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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

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Whose Fault is Trump?  Top 7 Culprits

Whose Fault is Trump? Top 7 Culprits

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign platform has from the beginning been based on racism, religious bigotry, […]

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Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic 'Shock Therapy'?

Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic ‘Shock Therapy’?

By Nasser Saidi | (Project Syndicate) | – – BEIRUT – Saudi Arabia has long relied on oil to fuel its economic growth and development. […]

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Dear Americans: Want Security?  Try the Bill of Rights

Dear Americans: Want Security? Try the Bill of Rights

By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – One vivid image of the historical relationship between government power and individual liberties in America […]

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Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories

Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories

By Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism ) | – – The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm […]

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Syria: Russia warns of Mideast Apocalypse if US attacks al-Assad's military

Syria: Russia warns of Mideast Apocalypse if US attacks al-Assad’s military

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – ABC News reports that Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that a U.S. attack on the […]

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Backfire: Did Volkswagen’s Dieselgate ensure victory of Electric Cars?

Backfire: Did Volkswagen’s Dieselgate ensure victory of Electric Cars?

By EurActiv.com | – – The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal will mark an important step towards phasing out the hundred-year-old internal combustion engine which doesn’t have a […]

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Nixonian Donald Trump threatens writers who dare Criticize him

Nixonian Donald Trump threatens writers who dare Criticize him

By Richard Tofel | ProPublica | – – In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, […]

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President Trump's Extreme Vetting of Immigrants (Satire Skit)

President Trump’s Extreme Vetting of Immigrants (Satire Skit)

Maz Jobrani | (Video skit) | – – “Donald Trump has said that if he wins he will do EXTREME VETTING of all immigrants. He […]

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Syria Quagmire:  Has Russia Accomplished anything in a year of Bombing?

Syria Quagmire: Has Russia Accomplished anything in a year of Bombing?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarabiya says that Russia has killed over 3,000 civilians in its bombing raids of the past […]

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