two parliamentary committees said it was likely Saudi Arabia used U.K. weapons to target civilians, but Tory lawmakers blocked a vote […]

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Authoritarianism
"This Parrot is no More":  The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place

“This Parrot is no More”: The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard wrote a book in 1991 entitled The Gulf War did not Take […]

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Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

By Raed Jarrar | ( Otherwords.org) Both Democrats and Republicans are spreading the same Islamophobic message: you're either with us, or you're against us. On […]

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Authoritarianism
Endangering the Planet:  Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration

Endangering the Planet: Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters

Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Thursday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the neighborhood of Saadiya in […]

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Trump-inspired felon allegedly torches Ft. Pierce FL Mosque, says “All Islam is radical”

Trump-inspired felon allegedly torches Ft. Pierce FL Mosque, says “All Islam is radical”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Joseph Michael Schreiber stands accused of having carried out an arson attack against a mosque in […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US

Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US

Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy

Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian economy remains “worrying” as growth stagnation, delays in aid delivery, and Israeli restrictions continue […]

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